Longrita grasspatch, PLATNICK, 2002

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Longrita grasspatch , new species Figures 411–414 ; Map 33

TYPE: Male holotype taken in kitchen at Sieda, E Grass Patch, 33 ° 14 ̍ S, 121 ° 46 ̍ E, Western Australia (Nov. 17, 1998; A. Longbottom), deposited in WAM (99/337) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of L. insidiosa but have the prolateral sclerotized portion of the embolus wider and flattened (fig. 411); females have distinctively sinuous lateral epigynal margins (fig. 413).

MALE: Total length 9. Coloration as in L. insidiosa except all legs very light brown. Leg spination: femora I–IV d4­1­1. Palpal tibia deeply invaginated between basal pro­ tuberance and base of retrolateral apophysis, tip of apophysis bifid (fig. 412); embolus folded for most of its length, with strongly sclerotized retrolateral and prolateral portions separated by narrow, weakly sclerotized median portion, prolateral portion distally widened, flattened, prolateral portion of median apophysis with transverse prong extending behind embolus, tip visible ventrally on retrolateral side of embolus (fig. 411).

FEMALE: Total length 13. Coloration as in L. insidiosa except all legs reddish brown. Leg spination: femora I–IV d3­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­0; IV v1p­0­0. Lateral epigynal margins sinuous, making posterior portion of atrium nearly diamond­shaped, anterior hood bell­shaped (fig. 413); spermathecae small, coiled (fig. 414).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Booanya , 32 ° 46 ̍ S, 123 ° 36 ̍ E, Dec. 16, 1929 (A. Baesjou, AMS KS35551 ), 1♀, Feb. 1932 (A. Baesjou, NMV K3503 ), 1♀ ; Boorabbin , 31 ° 14 ̍ S, 120 ° 19 ̍ E, July 1980, debris, samphire­lithic complex (W. Humphreys, WAM 99 /345), 1♀ ; Juranda Rockhole , S Balladonia, 33 ° 13 ̍ S, 123 ° 27 ̍ E, Mar. 16, 1996, under bark (D. Hirst, SAM N1999 /142), 1♀ ; McDermit Rock , 32 ° 01 ̍ S, 120 ° 44 ̍ E, Feb. 1981, on rock (M. Vaughan, WAM 99 /344), 1♀ ; Sieda, E Grass Patch, 33 ° 14 ̍ S, 121 ° 46 ̍ E, Sept. 29, 1983, under bark on tree near house (J. Longbottom, WAM 84 /726), 1♀, Oct. 4, 1983, in kitchen (A. Longbottom, WAM 84 /727), 13, Oct. 17, 1983, on kitchen floor (A. Longbottom, WAM 84 /728, 729), 23, Nov. 3, 1983, on kitchen floor (A. Longbottom, WAM 99 /342, 343), 23, Dec. 2, 1988, under shoe on veranda (A. Longbottom, WAM 99 /338), 1♀, Nov. 23, 1994, under mats (A. Longbottom, WAM 99 /339–341), 33, Nov. 20, 1997, drowned in water barrel (A. Longbottom, WAM 99 /417), 13 ; Trayning , 31 ° 07 ̍ S, 117 ° 47 ̍ E, Aug. 4, 1989, under rock (A. Dugand, WAM 99 /346), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Southwestern Western Australia (map 33).

Figures

Map 33. Records of Longrita grasspatch, new species (squares), L. arcoona, new species (circles), and L. whaleback, new species (stars).

Figs. 411–414. Longrita grasspatch, new species. 411. Left male palp, ventral view. 412. Same, retrolateral view. 413. Epigynum, ventral view. 414. Same, dorsal view.