Asadipus woodleigh, 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 : 254-255

Asadipus woodleigh , new species

Figures 602–605 ; Map 64

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in pitfall traps at Woodleigh Station , 268129S, 1148259E, Western Australia (May 17–Aug. 21, 1995; N. Hall), deposited in WAM (96/566, 567) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the very short retrolateral tibial apophysis and the short terminal apophysis having its dorsal prong short, curved, very heavily sclerotized, and easily visible through the translucent median apophysis (figs. 602, 603), females by the pair of medially direct­ ed projections on the lateral epigynal margins (fig. 604).

MALE: Total length 6.6. Coloration as in A. phaleratus . Leg spination: tibiae: III v1p­ 2­2; IV v1p­1p­2; metatarsi III, IV v1p­0­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis very short, reaching to less than one­fourth of cymbial length (fig. 603); dorsal prong of terminal apophysis heavily sclerotized, rounded, situated medially of ventral portion, easily visible through translucent median apophysis (fig. 602).

FEMALE: Total length 7.7. Coloration as in A. phaleratus . Leg spination: tibiae: III p0­ 0­1, v1p­1p­2, r0­0­0; IV p0­0­0, v1p­1p­2; metatarsi: III v0­0­0; IV v0­1p­0. Epigynum with distinctive pair of medially directed projections on lateral margins (fig. 604); ducts extending anterolaterally (fig. 605).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: Bidgemia Station, Gasgoyne Junction, 258039S, 1158189E, Aug. 17–Oct. 5, 1994, pitfall (A. Sampey , WAM 96 /413), 1/, Jan. 6–June 6, 1995, pitfalls (J. Waldock, WAM 96 /421–437), 13?, 4/, June 6–Aug. 20, 1995, pitfall (N. Hall, WAM 96 /412), 1 /; Bidgemia Station, Gasgoyne Junction , 258079S, 1158269E, Jan. 13–June 6, 1995, pitfalls (J. Waldock, WAM 96 /417–420), 4?, June 6–Aug. 20, 1995, pitfalls (N. Hall, WAM 96 /414–416), 3 ?; Boolathana Station , 248259S, 1138409E, Jan. 15–May 29, 1995, pitfalls (J. Waldock, WAM 96 /472–483), 12 ?; May 29–Aug. 25, 1995, pitfall (N. Hall, WAM 96 /467), 1 ?; Boolathana Station, 248259S, 1138419E, Aug. 20–Sept. 30, 1994, pitfall (A. Sampey , WAM 96 /468), 1/, Jan. 15–May 30, 1995, pitfalls (J. Waldock, WAM 96 /491–518), 28?, May 28– June 2, 1995, dry pitfalls (J. Waldock, WAM 96 /484, 485), 2?, May 30–Aug. 25, 1995, pitfalls (N. Hall, WAM 96 /486–490), 5 ?; Boolathana Station , 248259S, 1138429E, Jan. 15–May 29, 1995, pitfalls (J. Waldock, WAM 96 /469–471), 3 ?; Bush Bay, 258059S, 1138439E, Jan. 16–May 23, 1995, pitfalls (P. West , WAM 96 /456–460), 5?, May 21–26, 1995, dry pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /462– 466), 5?, May 23–Aug. 23, 1995, pitfalls (N. Hall, WAM 96 /452–455), 4 ?; Bush Bay , 258079S, 1138449E, Apr. 4–May 23, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /1394, 1395), 2?, May 21–26, 1995, dry pitfall (P. West, WAM 96 /461), 1 ?; Bush Bay, 258079S, 1138489E, Aug. 16–Sept. 29, 1994, pitfall (M. Harvey , WAM 96 /440), 1/, Jan. 16–May 23, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /441–445, 451), 6?, May 21–26, 1995, dry pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /446, 448, 449), 3 ?; Bush Bay , 258089S, 1138469E, Jan. 16–May 23, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, M. Harvey, WAM 96 /438, 439, 450), 3 ?; Bush Bay , 258089S, 1138499E, Jan. 16–May 23, 1995, pitfall (P. West, WAM 96 /447), 1 ?; Edel Land , 268189S, 1138169E, Aug. 26, 1989 (G. Harold, WAM 96 /411), 1 /; Kennedy Range National Park , 248339S, 1148589E, Jan. 14–May 29, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /530–539), 7?, 3/, May 29– Aug. 28, 1995, pitfalls (N. Hall, WAM 96 / 519–522), 4 ?; Kennedy Range National Park , 248349S, 1148579E, Jan. 14–May 29, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /526–529), 4?, May 29–Aug. 28, 1995, pitfalls (N. Hall, WAM 96 /523–525), 2?, 1 /; Mardathuna Station, 248319S, 1148389E, Apr. 7–May 26, 1995, pitfalls (A. Sampey , WAM 96 /546– 551), 6?, May 23–28, 1995, dry pitfalls (A. Sampey, WAM 96 /544, 545), 2?, May 26– Aug. 26, 1995, pitfall (N. Hall, WAM 96 / 543), 1 /; Meedo Station , 258419S, 1148379E, Jan. 12–May 18, 1995, pitfall (A. Sampey, WAM 96 /540), 1 ?; Meedo Station , 258439S, 1148369E, May 16–21, 1995, dry pitfall (A. Sampey, WAM 96 /541), 1?, May 19–Aug. 22, 1995, pitfall (N. Hall, WAM 96 /542), 1 ?; Nanga Station, 268299S, 1148059E, Jan. 19 –May 11, 1995, pitfalls (A. Sampey , WAM 96 /554–560), 7?, May 11–15, 1995, dry pitfall (A. Sampey, WAM 96 /552), 1?, May 11–Aug. 30, 1995, pitfall (N. Hall, WAM 96 /553), 1 ?; Shark Bay, Edel Land , 268109S, 1138119E, Apr. 18, 1979, under ground litter (N. Sarti, WAM 96 /409, 410), 2 ?; Woodleigh Station , 268129S, 1148259E, Jan. 12–May 17, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /568, 582, 583), 2?, 1 /; Woodleigh Station , 268129S, 1148319E, Jan. 12– May 17, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 / 586–588), 3 ?; Woodleigh Station , 268129S, 1148329E, Jan. 12–May 17, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /577–580), 4?, May 14–20, 1995, dry pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /584, 585), 2 ?; Woodleigh Station , 268139S, 1148359E, Aug. 22–Oct. 12, 1994, pitfall (M. Harvey, WAM 96 /565), 1/, Jan. 12–May 17, 1995, pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /569– 574, 581), 7 ?; Woodleigh Station, 268139S, 1148369E, Jan. 12–May 17, 1995, pitfalls (P. West , WAM 96 /575, 576), 2?, May 15–21, 1995, dry pitfalls (P. West, WAM 96 /562– 564), 2?, 1/, May 17–Aug. 21, 1995, pitfall (N. Hall, WAM 96 /561), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Western Australia (map 64).

Figures

Map 64. Records of Graycassis dorrigo, new species (squares), Asadipus woodleigh, new species (circles), and A. bucks, new species (triangles).

Figs. 602–605. Asadipus woodleigh, new species. 602. Left male palp, ventral view. 603. Same, retrolateral view. 604. Epigynum, ventral view. 605. Same, dorsal view.