Longepi cobon, 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 : 297

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887CE-B573-FEEF-C5B0-7133E7CCF97D

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Felipe

scientific name

Longepi cobon
status

sp. nov.

Longepi cobon View in CoL , new species Figures 726–729 View Figs ; Map 81 View Map 81

TYPE: Female holotype from midslope pitfall trap at Cobon North Coupe , 378229S, 1488569E, Victoria (Dec, 12–20, 1991; R. Coy), deposited in NMV ( K3621 About NMV ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the expanded knob on the dorsal prong of the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 727), females by the Y­shaped epigynal hood (fig. 728).

MALE: Total length 3.5. Coloration as in L. tarra except abdominal venter uniformly gray. Leg spination: tibia IV v0­0­2. Retrolateral tibial apophysis with two prongs, subequal in length, dorsal prong with expanded knob (fig. 727); terminal apophysis only partially obscuring median apophysis in ventral view (fig. 726).

FEMALE: Total length 5.3. Coloration as in L. tarra except abdominal venter uniformly gray. Leg spination typical for genus. Epigynal hood Y­shaped, with posterolateral pockets, atrium reduced to v­shaped ridge anterior of openings (fig. 728); lateral ducts very long (fig. 729).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Victoria: Cobon South Coupe , 378259S, 1488589E, Nov. 10–17, 1991, midslope pitfall (R. Coy, NMV K3606 About NMV ), 1?, Dec. 9–15, 1991, upslope pitfalls (R. Coy, NMV K3602 About NMV ), 2 ?; Sardine Coupe , 378249S, 1488319E, Jan. 23–30, 1992, pitfall, gully (R. Coy, NMV K3557 About NMV ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Victoria (map 81).

NMV

Museum Victoria

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Lamponidae

Genus

Longepi

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