Desognaphosa eungella, 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-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5469341

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAE52A-FFF4-A60A-8252-2130DF594E8A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Desognaphosa eungella
status

sp. nov.

Desognaphosa eungella , new species Figures 203–206 View Figs ; Map 18 View Map 18

TYPE: Female holotype and male allotype taken in pitfall trap in rainforest at schoolhouse, Eungella , 21 ° 08 ̍ S, 148 ° 29 ̍ E, Queensland (Feb. 11–15, 1986; R. Raven, J. Gallon), deposited in QMB ( S7050 View Materials ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be distinguished from the other known yabbra group males by the relatively short embolus (fig. 203), females by the narrow epigynal septum (fig. 205).

MALE: Total length 5.6. Coloration as in D. yabbra . Leg spination: tibia IV v2­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­1p­2, r1­ 0­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short hook on wide ledge, cymbial excavation deep, extending almost half length of segment (fig. 204); embolus not extending posterior of tibial margin, with prominent, prolaterally directed protuberance at base (fig. 203).

FEMALE: Total length 6.3. Coloration as in D. yabbra . Leg spination: tibia IV r1­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV 2­1p­2, r1­0­0. Epigynum with wide, bipartite anterior margin connected to narrow median septum (fig. 205); anteromedian portion of ducts greatly widened (fig. 206).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Broken River, Eungella National Park , 21 ° 10 ̍ S, 148 ° 31 ̍ E, July 29–Dec. 4, 1992, rainforest pitfall (R. Raven, P., E. Lawless, QMB S40719), 23 ; Crediton , 21 ° 12 ̍ S, 148 ° 32 ̍ E, Apr. 14–21, 1975, litter (V. Davies, R. Kohout, QMB S28305 View Materials ), 3♀ ; Dalrymple Heights, Eungella National Park , 21 ° 08 ̍ S, 148 ° 30 ̍ E, Nov. 1976, litter (M. Bishop, QMB S28301 View Materials ), 2♀ ; Dalrymple Heights, near Eungella , 21 ° 04 ̍ S, 148 ° 35 ̍ E, Mar.–Apr. 1975, rainforest litter, elev. 1000 m (M. Gray, C. Horseman, AMS KS6382 ), 13, 1♀ ; Dalrymple Road, 5.6 km SW Snake Road junction, Eungella National Park , 21 ° 06 ̍ S, 148 ° 32 ̍ E, Apr. 19, 1998, rainforest (G. Milledge, AMS KS55321 ), 1♀ ; schoolhouse, Eungella , 21 ° 08 ̍ S, 148 ° 29 ̍ E, Feb. 11–15, 1986 (R. Raven, J. Gallon, QMB S7030 View Materials ), 13 ; Mount Macartney, Cathu State Forest , 20 ° 51 ̍ S, 148 ° 33 ̍ E, Apr. 20, 1979, Berlese, stick brushings, rainforest, elev. 750 m (G. Monteith, QMB S30345 View Materials ), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from mideastern Queensland (map 18).

QMB

Queensland Museum, Brisbane

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