Desognaphosa millaa, PLATNICK, 2002

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Desognaphosa millaa , new species Figures 211–214 ; Map 12

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in Berlese sample of sieved rainforest litter at an elevation of 1000 m on Kjellberg Road , Mount Fisher , 7 km SW Millaa Millaa, 17 ° 33 ̍ S, 145 ° 33 ̍ E, Queensland (May 3, 1983; G. Monteith, D. Yeates), deposited in QMB ( S26676 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the long cymbial invagination, which extends almost the full length of the cymbium (fig. 212), females by the very narrow, paired anterior epigynal margins (fig. 213).

MALE: Total length 4.0. Coloration as in D. bulburin . Leg spination: tibiae: III v0­0­ 2; IV v1p­0­2, r0­1­0; metatarsi: III v0­0­0; IV v0­0­1p, r1­0­0. Palpal femur with ventral hump at about half its length, retrolateral tibial apophysis triangular, dorsoventrally flattened, cymbial excavation deep, extending almost full length of segment (fig. 212); embolus greatly elongated, extending far posterior of tibial margin, with prominent, proximally directed protuberance at base (fig. 211).

FEMALE: Total length 3.8. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III v0­0­2; IV v1p­0­2, r0­1­0; metatarsi: III v0­0­0; IV v1p­0­1p, r1­0­0. Anterior epigynal margin narrow, bipartite, connected to short median septum (fig. 213); anteromedian ducts greatly widened (fig. 214).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Bellenden Ker Range, 0.5 km S Cable Tower No. 7, 17 ° 16 ̍ S, 145 ° 51 ̍ E, Oct. 17–24, 1981, rainforest pitfall, elev. 500 m ( QMB 28776), 53, 5♀ ; The Bluff , 11 km W Mossman, 16 ° 27 ̍ S, 145 ° 16 ̍ E, Nov. 2, 1984, Berlese, rainforest litter, elev. 1000 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, G. Thompson, QMB S26687 ), 13 ; Boulder Creek, via Tully , 17 ° 50 ̍ S, 145 ° 54 ̍ E, Oct. 27, 1983, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 650 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, G. Thompson, QMB S28748 ), 1♀ ; Clacherty Road, via Julatten , 16 ° 37 ̍ S, 145 ° 20 ̍ E, Sept. 10, 1981, Berlese, rainforest, sieved litter, elev. 450 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S26655 ), 13, 1♀ ; Hughes Road, Topaz District , 17 ° 26 ̍ S, 145 ° 42 ̍ E, Dec. 5, 1993, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 650 m (G. Monteith, H. Janetzki, QMB S28743 ), 13 ; Kjellberg Road, Mount Fisher , 7 km SW Millaa Millaa, 17 ° 33 ̍ S, 145 ° 33 ̍ E, May 3, 1983, Berlese, sieved litter, rainforest, elev. 1000 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, ex QMB S26665 , 26676 ), 63, 1♀ ; Malaan State Forest , 17 ° 35 ̍ S, 145 ° 35 ̍ E, July 30, 1956, rainforest litter, elev. ca. 2000 ft (T. Woodward, OMD), 2♀, Apr. 20–24, 1978, rainforest, in or under logs, red soil (R. Raven, V. Davies, QMB S26669 , 26710 ), 43, 3♀ ; Malaan State Forest , 17 ° 36 ̍ S, 145 ° 37 ̍ E, July 25–Nov. 26, 1992, pitfall (R. Raven, P., E. Lawless, M. Shaw, QMB S24481 ), 13 ; S Malanda, Topaz National Park , 17 ° 25 ̍ S, 145 ° 43 ̍ E, July 28, 1982, rainforest litter, elev. 720 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 13 ; Massey Creek , 12 km SW Millaa Millaa, 17 ° 35 ̍ S, 145 ° 33 ̍ E, May 4, 1983, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1000 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, QMB S28746 ), 1♀ ; McDowall Range , 17 km N Daintree, 16 ° 06 ̍ S, 145 ° 20 ̍ E, Nov. 27, 1985, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 520 m (G. Monteith, ex QMB