Lamponella kimba, 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 : 166-167

Lamponella kimba , new species Figures 388–391 ; Map 44

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a Berlese sample of litter from the base of mallee 25 km E by N of Kimba, 338059S, 1368419E, South Australia (Sept. 4, 1981; A. Calder), deposited in QMB .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the sinuous median apophysis (fig. 388) and moderately long, triangular retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 389), females by the combined presence of an anteriorly depressed epigynum and laterally deflected anterior portions of the spermathecae (figs. 390, 391).

MALE: Total length 2.2. Abdominal dorsum light gray, without indications of anterior white spots but with pale posterior hairline chevrons. Retrolateral tibial apophysis almost triangular (fig. 389); embolus bent at tip (fig. 388).

FEMALE: Total length 3.4. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece long, anterior two­ thirds depressed (fig. 390); anterior portions of spermathecae deflected to sides (fig. 391).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: South Australia: 14 km WNW Renmark, 348079S, 1408379E, July 6, 1995, intercept trap (K. Pullen, QMB), 1?. Western Australia: Bold Park , 318579S, 1158469E, Mar. 18–May 19, 1994, pitfall (M. Harvey, J. Waldock, WAM 96 /759), 1 ?; Boolathana Station , 248259S, 1138429E, May 29–Aug. 25, 1995, pitfall (N. Hall, WAM 96 /1411), 1 ?; Bush Bay , 258079S, 1138449E, Aug. 16–Sept. 28, 1994, pitfall (M. Harvey, WAM 96 /760), 1 ?; Hepburn Heights , 318499S, 1158469E, July 13–Sept. 25, 1995, pitfall (M. Harvey, J. Waldock, WAM 96 /756), 1 /; Hepburn Heights , 318499S, 1158479E, Nov. 28, 1995 – Jan. 29, 1996, pitfall (M. Harvey, J. Waldock, WAM 96 /757), 1 /; Trigg, E side old West Coast Highway , 318539S, 1158459E, Aug. 29, 1993, litter (J. Waldock, WAM 95 / 1571), 1 ?; York , 318539S, 1168469E, Nov. 2, 1991, powder bark/mallet litter (J. Bannister, WAM 96 /758), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Western and South Australia (map 44).

Figures

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

Figs. 388–391. Lamponella kimba, new species. 388. Left male palp, ventral view. 389. Same, retrolateral view. 390. Epigynum, ventral view. 391. Same, dorsal view.