Lampona papua, 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 : 43-44

Lampona papua , new species Figures 63–65

TYPE: Female holotype taken under bark of Araucaria cunninghami (middle stem, tree no. 7) at Beenleigh Lake, Wau, Morobe District, Papua New Guinea, 78209S, 1468409E (Sept. 22, 1970; B. Gray), deposited in AMS ( KS13258 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: This species resembles L. cylindrata and L. murina but can be easily distinguished by the shape of the spermathecae, which have laterally directed tips (figs. 64, 65).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 8.8. Coloration as in L. cylindrata except abdomen uniformly brownish gray. Epigynum separated from booklung covers by soft cuticle, consisting of narrow, elongate, excavate oval fossa, slightly wider anteriorly than posteriorly, anterior rim arched, elevated, openings at posterior edges of lateral rims, without distinct longitudinal ridges (fig. 63); spermathecae with laterally directed tips (figs. 64, 65).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One female taken with the holotype ( AMS), and one female also taken under bark of Araucaria cunninghami (lower stem, tree no. 2) at Stony Lake, Bulolo, Morobe District, Papua New Guinea, 68459S, 1468309E (Oct. 18, 1970; B. Webber, AMS KS13216 ) .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Papua New Guinea.

Figures

Figs. 63–65. Lampona papua, new species. 63. Epigynum, ventral view. 64. Same, dorsal view. 65. Spermathecae, dorsal view.