Lampona olga, PLATNICK, 2000

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2000, A Relimitation And Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (245), pp. 1-328 : 84

Lampona olga , new species

Figures 156, 157 ; Map 18

TYPE: Female holotype from the summit of the second highest peak on Mount Olga , 258199S, 1308469E, Northern Territory (Aug. 19, 1969; D. Giuliani), deposited in WAM (84/722) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: This distinctive species resembles L. danggali in external epigynal structure, but can easily be distinguished by the narrower, more divergent spermathecae (fig. 157).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 14.7. Abdominal coloration uncertain (specimen worn); legs unmarked. Epigynum with arched, weak anterior and lateral margins; midpiece greatly widened anteriorly (fig. 156); spermathecae tripartite, middle portion elongate, sinuous (fig. 157).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality (map 18).

Figures

Map 18. Records of Lampona olga, new species (circle), L. garnet, new species (square), and L. mildura, new species (triangles).

Figs. 154–157. 154, 155. Lampona hickmani, new species. 156, 157. L. olga, new species. 154,