Paralampona marangaroo, 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 : 320-321

Paralampona marangaroo , new species Figures 792–795 ; Map 90

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in pitfall traps in Marangaroo Reserve , 318509S, 1158509E, Western Australia (July 13–Sept. 25, 1995; M. Harvey, J. Waldock), deposited in WAM (96/740, 741) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the greatly widened palpal femur (fig. 793) and the wide, prolaterally situated embolus (fig. 392), females by the long, narrow, median epigynal septum (fig. 794).

MALE: Total length 2.1. Abdomen dirty white, legs pale orange. Palpal femur greatly enlarged, with heavy setae distodorsally, retrolateral tibial apophysis long (fig. 793); embolus prolaterally situated, wide, distally twisted (fig. 792).

FEMALE: Total length 2.4. Coloration as in male. Epigynum with median septum (fig. 793); spermathecae elaborate (fig. 795).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Jarrahdale Mine , 328209S, 1168049E, Sept. 12–19, 1997 (K. Brennan, WAM 96 /745), 1 /; Talbot Road Reserve , 318529S, 1168039E, Nov. 18–Dec. 10, 1993, pitfall (J. Waldock, WAM 96 /742), 1 /; Tuart Hill , 318539S, 1158529E, May 10–July 20, 1993, pitfall (M. Harvey, J. Waldock, WAM 96 /744), 1/, July 20–Sept. 23, 1993, pitfall (J. Waldock, A. Sampey, A. Thorpe, WAM 96 /743), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Western Australia (map 90).

Figures

Map 90. Records of Paralampona domain, new species (circles) and P. marangaroo, new species (squares).

Figs. 792–795. Paralampona marangaroo, new species. 792. Left male palp, ventral view. 793. Same, retrolateral view. 794. Epigynum, ventral view. 795. Same, dorsal view.