Lamponicta cobon, 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 : 144-145

Lamponicta cobon , new species Figures 326–329 ; Map 39

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a midslope pitfall trap at Cobon South Coupe , Victoria, 378259S, 1488569E (Apr. 6–14, 1992; R. Coy), deposited in NMV ( K3598 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: With the characters of the genus, palp as in figures 326 and 327, and epigynum as in figures 328 and 329.

MALE: Total length 6.4. Abdominal dorsum dark gray, with transverse white band at about half its length, band wider at sides than at middle; anterior legs darkened but without distinct markings. Palpal femur short, thick, sinuous when viewed dorsoventrally; tibia without retrolateral apophysis, with distal excavation (fig. 327); tegulum oval, sperm duct confined to distal half, greatly narrowed near midline (fig. 326).

FEMALE: Total length 7.7. Abdominal dorsum without distinct transverse white band, with small, roughly pentagonal orange scu­ tum near anterior edge. Epigynum with long, v­shaped posteromedian septum (fig. 328); spermathecae each with two bulbous lobes (fig. 329).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: junction, Tubrabucca and Omadale Brook Roads, Stewarts Brook State Forest , 318559S, 1518249E, Nov. 22–23, 1996, elev. 1360 m (N. Platnick, R. Raven, V. Ovtsharenko, K. Catley, AMNH), 1?. Victoria: Blackwood Loam Creek , 378299S, 1448199E, Sept. 10, 1977, under bark (Parnaby, AMS KS44475 ), 1 /; Cobon South Coupe , 378259S, 1488579E, Nov. 27–28, 1996, elev. 700 m (N. Platnick, R. Raven, V. Ovtsharenko, K. Catley, AMNH), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from New South Wales and Victoria (map 39).

Figures

Map 39. Records of Lamponicta cobon, new species (circles) and Lamponusa gleneagle, new species (squares).

Figs. 326–329. Lamponicta cobon, new species. 326. Left male palp, ventral view. 327. Same, retrolateral view. 328. Epigynum, ventral view. 329. Same, dorsal view.