Asadipus croydon, 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 : 248-249

Asadipus croydon , new species

Figures 586–589 ; Map 71

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in pitfall traps at Marsupial Creek, via Croydon , 188139S, 1428149E, Queensland (Mar. 1996 – Mar. 1997; J. and P. Hasenpusch), deposited in QMB ( S43919 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the short, narrow, apically incised retro­ lateral tibial apophysis (figs. 586, 587), females by the short posteromedian epigynal ducts (fig. 588).

MALE: Total length 6.6. Abdominal venter pale white with four longitudinal rows of small, circular sclerites, most anterior sclerite of two median rows enlarged; legs red. Leg spination: tibiae III, IV p0­0­0, v0­0­2, r0­0­ 0; metatarsi III, IV v0­0­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, narrow, distally bifid (fig. 587); median apophysis small, hooked, heavily sclerotized (fig. 586).

FEMALE: Total length 7.1. Coloration as in A. uphill (see below). Leg spination: tibiae III, IV p0­0­0, v0­0­2, r0­0­0; metatarsi: III v0­0­0, IV v0­1p­0. Epigynum with distinct anterior margin (fig. 588); most posteromedian portion of ducts short, folded (fig. 589).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Marsupial Creek, via Croydon , 188139S, 1428149E, Mar. 1996 – Mar. 1997, pitfall (J., P. Hasenpusch, QMB S35383 ), 1 /; Rosetta Station, 50 km from Mount Coolon , 218209S, 1468569E, Apr. 23–May 1, 1991 (K. Plowman, QMB S24125 ), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from northern

Queensland (map 71).

Figures

Map 71. Records of Asadipus insolens (Simon) (circle), A. croydon, new species (squares), A. palmerston, new species (triangle), and A. phaleratus (Simon) (inverted triangles).

Figs. 586–589. Asadipus croydon, new species. 586. Left male palp, ventral view. 587. Same, retrolateral view. 588. Epigynum, ventral view. 589. Same, dorsal view.