Desognaphosa boolbun, 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 boolbun , new species Figures 275–278 ; Map 14

TYPES: Female holotype, male allotype, and female paratype taken in pitfall traps at an elevation of 800 m on Mount Boolbun South , 15 ° 57 ̍ S, 145 ° 08 ̍ E, Queensland (Nov. 5, 1995 – Jan. 11, 1996; G. Monteith, D. Cook, Roberts), deposited in QMB ( S34552 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the subdistal tubercle on the retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 276) and by the prolonged prolateral terminal elements of the palpal bulb (fig. 275), females by the widened, Yshaped median epigynal ducts (fig. 278).

MALE: Total length 6.9. Coloration as in D. malbon . Leg spination: tibiae: IV v2­1p­ 2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­2­2, r0­1­0. Tip of retrolateral tibial apophysis directed dorsally, with subdistal tubercle, par­ acymbial apophysis strong, unbent (fig. 276); twisted terminal elements of palpal bulb distally extended on prolateral side (fig. 275).

FEMALE: Total length 6.4. Coloration as in male. Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­0­2; IV v2­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­ 2­2, r0­1­0. Margins of epigynal atrium indistinct (fig. 277), median epigynal ducts widened, in Y­shaped conformation (fig. 278).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: McDowall Range , 17 km N Daintree, 16 ° 06 ̍ S, 145 ° 20 ̍ E, Nov. 27, 1985, Berlese, sieved rainforest litter, elev. 520 m (G. Monteith, QMB S28739 ), 1♀ ; Mount Boolbun South , 15 ° 57 ̍ S, 145 ° 08 ̍ E, Nov. 4–6, 1995, dung pitfall, elev. 850 m (G. Monteith, QMB S28773 ), 1♀ ; summit, Mount Misery , 15 ° 52 ̍ S, 145 ° 14 ̍ E, Dec. 6, 1990 – Jan. 17, 1991, flight intercept trap, pitfalls, elev. 850 m ( QMB S28721 –28723 ), 3♀ ; Mount Misery road, 15 ° 53 ̍ S, 145 ° 13 ̍ E, Dec. 6, 1990 – Jan. 17, 1991, pitfalls, elev. 730 m ( QMB S28724 ), 33 ; Shiptons Flat , 15 ° 48 ̍ S, 145 ° 15 ̍ E, Nov. 16–21, 1975, litter (R. Mon­ roe, V. Davies, QMB S26656 ), 1♀ ; 14.4 km N Wudjl Wudjl , 15 ° 52 ̍ S, 145 ° 19 ̍ E, Nov. 4, 1991 – July 20, 1992, pitfall (P. Lawless, R. Raven, M. Shaw, QMB S24388 ), 13 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northeastern Queensland (map 14).

Figures

Map 14. Records of Desognaphosa yabbra, new species (circles), D. malbon, new species (square), and D. boolbun, new species (diamonds).

Figs. 275–278. Desognaphosa boolbun, new species. 275. Left male palp, ventral view. 276. Same, retrolateral view. 277. Epigynum, ventral view. 278. Same, dorsal view.