Centrothele mossman, 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 : 186-187

Centrothele mossman , new species Figures 452, 453 ; Map 51

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 1000–1180 m in the Devils Thumb area , 10 km NW Mossman, Queensland, 168239S, 1458179E (Oct. 9–10, 1982; G. Monteith, D. Yeates, Thompson), deposited in QMB ( S26489 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the shape of the epigynal atrium (fig. 452) and the widely separated dorsalmost epigynal ducts (fig. 453).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 10.4. Abdominal dorsum gray, with pair of transverse white stripes at about half its length, sides with interrupted narrow lines of white spots, venter pale white, with four sparse longitudinal rows of small orange sclerotizations; legs un­ marked. Leg spination: tibiae: III p0­1­1, v2­ 2­2, r0­1­1; IV p0­1­1; metatarsi III, IV r0­ 1­0. Epigynal atrium reduced to sinuous lateral depressions (fig. 452); dorsal most epigynal ducts widely separated (fig. 453).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 51).

Figures

Map 51. Records of Centrothele mossman, new species (square) and Centrina keira, new species (circles).

Figs. 450–453. 450, 451. Centrocalia chazeaui, new species. 452, 453. Centrothele mossman, new species. 450. Left male palp, ventral view. 451. Same, retrolateral view. 452. Left male palp, ventral view. 453. Same, retrolateral view.