Lampona tully, 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 : 118

Lampona tully , new species Figures 270–273 ; Map 32

TYPE: Female holotype taken by pyrethrum spraying of logs and trees at an ele­ vation of 1000 m at Upper Boulder Creek , 11 km NNW Tully, 178509S, 1458549E, Queensland (Dec. 5, 1989; G. Monteith, G. Thompson, H. Janetzki), deposited in QMB ( S34413 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Both sexes are darkly colored, with only a small pair of white spots on the abdominal dorsum; males can easily be recognized by the triangular base and long shaft of the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 271); females have a distinctive epigynum, with the basal portion of the spermathecae much larger than either the median or distal portions (fig. 273).

Male. Total length 8.0. Abdominal dorsum with only median pair of white spots conspicuous, venter pale gray; anterior femora darkened, posterior femora with subdistal, posterior tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur enlarged, darkened throughout its length, but otherwise unmodified; retrolateral tibial apophysis with triangular base and long, narrow, angled shaft (fig. 271); tegulum globose, reaching almost to half length of tibia; only prolateral edge of embolus visible in ventral view (fig. 270).

FEMALE: Total length 8.7. Coloration as in male. Epigynum with small anterior hood, invaginated at tip (fig. 272); basal portion of spermathecae greatly enlarged, median and distal portions small (fig. 273).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Douglas Creek Road, Kirrama State Forest , 188129S, 1458459E, Dec. 10, 1986 – Jan. 11, 1987, rainforest, elev. 800 m, intercept trap (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, Hamlet, QMB S28278 ), 1 ?; Massey Creek , 178379S, 1458349E, Jan. 3–31, 1996, intercept trap, elev. 1000 m (L. Umback, QMB), 1?, Jan. 3–Feb. 4, 1995, pitfall, elevation 1000 m (P. Zborowski, QMB), 1/, Feb. 4– Mar. 6, 1995, pitfall, elev. 1000 m (P. Zborowski, QMB), 1 ?; Upper Boulder Creek , 11 km NNW Tully, 178509S, 1458549E, Dec. 5–7, 1989, pitfall, rainforest, elev. 900 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, H. Janetzki, QMB S30468 , 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern Queensland (map 32).

Figures

Map 32. Records of Lampona tully, new species.

Figs. 270–273. Lampona tully, new species. 270. Left male palp, ventral view. 271. Same, retrolateral view. 272. Epigynum, ventral view. 273. Same, dorsal view.