Notsodipus domain, 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 : 290-291

Notsodipus domain , new species Figures 710–713 ; Map 79

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in grass tussocks at Queens Domain , 428529S, 1478199E, Tasmania (Feb. 23, 1968; V. Hickman), deposited in AMS ( KS29336 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Like the preceding species, this taxon is very odd and might be misplaced. Males can easily be recognized by the sharply pointed median projection on the palpal bulb and the small median apophysis (fig. 710), females by the divided anterior epigynal atrium (fig. 712). The lateral pockets on the epigynum suggest a possible relationship to Queenvic , but the palpal conformation suggests that the species is better placed here.

MALE: Total length 2.7. Abdominal dorsum with two pairs of lighter muscle impressions visible anteriorly under dark scutum, transverse white stripe visible medially under scutum; venter gray, with large, rectangular, median, dark orange sclerite. Leg spination: tibia IV v0­0­ 1p. Retrolateral tibial apophysis long, triangular (fig. 711); terminal apophysis with longitudinally oriented narrow median prong, distal elements short but still with typical, recurved retrolateral elements, embolus relatively short, confined to distal portion of bulb, which bears sharply pointed median projection (fig. 710).

FEMALE: Total length 3.3. Coloration as in male except abdominal dorsum dark gray, without rectangular sclerite. Leg spination: tibiae: III v0­0­0, IV v0­0­ 1p. Epigynal atrium deep, but with lateral edges poorly demarcated, divided (fig. 712); posterior epigynal ducts coiled (fig. 713).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Bondi State Forest, S Bombala, 378089S, 1498099E, May 6, 1980, pitfall, open forest, litter (G. Gowing, AMS KS18040 ), 1?. South Australia: Pinkawillinie Conservation Park , 328079S, 1368009E, May 21, 1990, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM N1997 / 98), 1 /; 31 km NW Renmark , 338599S, 1408309E, May 2–June 8, 1995, flight intercept pitfall (K. Pullen, QMB), 1/, Aug. 8– Sept. 7, 1995, flight intercept pitfall (K. Pullen, QMB S34310 ), 1 ?; 79 km NNW Renmark, 338319S, 1408249E, May 3–June 6, 1995, flight intercept pitfall (K. Pullen, QMB), 1/. Tasmania: Mount Rumney , 428529S, 1478279E, June 8, 1963, in grass tussock (J., V. Hickman, AMS KS29300 ), 1 /; Queens Domain, 428529S, 1478199E, Feb. 23, 1968, in grass tussocks (V. Hickman, AMS KS29336 ), 1?, 1/. Western

2000 PLATNICK: AUSTRALASIAN SPIDER FAMILY LAMPONIDAE 291

Australia: Heitmans Scrub , 318319S, 1178379E, Nov. 3–14, 1988 (D. Mitchell, WAM 96 /671–678), 6?, 2 /; Woodline , Goldfields, 318559S, 1228249E, Aug. 1980, pitfall (W. Humphreys, WAM 90 /421), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Australia, including Tasmania (map 79).

Figures

Map 79. Records of Notsodipus domain, new species.

Figs. 710–713. Notsodipus domain, new species. 710. Left male palp, ventral view. 711. Same, retrolateral view. 712. Epigynum, ventral view. 713. Same, dorsal view.