Notsodipus blackall, 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 : 288-289

Notsodipus blackall , new species Figures 592, 593 ; Map 78

TYPE: Female holotype taken in dry leaf litter (brigalow, wilga) from 33 mi. S Blackall, 248259S, 1458289E, Queensland (May 31, 1956; F. Perkins), deposited in QMB .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be distinguished from those of its hypothesized sister species, N. visio , by the much longer median epigynal ducts (figs. 592, 593).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 2.4. Coloration as in male of N. visio except dorsal and ventral

abdominal scuta absent. Legs without spines. Epigynal atrium large, situated far anteriorly (fig. 592); median ducts elongated, with posteriorly directed extensions (fig. 593).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from central Queensland (map 78).

Figures

Map 78. Records of Notsodipus visio, new species (circles), and N. blackall, new species (square).

Figs. 590–593. 590, 591. Asadipus palmerston, new species. 592, 593. Notsodipus blackall, new species. 590. Left male palp, ventral view. 591. Same, retrolateral view. 592. Epigynum, ventral view. 593. Same, dorsal view.