Lampona terrors, 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 : 75-76

Lampona terrors , new species

Figures 146–149 ; Map 14

TYPE: Female holotype from Terrors Creek , 278139S, 1528509E, Queensland (Nov. 1908; J. Lamb), deposited in QMB ( S28118 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of L. russell and L. airlie but have the retrolateral tibial apophysis more abruptly narrowed posterior to the tip (fig. 147); females have larg­ er anterior portions of the spermathecae that are displaced laterally, to the side of the epigynal midpiece (figs. 148, 149).

MALE: Total length 5.3. Abdominal dorsum apparently with median white spots fused to each other and to anterior pair; anterior femora darkened, posterior femora with subdistal, posterior tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur darkened throughout most of its length but otherwise unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis distinctly expanded posterior of tip (fig. 147); tegulum expanded, reaching to half of tibial length; embolar base rounded prolaterally (fig. 146).

FEMALE: Total length 7.9. Coloration as in male except abdominal dorsum with only vague indications of anterior and median white spots. Epigynal midpiece long, narrow (fig. 148); anterior portions of spermathecae displaced to sides of epigynum (fig. 149).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Clarke Creek, Sarina Road , 208359S, 1488159E, Dec. 1979, in colony of Badumna candida (L. Koch) (R. Jackson, QMB S25984 ), 1 /; Conway National Park , 208179S, 1488469E, July 28–Dec. 3, 1992, pitfall, eucalypt woodland (R. Raven, P., E. Lawless, M. Shaw, QMB S24993 ), 1 ?; Douglas Creek Road, Kirrama State Forest , 188129S, 1458459E, Dec. 10, 1986 – Jan. 11, 1987, rainforest, elev. 800 m, intercept trap (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, Hamlet, QMB S28278 ), 1 ?; Ella Bay National Park , 178299S, 1468049E, July 24–Nov. 25, 1992, pitfall (R. Raven, P., E. Lawless, M. Shaw, QMB S24921 ), 1 ?; Mount Cleveland , 198169S, 1478039E, Mar. 22–24, 1991, dung, pitfall, open forest, elev. 550 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S43880 ), 1 ?; Rockhampton , 238239S, 1508309E, Mar. 10–11, 1965 (J. Balogh, HNHM), 1 /; Rockhampton District , 238229S, 1508329E, 1991, pitfall, open forest (R. Raven, QMB S30349 ), 2 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Queensland (map 14).

Figures

Map 14. Records of Lampona terrors, new species (circles) and L. torbay, new species (squares).

Figs. 146–149. Lampona terrors, new species. 146. Left male palp, ventral view. 147. Same, retrolateral view. 148. Epigynum, ventral view. 149. Same, dorsal view.