Asadipus barant, 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 : 262-263

Asadipus barant , new species

Figures 568, 569 ; Map 69

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a dry pitfall trap in the Barlee Range Nature Reserve , 238079S, 1168019E, Western Australia (June 19–22, 1994; P., G. Kendrick), deposited in WAM (96/710).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females of this species resemble those of A. baranar but have more highly developed anterior epigynal ducts (fig. 569).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 4.8. Abdominal dorsum gray with posterior chevrons and oblique lines composed of small pale patches. Leg spination: tibiae: III p0­0­0, v0­0­0, r0­0­0; IV p0­0­0, v1p­0­1p, r0­0­0; metatarsi: III v0­0­0; IV v1p­0­0. Epigynum with pronounced anterior atrium and thickened anterior margins (fig. 568); anterior ducts occupying about two­thirds of epigynal length (fig. 569).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Barlee Range Nature Reserve, Western Australia (map 69).

Figures

Map 69. Records of Graycassis boss, new species (circles), Asadipus barant, new species (square), and A. mountant, new species (triangle).

Figs. 566–569. 566, 567. Graycassis enfield, new species. 568, 569. Asadipus barant, new species. 566. Left male palp, ventral view. 567. Same, retrolateral view. 568. Epigynum, ventral view. 569. Same, dorsal view.