Asadipus auld, 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 : 260-261

Asadipus auld , new species

Figures 614–617 ; Map 66

TYPES: Male holotype taken in a fence pitfall trap at Lake Auld , 218449S, 1238409E, Western Australia (June 13, 1986; L. Charlton), deposited in WAM (87/1142), and female allotype with the same data but captured one day earlier, deposited in WAM (87/ 1143) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the thickened embolus and sinuous sperm duct (figs. 614, 615), females by the rectangular anterior epigynal openings (fig. 616) and anteriorly massive spermathecae (fig. 617).

MALE: Total length 7.0. Coloration as in A. phaleratus . Leg spination: tibiae: III r0­0­ 1; IV v2­2­2; metatarsi IV v1p­2­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis reaching to about one­third of cymbial length (fig. 615); embolus originating on prolateral side of bulb, thickened throughout its length, ventral portion of terminal apophysis distally expanded, membranous, dorsal portion terminating in long, sharply bent, sclerotized spur accompanying membranous conductor (fig. 614).

FEMALE: Total length 7.9. Coloration as in A. phaleratus . Leg spination: tibiae: III v1p­ 2­2, r0­0­1; IV p0­0­1. Epigynal openings situated anteriorly, rectangular (fig. 616); spermathecae anteriorly inflated (fig. 617).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: South Australia: 23 km WSW Illintjitja , 268179S, 1308109E, May 9–13, 1993, pitfall ( SAM N1996 /419), 1 ?; 7.5 km NNW Mount Kintore , 268309S, 1308279E, May 9, 1994 ( SAM 1997 /91, 92), 2 ?; 41 km W Vokes Hill corner, 288329S, 1308169E, Apr. 14, 1994, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM 1996 /418), 1?. Western Australia: edge, Great Sandy Desert, windmill 30 km on Telfer Road , 218439S, 1228149E, June 28–29, 1988 (D. South, L. McKenna, WAM 96 /661), 1 ?; Kintyre , 228199S, 1228049E, Nov. 1988 (S. Harold, WAM 96 /669), 1 /; 7–8 km WNW Point Salvation , 288129S, 1238369E, Oct. 11–13, 1990, pitfall (E. Pianka, WAM 96 /668), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Western and South Australia (map 66).

Figures

Map 66. Records of Graycassis chichester, new species (squares), Asadipus auld, new species (circles), and A. humptydoo, new species (triangles).

Figs. 614–617. Asadipus auld, new species. 614. Left male palp, ventral view. 615. Same, retrolateral view. 616. Epigynum, ventral view. 617. Same, dorsal view.