Lampona finnigan, 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 : 111-112

Lampona finnigan , new species Figures 246–249 ; Map 29

TYPE: Female holotype taken by pyrethrum knockdown in rainforest at an elevation of 1100 m on the summit of Mount Finnigan, via Helenvale , 158499S, 1458179E, Queensland (Nov. 28, 1985; G. Monteith, D. Cook, L. Roberts), deposited in QMB ( S30369 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the almost c­shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 247, females by the very small epigynum with anteriorly situated openings (fig. 248).

MALE: Total length 5.3. Coloration as in L. kirrama . Palpal femur darkened but unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis almost cshaped (fig. 247); tegulum only slightly expanded, reaching only to about one­sixth of tibial length; in ventral view, conductor covering middle portion of embolus (fig. 246).

FEMALE: Total length 5.6. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece long, reaching entire length of spermathecae, openings situat­ ed at anterior edge (fig. 248); spermathecae tripartite, anterior portion expanded laterally (fig. 249).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: 4.5–5.0 km W Cape Tribulation (top camp), 168059S, 1458269E, Sept. 27–Oct. 7, 1982, rainforest, elev. 760–780 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, G. Thompson, QMB S28086 ), 1 ?; Mount Finnigan , 37 km S Cooktown, 158499S, 1458179E, Apr. 19–22, 1982, rainforest (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, D. Cook, QMB S28081 ), 1?, Dec. 20, 1982, pyrethrum knockdown, elev. 1100 m (L. Roberts, QMB S28075 ), 1 ?; Mount Finnigan, summit, via Helenvale, 158499S, 1458179E, Nov. 28–30, 1985, rainforest, elev. 1100 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, L. Roberts , QMB S30171 ), 2?, Dec. 3–5, 1990, pyrethrum knockdown, elev. 1050 m (G. Monteith, R. Sheridan, L. Roberts, G. Thompson, QMB S30338 ), 2 ?; Mount Pieter Botte , 168049S, 1458249E, Nov. 21, 1993, pyrethrum, trees, logs, rocks (G. Monteith, H. Jantezki, QMB S34415 ), 1 ?.

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

Figures

Map 29. Records of Lampona finnigan, new species (circles) and L. lamington, new species (square).

Figs. 246–249. Lampona finnigan, new species. 246. Left male palp, ventral view. 247. Same, retrolateral view. 248. Epigynum, ventral view. 249. Same, dorsal view.