Lamponella brookfield, 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 : 164-165

Lamponella brookfield , new species Figures 380–383 ; Map 43

TYPE: Female holotype taken in litter at Gold Creek Reservoir, Brookfield , 278309S, 1528559E, Queensland (Aug. 14, 1981; R. Raven, V. Davies), deposited in QMB ( S34357 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the rounded, lobe­like median apophysis (fig. 380); females resemble those of L. wyandotte but have simpler anterior tips of the epigynal midpiece and smaller anterior portions of the spermathecae (figs. 382, 383).

MALE: Total length 3.1. Abdominal dor­ sum gray, with only vague indications of fused median anterior pale spot; legs unmarked. Retrolateral tibial apophysis relatively long, narrow, sharply pointed (fig. 381); median apophysis represented by rounded lobe (fig. 380).

FEMALE: Total length 4.1. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece anteriorly expand­ ed, margins passing simple openings, continuing anteriorly to vaguely outline anterior epigynal depression (fig. 382), anterior portion of spermathecae relatively short, kidneyshaped (fig. 383).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Bahr’s Scrub , 278459S, 1538109E, Apr. 30, 1980, dry litter (R. Raven, QMB S34360 ), 1?, Dec. 10, 1991 – Jan. 21, 1992, pitfall, rainforest, elev. 100 m (D. Cook, QMB S25031 ), 1/, Jan. 21–Mar. 9, 1992, pitfall, rainforest, elev. 100 m (D. Cook, QMB S30328 ), 1 /; Gold Creek Reservoir, Brookfield , 278309S, 1528559E, Oct. 1–30, 1980, closed forest litter (V. Davies, R. Raven, QMB S34356 , 34358 ), 2 ?; Ravensbourne National Park , 278229S, 1528119E, Dec. 1, 1991 – Jan. 7, 1992, rainforest pitfall (D. Cook, QMB S34366 ), 1 ?; Stony Creek, via Samford , 278209S, 1528489E, Feb. 2–Apr. 8, 1995, rainforest pitfall (G. Monteith, H. Janetzki, QMB S34368 ), 1 /; Upper Brookfield , 278309S, 1528559E, Dec. 11, 1980, araucaria notophyll vineforest, under logs, rocks, in litter (V. Davies, R. Raven, QMB S34362 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern Queensland (map 43).

Figures

Map 43. Records of Lamponella wombat, new species (circles) and L. brookfield, new species (squares).

Figs. 380–383. Lamponella brookfield, new species. 380. Left male palp, ventral view. 381. Same, retrolateral view. 382. Epigynum, ventral view. 383. Same, dorsal view.