Desognaphosa dryander, 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 dryander , new species Figures 207–210 ; Map 19

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in a Berlese sample of sieved litter from Mount Dryander , 20 ° 15 ̍ S, 148 ° 33 ̍ E, Queensland (Apr. 29, 1979; G. Monteith), deposited in QMB ( S23822 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of D. yabbra in having a moderately long embolus (fig. 207), but have a smaller retrolateral tibial apophysis (fig. 208); females also resemble those of D. yabbra in having a relatively narrow anterior epigynal margin (fig. 209), but have a much shorter epigynum, with the anterior margin situated near the ducts (fig. 210).

MALE: Total length 4.7. Coloration as in D. yabbra . Leg spination: tibiae: III v1p­1p­ 2; IV r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v1p­0­1p; IV v2­ 1p­2, r1­0­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short hook on distally projecting ledge, cymbial excavation deep, extending almost twothirds length of segment (fig. 208); embolus extending posterior of tibial margin, with prominent, prolaterally directed protuberance at base (fig. 207).

FEMALE: Total length 5.1. Coloration as in D. yabbra . Leg spination: tibia IV r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­1p­2, r1­0­0. An­ terior epigynal margin narrow, connected to narrow median septum (fig. 209); anteromedian ducts with projecting lobes (fig. 210).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Mount Dryander in mideastern Queensland (map 19).

Figures

Map 19. Records of Desognaphosa dryander, new species (diamond) and D. kuranda, new species (squares).

Figs. 207–210. Desognaphosa dryander, new species. 207. Left male palp, ventral view. 208. Same, retrolateral view. 209. Epigynum, ventral view. 210. Same, dorsal view.