Paralampona wogwog, 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 : 327

Paralampona wogwog , new species Figures 812–815 ; Map 93

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in pitfall traps 4 km NE Mount Wog Wog, 17 km SE Bombala, 378059S, 1498289E, New South Wales (May 1985; C. Margules), deposited in QMB .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this distinctive species can be recognized by the relatively short embolus (fig. 812) and retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 813), females by the strong posterior epigynal margin (fig. 814) and long, anteromedially directed spermathecal lobes (fig. 815).

MALE: Total length 1.3. Abdominal dorsum dark gray, venter white, legs pale yellow. Palpal femur unmodified, retrolateral tibial apophysis relatively short (fig. 813), embolus relatively short, strongly hooked (fig. 812).

FEMALE: Total length 1.7. Coloration as in male. Epigynum with pronounced posterior margin (fig. 814); spermathecal lobes long, anteromedially directed, widened at tip (fig. 815).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: 4 km NE Mount Wog Wog, 17 km SE Bombala, 378059S, 1498289E, Feb. 1985, pitfall (C. Margules, QMB), 1?, 1/, May 1985, pitfall (C. Margules, QMB), 2/.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the southeastern New South Wales (map 93).

Figures

Map 93. Records of Paralampona wogwog, new species (circle) and P. renmark, new species (squares).

Figs. 812–815. Paralampona wogwog, new species. 812. Left male palp, ventral view. 813. Same, retrolateral view. 814. Epigynum, ventral view. 815. Same, dorsal view.