Pseudolampona wyandotte, 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 : 315

Pseudolampona wyandotte , new species Figures 782, 783 ; Map 89

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall trap in dry eucalypt woodland at Wyandotte Creek , 188299S, 1448559E, Queensland (July 26–Dec. 1, 1992; R. Raven, P., E. Lawless, M. Shaw), deposited in QMB ( S24340 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the elongated palpal bulb and excavated median apophysis (fig. 782).

MALE: Total length 2.5. Abdominal dorsum with five dark chevrons; venter unmarked. Retrolateral tibial apophysis distinctly narrowed at about half its length (fig. 783); palpal bulb elongated, median apophysis excavated (fig. 782).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 89).

Figures

Map 89. Records of Pseudolampona wyandotte, new species (circle) and P. glenmore, new species (squares).

Figs. 782, 783. Pseudolampona wyandotte, new species. 782. Left male palp, ventral view. 783. Same, retrolateral view.