Lampona bunya, 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 : 101-103

Lampona bunya , new species Figures 222–225 ; Map 24

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken under log at Dandabah, Bunya Mountains National Park, 268539S, 1518379E, Queensland (Feb. 29, 1976), deposited in QMB ( S28076 ).

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

DIAGNOSIS: This species seems closest to L. cudgen , based on the sharply angled retrolateral tibial apophysis of males and the elongated spermathecae of females; males of L. bunya can be distinguished by the longer palpal femur, the shorter retrolateral tibial apophysis, and the retrolaterally directed embolar tip (figs. 222, 223), females by the relatively large anterior portion of the spermathecae (fig. 225).

MALE: Total length 8.0. Abdominal dorsum with pattern indistinct, posterior white stripes clearer than anterior; posterior tibiae with slightly darkened proximal and distal dark bands. Palpal femur long, without distinct ventral protrusion; retrolateral tibial apophysis acutely bent at about half its length, distal portion relatively short (fig. 223); tegulum elongate, reaching to about one­third of tibial length; embolus recessed behind striated conductor, with long, retrolaterally directed tip (fig. 222).

FEMALE: Total length 8.5. Coloration as in male. Epigynal midpiece long, leading to anteriorly situated, closely spaced openings (fig. 224); spermathecae tripartite, posterior portion largest, anterior portion almost as large as median portion (fig. 225).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Booloumba Creek, Conondale Range , 268379S, 1528419E, Apr. 13–18, 1976, leaf litter (R. Raven, QMB S30172 ), 2 /; Brookfield , 278299S, 1528549E, Nov. 9, 1975 – Feb. 27, 1976, rainforest pitfall, elev. 110 m (G., S. Monteith, QMB S28082 ), 1 /; Brookfield , 278299S, 1528559E, Nov. 27, 1975 – May 20, 1976, rainforest (G., S. Monteith, QMB S34400 ), 1 /; Bulburin Forestry Nursery, NW Bundaberg , 248319S, 1518299E, Mar. 1975, on ground, elev. 580 m (M. Gray, C. Horseman, AMS KS6785 ), 2 ?; Bulburin State Forest , Mar. 25–28, 1977 (R. Raven, V. Davies, QMB S28093 ), 1 ?; Bunya Mountains National Park , 268539S, 1518379E, Feb. 28, 1976, litter (R. Raven, V. Davies, QMB S28078 ), 1 ?; Gold Creek, Brookfield , 278299S, 1528549E, July 3, 1980, eating mygalomorph in its tube (R. Raven, QMB S28089 ), 1 /; Lamington Plateau , 288199S, 1538049E, Apr. 2, 1975, rainforest (R. Raven, QMB S34417 ), 1 ?; Mary Cairncross Park , 7 km SE Maleny, 268469S, 1528529E, June 18– Aug. 15, 1982, rainforest intercept trap, elev. c. 900 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH), 1?, Jan. 8– Mar. 3, 1992, rainforest intercept trap, elev. 500 m (D. Cook, QMB S25015 ), 1 /; Mount Archer, Kilcoy , 268599S, 1528389E, Apr. 29, 1985 (J. Gallon, QMB S28099 ), 1 ?; Mount Glorious State Forest , 278209S, 1528469E, Feb. 5, 1988, subtropical rainforest, Argyrodendron actinophyllum (Y. Basset, QMB S5171 ), 1 ?; Mount Goonaneman, near Childers , 258269S, 1528079E, Nov. 3–7, 1980, litter, elev. 670 m (V. Davies, R. Raven, QMB S28092 ), 3?, 2 /; Tallebudgera Valley , falls area, 288149S, 1538199E, Nov. 11, 1997 – Jan. 28, 1998, pitfall (D. Cook, QMB S42482 ), 2 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from southeastern Queensland (map 24).

Figures

Map 24. Records of Lampona cumberland, new species (circles) and L. bunya, new species (squares).

Figs. 222–225. Lampona bunya, new species. 222. Left male palp, ventral view. 223. Same, retrolateral view. 224. Epigynum, ventral view. 225. Same, dorsal view.