Pseudolampona binnowee, 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 : 314

Pseudolampona binnowee , new species

Figures 778–781 ; Map 88

TYPE: Male holotype taken in pitfall trap on Binnowee Drive, Blue Mountains National Park, 338409S, 1508289E, New South Wales (Aug. 15, 1996), deposited in AMS (KS55292).

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

DIAGNOSIS: This species seems closest to P. kroombit , but males have a shorter embolus, shorter median apophysis, and narrower retrolateral tibial apophysis (figs. 778, 779) and females have more rounded spermathecae (figs. 780, 781).

MALE: Total length 2.5. Abdominal dorsum with four dark, transverse stripes, each extended posteriorly on sides of abdomen, middle two stripes extended anteriorly at middle; venter as P. warrandyte . Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, narrow (fig. 779); embolus short, median apophysis short, hooked (fig. 778).

FEMALE: Total length 3.8. Coloration as in male. Epigynum short, with small lateral pockets, hood narrow (fig. 780); spermathecae rounded, widely separated, with long, thumb­shaped median lobes (fig. 781).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Ridge Street, Woodford, 338449S, 1508299E, Sept. 30–Oct. 4, 1996, pitfalls (AMS KS51713, 55307), 2/.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales (map 88).

Figures

Map 88. Records of Pseudolampona kroombit, new species (circles) and P. binnowee, new species (squares).

Figs. 778–781. Pseudolampona binnowee, new species. 778. Left male palp, ventral view. 779. Same, retrolateral view. 780. Epigynum, ventral view. 781. Same, dorsal view.