Longepi bondi, 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 : 298

Longepi bondi , new species Figures 730–733 ; Map 82

TYPE: Female holotype taken in eucalypt litter in Bondi State Forest , S Bombala, 378089S, 1498099E, New South Wales (Dec. 13, 1980; G. Gowing), deposited in AMS ( KS11889 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been collected together, but are matched here on the basis of their respective similarities to those of L. cobon ; males can be recognized by the relatively short dorsal prong on the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 731), females by the v­shaped epigynal hood (fig. 732).

MALE: Total length 3.8. Coloration as in L. tarra . Leg spination: tibiae: III missing; IV v1p­0­2. Retrolateral tibial apophysis with long, rectangular base, short dorsal fork, and sinuous ventral fork (fig. 731); terminal apophysis very wide (fig. 730).

FEMALE: Total length 4.9. Coloration as in L. tarra . Leg spination as in male. Epigynal hood narrow posteriorly, with posterolateral pockets, atrium reduced to v­shaped ridge anterior of openings (fig. 732); lateral ducts almost semicircular (fig. 733).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Victoria: Jeeralang West Road, 0.1 km N Binns Hill Junction, Strzelecki Ranges , 388279S, 1468299E, Nov. 14, 1995 – Jan. 10, 1996, pitfall, eucalypt forest (G. Milledge, NMV K4657 ), 1 ?; 11.4 km ENE McMahons Creek , 378419S, 1458579E, Nov. 14­24, 1988 (L. Lumsden, ex NMV K3632 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Victoria and adjacent New South Wales (map 82).

Figures

Map 82. Records of Longepi bondi, new species (circles) and L. woodman, new species (squares).

Figs. 730–733. Longepi bondi, new species. 730. Left male palp, ventral view. 731. Same, retrolateral view. 732. Epigynum, ventral view. 733. Same, dorsal view.