Centrina bondi, 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 : 196

Centrina bondi , new species

Figures 478–481 ; Map 52

TYPE: Female holotype taken in open eucalypt forest litter in Bondi State Forest , S Bombala, 378089S, 1498099E, New South Wales (Jan. 26, 1981; G. Gowing), deposited in AMS ( KS12105 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been taken together, but are tentatively matched on the basis of geography; males can easily be recognized by the semicircular tip of the median apophysis (fig. 478), females by the spermathecae with distinctive compressions at about half their length (fig. 481).

MALE: Total length 5.4. Coloration as in C. keira except abdominal dorsum without transverse white stripe, scutum extending about two­thirds of abdominal length. Leg spination: femora: II p0­1­1; III p0­1­1, r0­ 1­1; IV p0­0­1. Retrolateral tibial apophysis straight, bifid at tip (fig. 479); embolar apophysis long, originating at proximal tip of bulb; tegular apophysis with long apical projection; median apophysis with semicircular, recurved tip (fig. 478).

FEMALE: Total length 8.1. Coloration as in C. keira . Leg spination: tibiae III p0­1­1, r0­ 1­1. Epigynal atrium rounded, anterior margin bipartite, septum narrow anteriorly (fig. 480); spermathecae laterally compressed at about half their length (fig. 481).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Australian Capital Territory: Blundells Creek , 358229S, 1488509E, Mar. 1984, elev. 850 m (Weir, QMB), 1 ?; Wombat Creek, 6 km NE Piccadilly Circus, 358199S, 1488519E, Feb.– Mar. 1984, elev. 750 m (Weir, Lawrence, Johnson, QMB), 2?. Victoria: Bendigo area , 368469S, 1448169E, Feb. 1991 (B. Harvey, NMV K3662 ), 1 ?; Rich­Murrungowar Coupe , 378349S, 1488389E, Mar. 18–25, 1992, pitfall, midslope (R. Coy, NMV K3526 ), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Australia (map 52).

Figures

Map 52. Records of Centrina dorrigo, new species (circles) and C. bondi, new species (squares).

Figs. 478–481. Centrina bondi, new species. 478. Left male palp, ventral view. 479. Same, retrolateral view. 480. Epigynum, ventral view. 481. Same, dorsal view.