Lamponella kroombit, 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 : 167-168

Lamponella kroombit , new species Figures 378, 379 ; Map 45

TYPE: Female holotype taken in Berlese sample of sieved open forest litter from Kroombit Tops , 248239S, 1518029E, Queensland (Dec. 14, 1983; G. Monteith, V. Davies, J. Gallon, G. Thompson), deposited in QMB ( S34359 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males are unknown; females have a distinctive, rounded epigynal atrium with anterior openings (fig. 378) and medially constricted spermathecae (fig. 379). Although it is conceivable that this species represents the female of L. wombat , epigynal similarities with the female of L. homevale suggest that the male of L. kroombit should be close to that of L. homevale , whereas the L. wombat appears to be closer to the less oddly modified males of L. ainslie and L. kanangra .

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 4.2 Abdominal dorsum dirty white, palest in cardiac area, legs unmarked. Epigynal atrium large, rounded, with openings situated anteriorly (fig. 378); spermathecae constricted medially, anterior lobes directed laterally (fig. 379).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality in southeastern Queensland (map 45).

Figures

Map 45. Records of Lamponella taroom, new species (circles) and L. kroombit, new species (square).

Figs. 376–379. 376, 377. Lamponella wombat, new species. 378, 379. Lamponella kroombit, new species. 376. Left male palp, ventral view. 377. Same, retrolateral view. 378. Epigynum, ventral view. 379. Same, dorsal view.