Asadipus uphill, 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 : 268

Asadipus uphill , new species

Figures 646–649 ; Map 62

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall trap at Cape Upstart, E of Station Hill, 198479S, 1478509E, Queensland (Oct. 25, 1991 – July 27, 1992; P. Lawless, R. Raven, M. Shaw), deposited in QMB ( S21799 ), and female allotype taken in open forest at an elevation of 50 m at Cape Upstart , 2.5 km SE of Station Hill, 198479S, 1478499E, Queensland (Apr. 20, 1998; G. Monteith), deposited in QMB (S42453) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the distinctively short and ventrally directed dorsal prong of the terminal apophysis (fig. 646); females resemble those of A. kunderang but can be distinguished by the presence of a tiny anteromedian epigynal hood (figs. 648, 649).

MALE: Carapace 2.2 long (abdomen missing). Coloration as in A. phaleratus except legs light brown. Leg spination: tibiae: III p0­0­0, v0­0­0, r0­0­0; IV p0­0­0, v0­0­1p, r0­0­0; metatarsi III, IV v0­0­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis reaching to about half of cymbial length (fig. 647); ventral prong of terminal apophysis relatively short, sharply pointed distally, dorsal prong short, directed ventrally rather than retrolaterally (fig. 646).

FEMALE: Total length 8.9. Abdominal dorsum dark gray with posterior white chevrons and oblique rows of small white spots; legs dark brown. Leg spination: tibiae: III p0­0­ 0, v0­0­2, r0­0­0; IV p0­0­0, v0­1p­2, r0­0­ 0; metatarsi: III v0­0­0; IV v0­1p­0. Epigynum with tiny anteromedian hood (fig. 648); ducts asymmetrical (fig. 649).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from mid­eastern Queensland (map 62).

Figures

Map 62. Records of Prionosternum porongurup, new species (squares), Graycassis marengo, new species (circle), and Asadipus uphill, new species (triangle).

Figs. 646–649. Asadipus uphill, new species. 646. Left male palp, ventral view. 647. Same, retrolateral view. 648. Epigynum, ventral view. 649. Same, dorsal view.