Desognaphosa kuranda, 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-

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAE52A-FFC6-A63A-8252-2606DA564BA1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Desognaphosa kuranda
status	sp. nov.

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Desognaphosa kuranda , new species Figures 247–250 View Figs ; Map 19 View Map 19

TYPE: Female holotype, male allotype, and female paratype taken in pitfall traps on Kuranda Range Road, 0.5 km up from Henry Ross Lookout , 16 ° 50 ̍ S, 145 ° 40 ̍ E, Queensland (Oct. 29, 1991 – Nov. 26, 1992; P. Lawless, R. Raven, M. Shaw), deposited in QMB ( S21774 View Materials ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: This appears to be the northern sister species of D. bellenden , sharing with it a distinctive shape of the retrolateral tibial apophysis (figs. 244, 248); males can be distinguished by their shorter embolus (figs. 247, 248), females by the very short epigynal atrium (fig. 249).

MALE: Total length 5.6. Coloration as in D. malbon . Leg spination: tibiae: III v202; IV v21p2, r011; metatarsi: III v202; IV v21p2, r010. Retrolateral tibial apophysis almost arrowshaped, with short ventral and long distal tips, paracymbial apophysis rela tively short (fig. 248); distal palpal sclerites wrapped around each other, with tip directed slightly to ventral side (fig. 247).

FEMALE: Total length 6.6. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III v21p2; IV v21p2, r011; metatarsi: III v202; IV v2 22, r010. Epigynal atrium very short, reduced to transverse band (fig. 249); median ducts anteriorly recurved (fig. 250).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Black Mountain Road, 5 km N Kuranda, 16 ° 47 ̍ S, 145 ° 38 ̍ E, Dec. 2, 1988, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1200 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QMB S28742 View Materials ), 2♀ ; Black Mountain Road, Kuranda , 16 ° 49 ̍ S, 145 ° 38 ̍ E, July 31, 1956, rainforest litter (T. Woodward, OMD), 2♀, June 8, 1980, Berlese, rainforest litter, elev. 360 m (G. Monteith, QMB S26698 View Materials ), 4♀ ; Copperlode Dam Road , 16 ° 59 ̍ S, 145 ° 43 ̍ E, Oct. 27, 1991 – July 23, 1992, rainforest pitfall (P. Lawless, R. Raven, M. Shaw, QMB S28727 View Materials ), 23, 2♀ ; Crystal Cascades car park, 16 ° 58 ̍ S, 145 ° 41 ̍ E, July 23–Nov. 26, 1992, pitfall (R. Raven, P., E. Lawless, M. Shaw, QMB S19984 View Materials , 24006 View Materials ), 13, 1♀ ; Jumrum Creek Environmental Park, Kuranda , 16 ° 49 ̍ S, 145 ° 38 ̍ E, July 27, 1992, rainforest (C. Griswold, CAS), 1♀ ; Kuranda Range Road, 0.5 km up from Henry Ross Lookout , 16 ° 50 ̍ S, 145 ° 40 ̍ E, Oct. 29, 1991 – July 23, 1992, pitfalls (P. Lawless, R. Raven, M. Shaw, QMB S24654 View Materials ), 23, 8♀ ; Kuranda State Forest, Kuranda , 16 ° 49 ̍ S, 145 ° 39 ̍ E, July 27, 1982, rainforest litter, elev. 360 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1♀ ; Mount Murray Prior , 16 ° 56 ̍ S, 145 ° 51 ̍ E, Oct. 31–Dec. 8, 1995, intercept trap, elev. 770 (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S28717 View Materials ), 1♀, Dec. 7, 1995, Berlese, rainforest litter, elev. 770 m (G. Monteith, QMB S28716 View Materials ), 1♀ ; summit, Saddle Mountain, 16 ° 49 ̍ S, 145 ° 40 ̍ E, Nov. 21, 1994, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 650 m (G. Monteith , QMB S28744 View Materials ), 3♀, Nov. 3, 1995 – Feb. 7, 1996, pitfalls, elev. 640 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S28772 View Materials , 34549 View Materials ), 3♀ ; Spear Creek, near Mount Molloy , 16 ° 42 ̍ S, 145 ° 24 ̍ E, Nov. 3–10, 1975, litter, pitfalls (R. Raven, V. Davies, QMB S26691 View Materials ), 23, 3♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 19).

Desognaphosa karnak , new species

Figures 251–254 View Figs ; Map 20 View Map 20

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a pitfall trap at an elevation of 180 at KarnakDevils Thumb, 8–12 km NW Mossman, 16 ° 23 ̍ S, 145 ° 17 ̍ E, Queensland (Dec. 26, 1989 – Jan. 15, 1990), deposited in QMB ( S28718 View Materials ).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the clawshaped terminal elements on the male palp (fig. 251), females by the broadly rectangular epigynal atrium (fig. 253).

MALE: Total length 4.4. Coloration as in D. malbon . Leg spination: tibiae: III v202; IV v222, r011; metatarsi: III v202; IV v222, r010. Retrolateral tibial apophysis with narrow, distally rounded dorsal prong, paracymbial apophysis small, triangular (fig. 252); embolus short, terminal elements of bulb clawshaped (fig. 251).

FEMALE: Total length 4.4. Coloration as in male. Leg spination (legs III missing): tibia IV v21p2, r011; metatarsus IV v222, r0 10. Epigynal atrium broadly rectangular, with rounded sides (fig. 253); median ducts extending almost to sides of atrium (fig. 254).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: KarnakDevils Thumb, 8–12 km NW Mossman, 16 ° 23 ̍ S, 145 ° 17 ̍ E, Dec. 26, 1989 – Jan. 15, 1990, pitfall, elev. 300 m (QMB S28763 View Materials ), 13.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Mossman region of northeastern Queensland (map 20).