Lampona superbus, PLATNICK, 2000
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887CE-B43C-FFAE-C794-71E7E2BBFEDB |
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Felipe |
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Lampona superbus |
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sp. nov. |
Lampona superbus View in CoL , new species Figures 230–233 View Figs ; Map 26 View Map 26
TYPE: Female holotype taken at night in rainforest at an elevation of 850 m on Teviot Brook Track, Mount Superbus , 288149S, 1528299E, Queensland (Mar. 8, 1990; T. Churchill), deposited in QMB ( S15902 View Materials ) .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of L. bunya and L. cudgen but have a larger tip on the retrolateral tibial apophysis and a retrolateral protrusion on the membranous conductor (figs. 230, 231); females also resemble those of L. bunya and L. cudgen but can easily be recognized by the arched anterior epigynal margin (fig. 232).
MALE: Total length 5.3. Abdominal dorsum with anterior and median paired white spots fused into wshaped pattern; anterior femora darkened, posterior femora with subdistal, tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur darkened throughout its length but otherwise unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis abruptly bent, transverse portion relatively large (fig. 231); both palps of single available specimen expanded, but tegulum probably reaching to at least onethird of tibial length; embolus abruptly narrowed prolaterally below tip, retrolaterally at tip, membranous conductor with distinct retrolateral protrusion (fig. 230).
FEMALE: Total length 9.5. Coloration as in male. Epigynum elongate, with distinct, arched anterior margin (fig. 232); spermathecae tripartite, anterior portions small, round ed (fig. 233).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Little Yabba Creek , 268379S, 1528419E, Mar. 2–Apr. 12, 1992, pitfall, rainforest, elev. 150 m (D. Cook, QMB S30322 View Materials ), 1 ?; Swimming Pool Track, near Binaburra Lodge, Lamington National Park , 288119S, 1538119E, July 1 ,
1986 (M. Harvey, P. Vaughan, WAM 95/ 1109), 1/.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern Queensland (map 26).
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Queensland Museum, Brisbane |
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