Lamponella homevale, 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 : 165-166

Lamponella homevale , new species Figures 384–387 ; Map 44

TYPE: Male holotype taken in pitfall trap at Homevale , 218249S, 1488339E, Queensland (Apr. 1–7, 1975; V. Davies, R. Kohout), deposited in QMB ( S34367 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: The male and female were not collected together and may be mismatched, but are paired here on the basis of their genitalic similarities to L. taroom and l. kroom­ bit. Males can be recognized by the recurved, prolaterally directed tip of the embolus (fig. 384), females by the short, heart­shaped, anteriorly depressed epigynal midpiece (fig. 386).

MALE: Total length 3.2. Abdominal dorsum gray, with only vague indications of fused median anterior pale spot, with few pale posterior hairline chevrons; legs unmarked. Retrolateral tibial apophysis small, rounded (fig. 385); embolar tip long, recurved, directed prolaterally (fig. 384).

FEMALE: Total length 4.1. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece short, anteriorly expanded, depressed (fig. 386); anterior portion of spermathecae long, kidney­shaped (fig. 387).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One female taken in a pitfall trap in open forest at an elevation of 550 m on the summit of Mount Cleveland , 198159S, 1478019E, northeastern Queensland (Jan. 20–Mar. 12, 1991; A. Graham), deposited in QMB ( S17913 ) .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from north­ and mid­eastern Queensland (map 44).

Figures

Map 44. Records of Lamponella homevale, new species (circles) and L. kimba, new species (squares).

Figs. 384–387. Lamponella homevale, new species. 384. Left male palp, ventral view. 385. Same, retrolateral view. 386. Epigynum, ventral view. 387. Same, dorsal view.