Lampona spec, PLATNICK, 2000
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887CE-B41C-FF8F-C5C8-716AE215FE25 |
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Felipe |
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Lampona spec |
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sp. nov. |
Lampona spec View in CoL , new species
Figures 134–137 View Figs ; Map 12 View Map 12
TYPE: Male holotype taken in a Malaise trap at an elevation of 875 m on Mount Spec , 198009S, 1468119E, Queensland (May 8–June 5, 1995; M. Cermak), deposited in QMB .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: This odd species resembles L. moorilyanna but has a distally truncated retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 135); females are unique in having tripartite spermathecae in which the median portions have been squeezed behind the anterior and posterior portions, so that they are readily visible only in ventral view (figs. 136, 137).
MALE: Total length 6.2. Abdominal dorsum with large anterior and smaller posterior white spots occupying almost full width of abdomen, venter unmarked, posterior femora and tibiae with subdistal dark rings. Palpal femur with very long setae but otherwise unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis wide, almost straight, with dorsally directed projection at tip (fig. 135); palpal bulb elongate, embolus narrow, recessed behind translucent membranes (fig. 134).
FEMALE: Total length 7.9. Coloration as in male. Epigynum with diamondshaped septum, not extending as far anteriorly as spermathecae (fig. 136); spermathecae tripartite but with median portion squeezed into dorsal
position, scarcely visible in ventral view (fig. 137).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Mount Spec, 198009S, 1468119E, Feb. 6–Mar. 9, 1995, intercept trap, elev. 875 m (M. Cermak, QMB), 1/.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern Queensland (map 12).
QMB |
Queensland Museum, Brisbane |
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