Lampona lamington, 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 : 112-115

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887CE-B434-FFB5-C7AD-71B5E0D5FA23
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lampona lamington
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Lampona lamington View in CoL , new species Figures 250–253 View Figs ; Map 29 View Map 29

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in rainforest at Lamington National Park , 288129S, 1538109E, Queensland (Aug. 9–10, 1977; R. Raven), deposited in QMB ( S28094 View Materials ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a broadly truncated retrolateral tibial apophysis and a strongly protuberant tegulum (fig. 251); females have distinctive, anteriorly truncated epigynal midpiece (fig. 252).

MALE: Total length 5.0. Abdominal dorsum without distinct pattern of white spots; anterior femora darkened, posterior femora with subdistal, tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur darkened throughout most of its length, otherwise unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis distally truncated (fig. 251); tegulum strongly protuberant basally, extending to half length of tibia; embolus very wide, distally arched (fig. 250).

FEMALE: Total length 6.5. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece anteriorly truncated

(fig. 252); spermathecae tripartite, anterior portions narrowed (fig. 253).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern Queensland (map 29).

Lampona carlisle, new species Figures 254–257 View Figs ; Map 30 View Map 30

TYPE: Female holotype taken at night in a Melaleuca forest on Carlisle Island , Whitsunday Islands , 208479S, 1498179E, Queensland (Dec. 16, 1986; D. Reeves), deposited in QMB ( S30175 View Materials ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the prongshaped tip of the retrolateral tibial

apophysis (fig. 255), females by the large, diamondshaped epigynal midpiece and the enlarged posterior portions of the spermathecae (figs. 256, 257).

MALE: Total length 6.0. Abdominal dorsum too faded to distinguish white spots; anterior femora scarcely darkened, posterior femora with subdistal, posterior tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur darkened throughout its length but otherwise unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis wide basally, with long distal prong (fig. 255); tegulum slightly expanded, reaching to about

onefourth of tibial length; embolus almost entirely hidden by conductor in ventral view (fig. 254).

FEMALE: Total length 6.8. Abdominal dorsum with anterior and median pairs of white spots fused into wshaped mark; leg coloration as in male. Epigynum long, diamondshaped (fig. 256); spermathecae tripartite, posterior portions greatly enlarged (fig. 257).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Eungella area, Snake Road , 8.1 km NW Dalrymple Road, 218029S, 1488329E, eucalypt forest (G. Milledge, AMS KS52295 ), 1 /; Mount Dryander , 208159S, 1488339E, Apr. 24, 1979, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter (G. Monteith, QMB S28091 View Materials ). 1 ?; SE ridge, Mount Halifax , 198079S, 1458239E, Mar. 19– 21, 1991, rainforest pitfall, elev. 950 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S34279 View Materials ), 1 ?; Townsville , 198159S, 1468489E, in nest of Badumna candida (M. Downes, QMB S32444 View Materials ), 1 /.