Desognaphosa kroombit, 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 kroombit , new species Figures 195, 196 ; Map 16

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a Berlese sample of sieved rainforest litter at an elevation of 860 m at Beauty Spot 98 on Kroombit Tops , SSW Calliope , 24 ° 22 ̍ S, 150 ° 59 ̍ E, Queensland (Sept. 29, 1985; G. Monteith), deposited in QMB ( S28754 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females differ from those of D. yabbra in having a much wider anterior epigynal margin (fig. 195).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 6.3. Coloration as in D. yabbra . Leg spination: tibiae: III v1p­1p­ 2; IV v2­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV 2­1p­2, r0­1­0. Epigynum with wide anterior margin and deeply depressed central atrium (fig. 195); median ducts making more than one complete coil on each side (fig. 196).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Kroombit Tops , 45 km SSW Calliope, 24 ° 25 ̍ S, 151 ° 03 ̍ E, Dec. 15, 1985, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 940 m (G. Monteith, V. Davies, J. Gallon, G. Thompson, QMB S26677 ), 2♀ ; Three Moon Scrub, Kroombit Tops, SSW Calliope , 24 ° 25 ̍ S, 151 ° 03 ̍ E, Sept. 30, 1985, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 940 m (G. Monteith, QMB S26647 ), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Kroombit Tops in mid­eastern 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. 191–196. Epigyna, ventral (top row) and dorsal (bottom row) views. 191, 192. Olin platnicki Deeleman­Reinhold. 193, 194. Desognaphosa bulburin, new species. 195, 196. D. kroombit, new species.