Lampona hickmani, 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 : 78

Lampona hickmani , new species

Figures 154, 155 ; Map 15

TYPE: Female holotype taken under bark on Mount Wellington, 428549S, 1478149E, Tasmania (Aug. 19, 1924; V. Hickman), deposited in AMS ( KS29253 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, the late Dr. V. Hickman.

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of L. pusilla but have longer lateral margins of the epigynal midpiece (fig. 154) and almost obsolete anterior portions of the spermathecae (fig. 155).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 8.5. Abdomen brownish gray, without distinct pattern; legs unmarked. Epigynum with indistinct anterior margin, with v­shaped midpiece greatly widened anteriorly (fig. 154); spermathecae tripartite, anterior portion tiny, almost obsolete (fig. 155).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Four females taken with the holotype.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Tasmania (map 15).

Figures

Map 15. Records of Lampona pusilla L. Koch

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