Lampona kirrama, 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 : 106-110

Lampona kirrama , new species Figures 238–241 ; Map 27

TYPE: Female holotype taken under a long in Kirrama Forest, 188099S, 1458379E, Queensland (1981), deposited in QMB ( S34407 ).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a basally expanded palpal femur and a sinuous retrolateral tibial apophysis with a tip directed at about a 308 angle (fig. 239); females have a tongueshaped epigynal midpiece with laterally directed openings situated at about one­third the length of the spermathecae (fig. 240).

MALE: Total length 5.2. Abdominal dorsum with anterior pair of longitudinal white stripes connected to median transverse white band, band with posterolateral white extensions almost reaching transverse posterior white band; femora with distal, tibiae with proximal and distal dark rings. Palpal femur basally expanded, especially along dorsal edge; retrolateral tibial apophysis sinuous, with tip directly distodorsally (fig. 239); tegulum enlarged, extending to about one­third length of palpal tibia; embolar base truncat­ ed, tip directed retrolaterally (fig. 238).

FEMALE: Total length 6.0. Coloration as in male. Epigynum with tongue­shaped midpiece, openings directed laterally, situated near anterior edge of median portion of spermathecae (fig. 240); spermathecae tripartite, posterior portion longest, median portion widest, anterior portion rounded (fig. 241).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Cable tower 3, Bellenden Ker Range , 178169S, 1458519E, Oct. 17–24, 1981, pyrethrum knockdown, tree trunks, elev. 1054 m ( QMB S26250 ), 1 /; Cableway base station, Bellenden Ker Range , 178169S, 1458549E, Oct. 25–31, 1981 ( QMB S27668 ), 1 /; Crystal Caverns , June 10, 1987, nest on rock ledge ( FSCA), 1 ?; Edge Hill, Botanic Garden, Cairns , 168559S, 1458469E, beaten from bushes, rainforest, Aug. 9, 1968 (J. Balogh, HNHM), 2 /; Freshwater Creek, Cairns , 168559S, 1458469E, Aug. 11, 1968, beating in eucalypt forest (J. Balogh, HNHM), 1 ?; Gayundah Creek, Hinchinbrook Island , 188229S, 1468139E, Nov. 7–15, 1984 (D. Cook, G. Thompson, QMB S34285 ), 1 ?; Kirrama State Forest , 32 km NW Cardwell, 188169S, 1468029E, June 23–Aug. 8, 1982, intercept trap, rainforest, elev. 800 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1 ?; Kuranda , 168309S, 1458309E (T. Henry, K. Henderson, S. Weller, USNM), 1 ?; Kuranda , 168499S, 1458399E, Aug. 17, 1969 (N. Coleman, OMD), 1 /; Kuranda Road, 168499S, 1458399E, May 13, 1987, in rolled leaf in pisaurid ( Inola sp. ) web (R. Jackson, FSCA), 1 /; Kuranda State Forest , 3 km N Kuranda, 168499S, 1458399E, June 25–Aug. 3, 1982, intercept trap, rainforest, elev. 360 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1 ?; Massey Creek , 178379S, 1458349E, May 30– July 1, 1996, Malaise trap, elev. 1000 m (P. Zborowski, QMB), 1 ?; Mossman Bluff Track, 5–10 km W Mossman, 168289S, 1458229E, Dec. 16–30, 1988, intercept trap, elev. 480 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QMB S32409 ), 1 /; Mossman Gorge, Daintree National Park , 168299S, 1458209E, Apr. 29, 1998 (G. Milledge, AMS KS55272 ), 1 /; Mount Demi summit, 168309S, 1458199E, Dec. 17, 1995 – Jan. 25, 1996, intercept trap, elev. 1100 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, Ford, QMB S34410 ), 1 /; Mount Fisher , 178339S, 1458329E, Mar. 26–May 2, 1996, in­ tercept trap, elev. 1150 m (P. Zborowski, QMB), 1/; Mount Fisher, 7 km SW Millaa Millaa, Whiteing Road, 178339S, 1458349E, May 5, 1983, pyrethrum knockdown, rain­ forest (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, QMB S28084 ), 1 /; Mount Spurgeon , 168289S , 1458129E, Nov. 20, 1997 – Feb. 8, 1998, pit­ fall, elev. 1140 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S43936 ), 1/; Mount Windsor Table­ land, Whypalla State Forest, 168129S, 1448589E, summer, 1992–1993, pitfall (S. Barnett, QMB S30453 ), 1/; North Bell Peak, Malbon Thompson Range, 178069S,

1458539E, Nov. 20, 1990, pyrethrum knock down, trees and logs (G. Monteith, H. Janetzki, QMB S34418 ), 2 /; Roaring Meg Valley , 168049S, 1458259E, Dec. 9, 1993, pyrethrum, trees and logs, elev. 680 m (G. Monteith, QMB S34401 ), 1 /; Saddle Mountain , 168499S, 1458409E, Nov. 21, 1994, Berlese, sieved litter from summit, elev. 650 m (G. Monteith, QMB S27957 ), 1 ?; South Bell Peak , Malbon Thompson Range, 178089S, 1458539E, Nov. 20–21, 1990, elev. 900 m (G. Monteith, G. Thompson, QMB S34283 ), 1 /; Summit TV station, Bellenden Ker Range, 178169S, 1458519E, Oct. 25–31, 1981, palm leaf bracts, elev. 1560 m ( QMB S27858 ), 1/, Nov. 1–7, 1981, pyrethrum knockdown on logs, stones, and tree trunks, elev. 1560 m ( QMB S28087 ), 1 /; Windsor Tableland , 28 km NNW Mount Carbine, 168169S, 1458089E, Apr. 15–18, 1982, pyrethrum knockdown, rainforest (G. Monteith, D. Yeates, D. Cook, QMB S28079 ), 1 /; 16 km NE Yungaburra on Gillies Road, NE Atherton , 178179S, 1458359S, June 24–Aug. 3, 1982, intercept trap, rainforest (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern Queensland (map 27).

Figures

Map 27. Records of Lampona kirrama, new species.

Figs. 238–241. Lampona kirrama, new species. 238. Left male palp, ventral view. 239. Same, retrolateral view. 240. Epigynum, ventral view. 241. Same, dorsal view.