Lamponega serpentine, 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 : 151

Lamponega serpentine , new species Figures 342, 343 ; Map 40

TYPE: Male holotype taken under bark on the E side of Serpentine Lakes , 288309S, 1298029E, South Australia (Apr. 18, 1994; P. Hudson), deposited in SAM ( N1996 /320) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of L. forceps in sternal modifications, but have the embolar base directed more distally (fig. 342).

MALE: Total length 4.7. Coloration as in L. forceps . Palp as in L. forceps but tegulum proportionately shorter, embolar base without pronounced constriction, directed distally (figs. 342, 343).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the western border of South Australia (map 40).

Figures

Map 40. Records of Lamponega arcoona, new species (circles), L. forceps, new species (square), and L. serpentine, new species (triangle).

Figs. 341–343. 341. Lamponega arcoona, new species, cephalothorax, lateral view. 342. L. serpentine, new species, left male palp, ventral view. 343. Same, retrolateral view.