Centrothele kuranda, 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 : 185-186

Centrothele kuranda , new species Figures 446–449 ; Map 50

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in rainforest on Black Mountain Road, Kuranda , 168499S, 1458389E, Queensland (July 1976; P. Filewood), deposited in QMB ( S26505 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a scarcely evident dorsal tibial apophysis (fig. 447) and a long embolus that is narrow even at its base (fig. 446); females have a long, parallel­sided epigynal atrium and long, narrow epigynal midpiece (fig. 448).

MALE: Total length 10.4. Abdominal dorsum gray, with pair of narrow transverse white stripes at about half its length, stripes extending around sides, venter gray with scattered small orange sclerotizations; anterior coxae, trochanters, and femoral bases darkened, almost red. Leg spination: tibiae: III p0­1­1, v1p­2­2, r0­1­1; IV v1p­2­2, r0­ 0­1; metatarsus IV r0­1­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis moderate in length, expanded at base on both dorsal and ventral sides, dorsal apophysis scarcely evident (fig. 447); embolus originating at retrolateral side of bulb, narrow throughout its length; embolar apophysis almost straight; tegular apophysis bulging; median apophysis almost triangular (fig. 446).

FEMALE: Total length 11.0. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III r0­1­1; IV p0­1­1; metatarsus IV r0­1­0. Epigynal hood wide, semicircular; epigynal atrium long, with parallel sides, midpiece long, narrow (fig. 448); epigynal ducts enlarged, dorsal most ducts making almost full circle (fig. 449).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Davies Creek, Copperfield Road, near Cairns, 168559S, 1458329E, May 13, 1984,

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under rocks in webbed burrow (A. Dennis, QMB), 1 /; Kirrama Forest , 188099S, 1458379E, May 1, 1981, rainforest (B. Ramsay, QMB S34346 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern

Queensland (map 50).

Figures

Map 50. Records of Centrothele kuranda, new species.

Figs. 446–449. Centrothele kuranda, new species. 446. Left male palp, ventral view. 447. Same, retrolateral view. 448. Epigynum, ventral view. 449. Same, dorsal view.