Longepi barmah, 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 : 295-297

Longepi barmah , new species Figures 722–725 ; Map 81

TYPE: Female holotype from taken in pitfall trap on McDonalds Road , 1.8 km S Shepparton­Barmah Road, 368049S, 1458029E, Victoria (Jan. 17–22, 1994; G. Milledge), deposited in NMV .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this distinctive species can easily be recognized by the short, bifurcated retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 723) and narrow terminal apophysis (fig. 722), females by the lateral pockets of the epigynal hood (fig. 724) and posteriorly enlarged lateral ducts (fig. 725).

MALE: Total length 3.6. Coloration as in L. boyd . Leg spination: tibiae: III v1p­0­2; IV r0­1­1. Retrolateral tibial apophysis bifurcate, sinuous (fig. 723); terminal apophysis narrow, distal portion directed retrolaterally (fig. 722).

FEMALE: Total length 3.7. Coloration as in L. boyd . Leg spination as in male. Epigynal hood beak­shaped, with lateral pockets (fig. 724); lateral ducts enlarged, sinuous posteriorly (fig. 725).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: 5 km N Bunningeree, at crossing of Ana branch of Darling River, at Silver City Highway , 338369S, 1418459E, Aug. 22, 1981, eucalypt litter (M. Kotzman, QMB), 1/. Queensland: Lake Broadwater , via Dalby , 278219S, 1518069E, May 6–Nov. 24, 1985, pitfalls (M. Bennie, QMB S28596 , S28635 ), 35?, 9/, Nov. 24, 1985 – Jan. 3, 1986, pitfalls (M. Bennie, QMB S28667 ), 4/, Jan. 3– Feb. 25, 1986, pitfalls (M. Bennie, QMB S28617 ), 2 /; 90 mi S Mackay, 218099S, 1498129E, July 18, 1968, Berlese, Acacia harpophylla litter (L. Mound, QMB), 1/. South Australia: 3.7 km NE Pooginagoric, 368279S, 1408559E, Dec. 5–8, 1995, pitfall ( SAM N1997 /80), 1/. Victoria: Cohuna, 358509S, 1448119E, Nov. 16–21, 1996, shelterbelt pitfall (J. Shield, J. Hooper, CVIC), 1/, Dec. 1996 – Jan. 1997, pitfall (J. Hooper, CVIC, 2 /; 1 km NNW Inglewood , 368349S, 1438519E, Oct. 15–20, 1989 (A. Coventry, NMV K4640 ), 2 ?; 2 km NNW Inglewood , 368339S, 1438519E, Oct. 15–20, 1989 (A. Coventry, NMV K4640 ), 1 ?; 7.5 km NNW Inglewood , 368309S, 1438539E, Oct. 15–20, 1989 (A. Coventry, NMV K4643 ), 3 ?; Potter Creek, 1.7 km S Western Highway , 368509S, 1428219E, Nov. 6, 1991, pitfall (S. Larwill, NMV K3644 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Australia, except Tasmania (map 81).

Figures

Map 81. Records of Longepi barmah, new species (circles) and L. cobon, new species (squares).

Figs. 722–725. Longepi barmah, new species. 722. Left male palp, ventral view. 723. Same, retrolateral view. 724. Epigynum, ventral view. 725. Same, dorsal view.