Lampona lomond, 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 : 51-52

Lampona lomond , new species Figures 82–85 ; Map 5

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in open forest at an elevation of 1000 m in Ben Lomond National Park , 418309S, 1478389E, Tasmania (Feb. 5, 1987; J. Gallon), deposited in QMB ( S11633 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: This species resembles L. talbingo (see above) but can be distinguished by the longer tibial apophyses of males (figs. 82, 83) and the shorter spermathecae of females (figs. 84, 85).

MALE: Total length 5.6. Abdominal coloration as in L. cylindrata . Anterior legs with darkened femora and tibiae; posterior legs with distal three­fourths of femora, patella, tibiae, distal one­fourth of metatarsi darkened. Palpal femur with subbasal knob protruding from ventral surface; tibia with two retrolateral tibial apophyses, ventral one wide basally, bent distally at right angle, followed dorsally by smaller, long apophysis (fig. 83); tegulum globose, extending to half length of tibia, embolus recessed behind conductor (fig. 82).

FEMALE: Total length 8.2. Coloration as in male. Epigynum elongated, with rounded anterior and lateral rims surrounding shallowly depressed fossa bearing elevated ridge at about half its length (fig. 84); spermathecae with tiny anterior portion (fig. 85).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko , 368279S, 1488169E, Dec. 1931, elev. 5000–6000 ft (P. Darlington, MCZ), 1 /; Perisher Valley, 368259S, 1488259E, Jan. 20, 1975, under stones (V. Salanitri, QMB S26768 ), 1/. Tasmania: Ben Lomond National Park , 418309S, 1478389E, Feb. 5, 1987, open forest, elev. 1000 m (J. Gallon, QMB S11633 , 11636 ), 2 /; Derwent Bridge , 428089S, 1468149E, Dec. 22, 1997. eucalypt bark, open eucalypt forest (L. Boutin, TMH), 1 /; Dry’s Bluff , 418429S, 1468499E, Dec. 31, 1929, in silk nest under stone on summit, elev. 4125 ft (V. Hickman, AMS KS28932 ), 1 /; Forth Falls , 418239S, 1468139E, Dec. 28, 1926 (V. Hickman, AMS KS29317 ), 1 /; Great Lake , 418529S, 1468459E, Mar. 19, 1930, under stone (V. Hickman, AMS KS31859 ), 1/, Jan. 22, 1940, under log (V. Hickman, AMS KS28959 ), 1/, Nov. 20, 1972 (M. Baehr, CBB), 1 /; Interlaken , 428099S, 1478109E, Mar. 1938, under lichens (V. Hickman, AMS KS31864 ), 1 /; Lake Augusta , 418529S, 1468329E, Nov. 21, 1972 (M. Baehr, CBB), 3 /; Lenah Valley , 428529S, 1478179E, July 28, 1951, under stone (V. Hickman, AMS KS44051 ), 1 /; Mount Barrow, summit, E Launceston , 418229S, 1478259E, Feb. 5, 1987, heath plain, elev. 1300 m (R. Raven, T. Churchill, QMB S11679 ), 2 /; Mount Field National Park , 428419S, 1468499E, Jan. 1, 1998, under rocks (L. Boutin, TMH), 1/ (penultimate but with formed epigynum) ; near Mount Field National Park , 428419S, 1468439E, May 1996, under bark, elev. 160 m (L. Boutin, TMH), 1 /; Mount Wellington, 428549S, 1478149E, Dec. 1956, high (P. Darlington, MCZ), 1/, Dec. 10, 1963, summit, with eggsac under stone (J. Hickman, AMS KS31863 ), 1 /; Nive River , 15 km N Bronte Park, 418409S, 1478189E, Nov. 24, 1972 (M. Baehr, CBB), 2 /; southwestern Tasmania, 428559S, 1458539E, Feb. 15, 1978, hand collecting, heathland transect (L. Hill, AMS KS27058 ), 1 /; Spring Hill , 428249S, 1478159E, Sept. 6, 1947, in grass tussocks (V. Hickman, AMS KS44041 ), 1 /; Strahan , 428099S, 1458199E, Nov. 14–Dec. 1, 1997, eucalypt bark (L. Boutin, TMH), 2 /; Tomahawk River, 40 km NE Scottsdale, 418099S, 1478319E, Nov. 3, 1972 (M. Baehr, CBB), 1/. Victoria: Cobon North Coupe, site 512.08, Vaus experimental study, 378229S, 1488569E, Apr. 6–10, 1992, upslope pitfalls (R. Coy, NMV K3556 ), 1 ?; Mount Hotham , 368589S, 1478079E, Dec. 13, 1962, elev. 1700 m (E. Ross, D. Cavagnaro, CAS), 2 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Australia, including Tasmania (map 5).

Figures

Map 5. Records of Lampona lomond, new species (circles) and L. brevipes L. Koch (squares).

Figs. 82–85. Lampona lomond, new species. 82. Left male palp, ventral view. 83. Same, retrolateral view. 84. Epigynum, ventral view. 85. Same, dorsal view.