Desognaphosa bartle, 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-

Desognaphosa bartle , new species Figures 235–238 ; Map 16

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a pitfall trap at an elevation of 50 m on the West base of Mount Bartle Frere , 17 ° 23 ̍ S, 145 ° 46 ̍ E, Queensland (Jan. 10–Mar. 31, 1995; G. Monteith, Hasenpusch), deposited in QMB ( S28775 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the combination of a wide, medially invaginated retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 236) and the s­shaped terminal elements on the palpal bulb (fig. 235), females by the ante­ riorly sharply angled median epigynal ducts (figs. 237, 238).

MALE: Total length 5.5. Coloration as in D. bulburin . Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­0­ 2; IV v0­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis wide, dorsal portion triangular, with subdistal tubercle, ventral portion rounded, paracymbial apophysis relatively short (fig. 236); distal palpal sclerites wrapped around each other, with retrolaterally directed tip (fig. 235).

FEMALE: Total length 6.2. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­1p­2; IV v2­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­ 2­2, r0­1­0. Epigynal atrium with oblique lateral margins, medially weak anterior margin (fig. 237); median ducts long, making 90­degree turn anterolaterally (fig. 238).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Baldy Mountain Road, 7 km SW Atherton, 17 ° 17 ̍ S, 145 ° 24 ̍ E, Dec. 9, 1988, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1150 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QMB S28750 ), 13 ; W base, Mount Bartle Frere , 17 ° 23 ̍ S, 145 ° 46 ̍ E, July 30, 1982, rainforest litter, elev. 700 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1♀, Jan. 10–Mar. 31, 1995, pitfall, elev. 50 m (G. Monteith, Hasenpusch, QMB ex S28775 ), 1♀, intercept trap, elev. 700 m (G. Monteith, Hasenpusch, QMB S28725 ), 13 ; Mount Fisher , 17 ° 33 ̍ S, 145 ° 32 ̍ E, Dec. 1, 1994 – Jan. 3, 1995, elev. 1150 m (P. Zborowski, QMB S46228 ), 13, Jan. 3–31, 1996, pitfall, elev. 1150 m (L. Umback, QMB), 13, Mar. 26– May 2, 1996, pitfall, elev. 1150 m (P. Zborowski, QMB), 13 ; Mount Fisher , 7 km SW Millaa Millaa, 17 ° 34 ̍ S, 145 ° 34 ̍ E, Apr. 27, 1982, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 1050 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, D. Cook, QMB S26680 ), 1♀, Berlese, stick brushings, elev. 1100 m (same collectors, QMB S26681 ), 1♀ ; Palmerston National Park , 17 ° 36 ̍ S, 145 ° 42 ̍ E, July 25–Nov. 30, 1992, rainforest pitfall, elev. 670 m (R. Raven, P., E. Lawless, M. Shaw, QMB S21929 ), 13 ; Tower, near The Crater National Park , 17 ° 27 ̍ S, 145 ° 29 ̍ E, Nov. 25, 1994 – Jan. 10, 1995, intercept trap, elev. 1230 m (G. Monteith, Hasenpusch, QMB S28767 , 28769 ), 23, Jan. 10–Mar. 31, 1995, same ( QMB S37863 ), 13 ; Upper Boulder Creek , 11 km NNW Tully, 17 ° 50 ̍ S, 145 ° 54 ̍ E, Oct. 27, 1983, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 900 m (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, Thompson, QMB S26642 ), 1♀, Dec. 6, 1989, pyrethrum knockdown, mossy rocks, elev. 1000 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, H. Janetzki, QMB S28757 ), 1♀ ; Westcott Road, Topaz , 17 ° 25 ̍ S, 145 ° 42 ̍ E, July–Dec. 1993, pitfall, elev. 680 m (G. Monteith, QMB S28726 ), 13 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 16).

Figures

Map 16. Records of Desognaphosa kroombit, new species (circle), D. bartle, new species (squares), and D. halcyon, new species (diamond).

Figs. 235–238. Desognaphosa bartle, new species. 235. Left male palp, ventral view. 236. Same, retrolateral view. 237. Epigynum, ventral view. 238. Same, dorsal view.