Lampona superbus, 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 : 104-106

Lampona superbus , new species Figures 230–233 ; Map 26

TYPE: Female holotype taken at night in rainforest at an elevation of 850 m on Teviot Brook Track, Mount Superbus , 288149S, 1528299E, Queensland (Mar. 8, 1990; T. Churchill), deposited in QMB ( S15902 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of L. bunya and L. cudgen but have a larger tip on the retrolateral tibial apophysis and a retrolateral protrusion on the membranous conductor (figs. 230, 231); females also resemble those of L. bunya and L. cudgen but can easily be recognized by the arched anterior epigynal margin (fig. 232).

MALE: Total length 5.3. Abdominal dorsum with anterior and median paired white spots fused into w­shaped pattern; anterior femora darkened, posterior femora with subdistal, tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur darkened throughout its length but otherwise unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis abruptly bent, transverse portion relatively large (fig. 231); both palps of single available specimen expanded, but tegulum probably reaching to at least onethird of tibial length; embolus abruptly narrowed prolaterally below tip, retrolaterally at tip, membranous conductor with distinct retrolateral protrusion (fig. 230).

FEMALE: Total length 9.5. Coloration as in male. Epigynum elongate, with distinct, arched anterior margin (fig. 232); spermathecae tripartite, anterior portions small, round­ ed (fig. 233).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Little Yabba Creek , 268379S, 1528419E, Mar. 2–Apr. 12, 1992, pitfall, rainforest, elev. 150 m (D. Cook, QMB S30322 ), 1 ?; Swimming Pool Track, near Binaburra Lodge, Lamington National Park , 288119S, 1538119E, July 1 ,

1986 (M. Harvey, P. Vaughan, WAM 95/ 1109), 1/.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern Queensland (map 26).

Figures

Map 26. Records of Lampona superbus, new species (squares) and L. gosford, new species (circles).

Figs. 230–233. Lampona superbus, new species. 230. Left male palp, ventral view. 231. Same, retrolateral view. 232. Epigynum, ventral view. 233. Same, dorsal view.