Longepi boyd, 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 : 293-294

Longepi boyd , new species Figures 714–717 ; Map 80

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a Berlese sample of mallee scrub litter at Boyd Plateau , Kanangra area , 338599S, 1508089E, New South Wales (Sept. 28, 1973; M. Gray), deposited in AMS ( KS17658 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the extremely long retrolateral tibial apophysis, which reaches three­quarters of the cymbial length (fig. 715), females by the very wide epigynal hood (fig. 716).

MALE: Total length 3.9. Abdominal scutum brownish orange, similar in color to carapace; sides of abdomen gray, venter white with large median square of gray; legs unmarked. Leg spination: tibia III v0­0­ 1p. Retrolateral tibial apophysis greatly elongated, with basal hook on dorsal side (fig. 715); terminal apophysis greatly enlarged, covering over half of ventral bulb surface (fig. 714).

FEMALE: Total length 4.9. Abdominal dorsum mottled gray, coloration otherwise as in male. Leg spination: tibia III v1p­0­2. Epigynal hood wide, with distinct lateral pockets (fig. 716); median ducts bean­shaped, lateral ducts long (fig. 717).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Australian Capital Territory: Blundells Creek , 3 km E Piccadilly Circus, 358229S, 1488509E, Jan.– Mar. 1985, elev. 850 m (Weir, Lawrence, Johnson, QMB), 6?, 23 /; Blundells Creek Road, 3.5 km E Piccadilly Circus , 358229S, 1488509E, Jan. 27, 1983, elev. 850 m (J. Lawrence, QMB), 1 /; Lees and Blundells Creek, Brindabella Ranges , 358229S, 1488509E, 1979–1980, pitfalls (C. Dickman , QMB), 2?, Oct. 1981, pitfall (C. Dickman, QMB), 1 ?; 1 km N Mount Gingera , 358339S, 1488479E, Feb. 18, 1981, Berlese, leaf litter (A. Calder, QMB), 1 /; Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve , 358289S, 1488529E, Mar. 9, 1978 ,

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pitfall (P. Ormay, AMS KS13829), 2/. New South Wales: Bondi State Forest, S Bombala, 378089S, 1498099E, Feb. 3, 1980, pitfall, litter, open forest (G. Gowing, AMS

KS18039), 1/; 8.8 km ESE Captain’s Flat , 358359S, 1498269E, Jan. 10, 1970, dry sclerophyll (R. Taylor, QMB), 1 /; South Ramshead , Feb. 1983, pitfall, elev. 2000 m (K. Green, QMB), 2 /.

DISTRIBUTION: New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (map 80).

Figures

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

Figs. 714–717. Longepi boyd, new species. 714. Left male palp, ventral view. 715. Same, retrolateral view. 716. Epigynum, ventral view. 717. Same, dorsal view.