Paralampona kiola, 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 : 324-326

Paralampona kiola , new species Figures 808–811 ; Map 92

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in pitfall traps in litter on Forest Drive, Kiola State Forest , 15 km N Batemans Bay, 358379S, 1508169E, New South Wales (Jan. 30–Feb. 22, 1979; C. Horseman), deposited in AMS ( KS2596 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: This species seems closest to P. aurumaqua , but males have a longer retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 809) and females have a wider epigynal septum (fig. 810).

MALE: Total length 1.7. Abdominal dorsum gray, lightest in cardiac area, venter white, legs pale yellow. Palpal femur slightly enlarged distally; retrolateral tibial apophysis long, not shifted dorsally (fig. 809); embolus long (fig. 808).

FEMALE: Total length 2.1. Coloration as in male. Epigynal septum relatively wide (fig. 810), spermathecae with recurved anterior lobes (fig. 811).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Australian Capital Territory: Urriara , Berlesate 228 ( QMB), 1 /; Wombat Creek, 8 km N Piccadilly Circus, 358199S, 1488519E, elev. 750 m (Weir, Lawrence , Johnson , QMB), 7?. New South Wales: Batemans Bay , 358429S, 1508119E, May 27, 1978, Berlese, wet log and stump, elev. 10 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1 /; 3 km N Batemans Bay , 358439S, 1508119E, June 9–Aug. 30, 1982, intercept trap, elev. 50 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1 ?; Benandarah State Forest , 8 km N Batemans Bay, 358409S, 1508149E, Jan. 30–Feb. 22, 1979, litter pitfalls (C. Horseman, AMS KS2609 ), 5?, 1/, Sept. 21–Oct. 18, 1979, pitfalls (C. Horseman, AMS KS3927 , 5549 ), 2 /; Blue Mountains, road to Ingar Picnic Area , 338469S, 1508299E, Oct. 3, 1996, pitfall ( AMS KS51708 ), 1 /; 0.9 km S along Chaelundi Road from Big Bull Road, Mount Hyland Nature Reserve , 308099S, 1528279E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall, elev. 1080 m (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS35377 ), 1 /; 2 km SSE Bundanoon , 348399S, 1508189E, Apr. 3, 1982, Berlese, wet sclerophyll, ferns, bracken, dicksonia, elev. 550 m (L. Hill, QMB), 1 ?; Forest Drive, Kiola State Forest , 15 km N Batemans Bay, 358379S, 1508169E, Jan. 30–Feb. 22, 1979, litter pitfalls (C. Horseman, AMS KS2596 ), 3?, 1/, Sept. 7– Oct. 4, 1979, litter pitfalls (C. Horseman, AMS KS3906 ), 5?, 4 /; Kanangra­Boyd National Park , 338599S, 1508089E, Mar. 20, 1982, Berlese, closed forest litter and moss (L. Hill, QMB), 1 /; 0.7 km along logging trail from Omadale Brook Road, Stewarts State Forest , 318549S, 1518239E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall, elev. 1250 m (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS37395 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Know only from New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (map 92).

Figures

Map 92. Records of Paralampona aurumagua, new species (circles) and P. kiola, new species (squares).

Figs. 808–811. Paralampona kiola, new species. 808. Left male palp, ventral view. 809. Same, retrolateral view. 810. Epigynum, ventral view. 811. Same, dorsal view.