Lampona torbay, 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 : 76

Lampona torbay , new species

Figures 100, 101 ; Map 14

TYPE: Female holotype from Torbay Inlet, 358019S, 1178419E, Western Australia (Jan. 2, 1978; B. Main), deposited in WAM (96/ 1526) courtesy of Dr. Barbara York Main .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Only females are known, and it is difficult to identify their closest relatives; the epigynal midpiece is wide (fig. 100) and the spermathecae are bipartite, with the posterior portion long and the anterior portion rounded (fig. 101).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 9.2. Abdominal dorsum with anterior pairs of white spots fused, leaving median, longitudinal dark stripes on cardiac area and most of posterior half of abdomen; venter unmarked except where lateral dark markings approach spinnerets. Epigynal septum v­shaped, wide posteriorly, without distinct anterior margin although surface is depressed across top of septum (fig. 100); basal portion of spermathecae short, wide, distal portion rounded (fig. 101).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Callcup, Warren River , 348369S, 1158549E, Oct. 30–Nov. 5, 1997, bush, elev. 100 m (J. Murphy, JAM), 1 /; Torbay Inlet , 358019S, 1178419E, Jan. 5, 1979 (B. Main, CBM), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Southwestern Australia (map 14).

Figures

Map 14. Records of Lampona terrors, new species (circles) and L. torbay, new species (squares).

Figs. 98–101. 98, 99. Lampona barrow, new species. 100, 101. L. torbay, new species. 98. Left male palp, ventral view. 99. Same, retrolateral view. 100. Epigynum, ventral view. 101. Same, dorsal view.