Centrothele cardell, 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 : 182-183

Centrothele cardell , new species Figures 434–437 ; Map 49

TYPE: Female holotype taken in rainforest at Mount Spec State Forest , 198009S, 1468099E, Queensland (Sept. 2, 1988; J. Gallon), deposited in QMB ( S14024 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters.

DIAGNOSIS: Males and females have not been collected together and are only tentatively matched here. The male has a relatively small retrolateral tibial apophysis and a distinctive, pointed dorsal tibial apophysis (figs. 434, 435); the female has a very narrow epigynal midpiece and narrow epigynal ducts (figs. 436, 437).

MALE: Carapace length 3.2 (abdomen missing). Abdominal coloration unknown, legs unmarked. Leg spination (legs IV missing): tibia III v­2­2­2, r0­1­1; metatarsus III r0­1­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis very small, not much larger than distinctly pointed dorsal apophysis (fig. 435); embolus relatively short, not enlarged at base, embolar apophysis distally sinuous, tegular apophysis long, tip of median apophysis long, narrow (fig. 434).

FEMALE: Total length 10.8. Abdominal dorsum gray, with faint trace of transverse white stripes, sides and venter with reticulate pattern of gray spots surrounded by paler areas; legs unmarked. Leg spination: tibiae: III v2­2­2, r0­1­1; IV p0­1­1. Epigynal hood wide, semicircular, epigynal midpiece long, narrow (fig. 436); dorsalmost ducts almost longitudinal, situated along midline, bordered at sides by narrow second pair of ducts, exposing twisted spermathecae (fig. 437).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Kirrama State Forest, 32 km N Cardwell, 188129S, 1458459E, June 23–Aug. 8, 1982, rainforest, intercept trap, elev. 800 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1?.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern Queensland (map 49).

Figures

Map 49. Records of Centrothele mutica (Simon, Australian records only) (circles) and C. cardell, new species (squares).

Figs. 434–437. Centrina cardell, new species. 454. Left male palp, ventral view. 455. Same, retrolateral view. 456. Epigynum, ventral view. 457. Same, dorsal view.