S28739 ), 13 ; Mossman Bluff Track, 5–10 km W Mossman, 16 ° 28 ̍ S, 145 ° 22 ̍ E, Dec. 16–30, 1988, pitfall, elev. 360 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QMB S28731 ), 13 ; Mossman Gorge, 16 ° 25 ̍ S, 145 ° 20 ̍ E, Aug. 1, 1956, rainforest litter (T. Woodward, OMD), 13, Oct. 20, 1980, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter (G. Monteith, QMB S26673 ), 13 ; W base, Mount Bartle Frere , 17 ° 23 ̍ S, 145 ° 46 ̍ E, Jan. 10­Mar. 31, 1995, pitfall, elev. 700 m (G. Monteith, Hasenpusch, QMB S40186 ), 13 ; Mount Boolbun South , 15 ° 57 ̍ S, 145 ° 08 ̍ E, Nov. 5, 1995 – Jan. 11, 1996, intercept trap, elev. 850 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, Roberts, QMB S41347 ), 13, Nov. 6, 1995, Berlese, rainforest litter, elev. 850 –1000 m (G. Monteith, QMB S28752 ), 13, 1♀ ; Mount Father Clancy, 9 km S Millaa Millaa, Malaan State Forest , 17 ° 35 ̍ S, 145 ° 38 ̍ E, Apr. 21, 1978, litter (R. Raven, QMB S26709 ), 1♀, Dec. 6, 1988, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1000 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QMB S28740 ), 1♀ ; Mount Finnigan, via Helenvale , 15 ° 49 ̍ S, 145 ° 17 ̍ E, Dec. 3–5, 1990, pitfall (D. Cook, G. Thompson, Roberts, ex QMB S28761 ), 1♀ ; Mount Halcyon , 16 ° 03 ̍ S, 145 ° 25 ̍ E, Nov. 24, 1993, Berlese, rainforest litter, elev. 870 m (G. Monteith, H. Janetzki, QMB S28751 ), 13 ; SW slope, Mount Hartley, 15 ° 46 ̍ S, 145 ° 19 ̍ E, July 3, 1982, rainforest litter, elev. 700 m (S., J. Peck , AMNH), 23, Nov. 8, 1995 – Jan. 16, 1996, pitfall, elev. 750 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, Roberts, QMB S34547 ), 1♀ ; 2.5 km SW Mount Hartley , 15 ° 47 ̍ S, 145 ° 19 ̍ E, Apr. 24, 1983, Berlese, rainforest, sieved litter, elev. 610 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, D. Cook, QMB S26684 , 26700 ), 23, Dec. 8, 1993 – Feb. 2, 1994, pitfall (L. Roberts, QMB S28738 ), 13 ; Mount Lewis , 20 km S Mossman, 16 ° 35 ̍ S, 145 ° 17 ̍ E, July 10, 1982, rainforest litter, elev. 1000 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1♀, Sept. 4, 1983, rainforest, litter, elev. 3000 ft (A. Williamson, QMB S26696 ), 1♀ ; summit, Mount Misery , 15 ° 52 ̍ S, 145 ° 14 ̍ E, Dec. 6, 1990 – Jan. 17, 1991, pitfalls, elev. 850 m ( QMB S28720 , 28723 ), 23 ; Mount Sampson , 15 ° 48 ̍ S, 145 ° 12 ̍ E, Dec. 27, 1990 – Jan. 19, 1991, pitfall, intercept traps, elev. 600– 790 m ( QMB S28728 , 28729 ), 23 ; 4 km E Mount Spurgeon , 16 ° 27 ̍ S, 145 ° 14 ̍ E, Nov. 22, 1997, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1100 m (D. Cook, QMB S43896 ), 1♀ ; Mount Tyson , 2 km W Tully, 17 ° 55 ̍ S, 145 ° 54 ̍ E, May 7, 1983, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 650 m (D. Yeates, QMB S26693 ), 1♀ ; Thornton Peak, N Daintree , 16 ° 10 ̍ S, 145 ° 22 ̍ E, Nov. 1975, rainforest litter, elev. 610 m (M. Gray, AMS KS69730 ), 2♀ ; Windin Falls , NW Mount Bartle Frere, 17 ° 19 ̍ S, 145 ° 45 ̍ E, Oct. 9, 1980, Berlese, rainforest, sieved litter, elev. 580 m (G. Monteith, QMB S26685 ), 13, 1♀ ; Wrights Creek, Atherton, Lake Eacham National Park , 17 ° 18 ̍ S, 145 ° 37 ̍ E, July 26–30, 1982, rainforest carrion trap, elev. 720 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 12).

Figures

Map 12. Records of Tinytrema wombat, new species (stars), T. yarra, new species (square), and Desognaphosa millaa, new species (circles).

Figs. 211–214. Desognaphosa millaa, new species. 211. Left male palp, ventral view. 212. Same, retrolateral view. 213. Epigynum, ventral view. 214. Same, dorsal view.