Longepi tarra, 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 : 294-295

Longepi tarra , new species Figures 718–721 ; Map 80

TYPE: Female holotype taken in pitfall trap in Nothofagus cunninghamii forest 0.2 km W Tarra Valley Picnic Area, Tarra­Bulga National Park , Strzlecki Ranges , 388279S, 1468329E, Victoria (Nov. 14, 1995 – Jan. 10, 1996; G. Milledge), deposited in NMV ( K4658 ) .

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. boyd ; males have a shorter retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 719) and a longer narrowed portion of the terminal apophysis (fig. 718); females have a wider, heart­shaped epigynal atrium (fig. 720).

MALE: Total length 3.7. Abdominal scutum dark reddish brown; coloration otherwise as in L. boyd . Leg spination: tibia IV v0­0­2. Retrolateral tibial apophysis with basal hook, extending only about half of cymbial length, sharply bent at about onethird its length (fig. 719); terminal apophysis wide but narrowed apical portion relatively long (fig. 718).

FEMALE: Total length 4.5. Abdominal dorsum mottled gray, coloration otherwise as in male. Leg spination typical for genus. Epigynal atrium wide, heart­shaped, with anterolateral openings (fig. 720); median ducts long, longitudinal (fig. 721).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Victoria: 11.4 km ENE McMahons Creek , 378419S, 1458579E, Nov. 14­24, 1988 (L. Lumsden, NMV K3632 ), 1 ?; 9.2 km NW Toorongo, 378449S, 1468029E, Nov. 14­24, 1988 (L. Lumsden, NMV K3630 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Victoria (map 80).

Figures

Map 80. Records of Longepi boyd, new species (circles) and L. tarra, new species (squares).

Figs. 718–721. Longepi tarra, new species. 718. Left male palp, ventral view. 719. Same, retrolateral view. 720. Epigynum, ventral view. 721. Same, dorsal view.