Prionosternum porongurup, 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 : 225

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887CE-B4BB-FF27-C50C-7506E3A7FA0F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Prionosternum porongurup
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Prionosternum porongurup View in CoL , new species

Figures 470, 471 View Figs ; Map 62 View Map 62

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall trap at an elevation of 470 m on Hayward Peak, Porongurup National Park , Western Australia, 348419S, 1178529E (Mar. 22, 1995; S. Barrett), deposited in WAM (96/303) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the relatively long tibial apophysis, which originates near the ventral surface of the segment and has a sinuous base, and by the pronounced anterior tegular projection (figs. 470, 471); females are unknown.

MALE: Total length 4.2. Coloration as in P. scutatum . Leg spination typical for genus. Palpal tibia relatively long, with sinuous distal apophysis originating near ventral surface of segment, wrapping around retrolateral surface (fig. 471); tegulum with distinct anterior projection (fig. 470).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Western Australia: S end, Millinup Pass, Porongurup National Park , 348429S, 1178549E, Mar. 30, 1993 (M. Harvey, J. Waldock, WAM 96 About WAM / 304), 1?, Apr. 28–Sept. 2, 1996, pitfall (M. Harvey, WAM 96 About WAM /1549), 1 ?; Stirling Range Caravan Park , 348199S, 1188119E, Apr. 22– May 3, 1996 (M. Harvey, J. Waldock, B. Main, WAM 96 About WAM /1535), 1 ?; Torbay Head , 358089S, 1178399E, Mar. 20–Apr. 3, 1983, pitfalls (B. Main, CBM), 4 ?.