Pseudolampona warrandyte, 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 : 304

Pseudolampona warrandyte , new species Figures 742–745 ; Map 84

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype from Warrandyte , 378459S, 1458139E, Victoria (July 12, 1980; R. Raven), deposited in QMB ( S25988 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the very long and medially expanded median apophysis (fig. 742), females by the long and widely separated lateral epigynal margins (fig. 744).

MALE: Total length 3.0. Abdominal dorsum and sides with six dark chevrons, last three fused at sides; venter with three dark, longitudinal stripes (anterior along midline, pair of more posterior paramedians); legs unmarked. Retrolateral tibial apophysis greatly widened at base (fig. 743); median apophysis long, widest near midpoint (fig. 742).

FEMALE: Total length 3.4. Coloration as in male. Lateral epigynal margins reaching as far anterior as anterior tip of spermathecae, widely separated anteriorly (fig. 744); spermathecae relatively long, thick (fig. 745).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Australian Capital Territory: Black Mountain, 358169S, 1498069E ( NMV K3625 ), 1/. New South Wales: Bungonia , 348529S, 1498579E, mid Dec. 1989 –mid Feb. 1990, pitfall (G. Hunt, AMS KS22731 ), 1 /; Bungonia Caves, near Information Center, 348509S, 1508049E, mid Oct. –mid Nov. 1989, pitfall (G. Hunt, AMS KS22561 ), 1 ?; Mount Flora, near Mittagong , 348229S, 1508269E, Apr. 15, 1976, Berlese, dry sclerophyll (R. Sadler, R. Taylor, QMB), 2?, 1/. Victoria: Coranderrk, Sept. 2, 1976 (V. Salanitri, QMB S26776 ), 1 ?; Rich­Murrungowar Coupe , 378349S, 1488389E, May 7–13, 1992, upslope pitfall (R. Coy, NMV K3531 , 3539 ), 2 ?; Warrandyte , 378459S, 1458139E, July 12, 1980 (R. Raven, QMB S25988 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Southern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and eastern Victoria (map 84).

Figures

Map 84. Records of Pseudolampona warrandyte, new species (circles) and P. boree, new species (squares).

Figs. 742–745. Pseudolampona warrandyte, new species. 742. Left male palp, ventral view. 743. Same, retrolateral view. 744. Epigynum, ventral view. 745. Same, dorsal view.