Lampona cudgen, 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 : 103-104

Lampona cudgen , new species Figures 226–229 ; Map 25

TYPE: Female holotype taken under melaleuca bark at Cudgen , 288169S, 1538339E, New South Wales (Nov. 20, 1978; R. Raven), deposited in QMB ( S28103 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: This species seems closest to L. bunya (see above); males of L. cudgen can be distinguished by the shorter palpal femur, the longer retrolateral tibial apophysis, and the more distally directed embolar tip (figs. 226, 227), females by the relatively small anterior portion of the spermathecae (fig. 229).

MALE: Total length 5.2. Abdominal dorsum with anterior and median white stripes fused at sides, posterior white spot large, including small dark markings; posterior femora with distal, posterior tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur short, without distinct ventral protrusion; retrolateral tibial apophysis acutely bent at about half its length, distal portion relatively long (fig. 227); tegulum elongate, reaching to about one­half of tibial length; most of embolus not recessed behind conductor, with long, almost distally directed tip (fig. 226).

FEMALE: Total length 7.2. Coloration as in male except leg markings less pronounced. Epigynal midpiece long, leading to anteriorly situated, widely spaced openings (fig. 228); spermathecae tripartite, posterior portion largest, anterior portion smaller than median portion (fig. 229).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Brown Mountain Flora Reserve, 0.5 km SSW Cochrane Dam , 368359S, 1498279E, Feb. 8, 1993, pyrethrum fogging, tree, cool temperate rainforest, elev. 940 m (A. Newton, M. Thayer, FMNH), 1 /; Cudgen , 288169S, 1538339E, Nov. 20, 1978, under melaleuca bark (R. Raven, QMB S28103 ), 1 /; off Cunnawarra Trail c. 2 km N Cunnawarra Creek, Styx River State Forest , 308329S, 1528209E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall, elev. 1070 m (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS35455 ), 1 ?; Jamberoo Mountains , 348399S, 1508469E, Aug. 27, 1966 (R. Mascord, AMS KS31837 ), 1 /; Nimbin Rocks, near Nimbin , 288379S, 1538129E, Nov. 20, 1983 (D. Rentz, M. Harvey, QMB), 1 ?; Pacific Palms , 328219S, 1528319E, May 9, 1991 (C. Peterson, AMS KS55269 ), 1 /; 100 m N trig tower, Berrico Road, Chichester State Forest , 328069S, 1518459E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall, elev. 940 m (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS40482 ), 1 ?; Wiangaree State Forest , 288229S, 1538059E, Feb. 10 –12, 1983, elev. 1050 m (T. Weir, A. Calder, QMB), 1 ?; Wingham Brush, 318429S, 1528229E, Oct. 12, 1993 (J. Noble, AMS KS55263 ), 1?. Queensland: Binna Burra, Lamington Plateau , 288169S, 1538089E, Mar. 27–30, 1976, night collecting (R. Raven, V. Davies, QMB S28088 ), 1 ?; Lamington Plateau , 288169S, 1538089E, Apr. 2, 1975 (R. Raven, QMB S28097 ), 1 ?; Sunday Creek Road, junction with Gigher Creek Road, Kenilworth State Forest , 268429S, 1528339E, May 7, 1998, wet sclerophyll forest (G. Milledge, AMS KS55270 ), 1 /; Sunday Creek Road, 9.8 km W Charlie Moreland Park, Kenilworth State Forest , 268409S, 1528379E, May 7, 1998, wet sclerophyll forest (G. Milledge, AMS KS55271 ), 1/. Victoria: Watts River , Healesville , 378399S, 1458329E, Sept. 4, 1974, under eucalypt bark ( QMB S26764 ), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Queensland south to Victoria (map 25).

Figures

Map 25. Records of Lampona cudgen, new species.

Figs. 226–229. Lampona cudgen, new species. 226. Left male palp, ventral view. 227. Same, retrolateral view. 228. Epigynum, ventral view. 229. Same, dorsal view.