Paralampona domain, PLATNICK, 2000
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-B566-FEF8-C7A4-7020E090FA1D |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Paralampona domain |
status |
sp. nov. |
Paralampona domain View in CoL , new species Figures 788–791 View Figs ; Map 90 View Map 90
TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in grass tussocks at Queens Domain , 428529S, 1478199E, Tasmania (Sept. 1, 1934; V. Hickman), deposited in AMS ( KS29340 ) .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the distally narrowed and hooked embolus (figs. 788, 789), females by the medially directed spermathecal lobes (figs. 790, 791).
MALE: Total length 1.5. Abdomen grayish brown, legs light orange. Palpal femur unmodified, retrolateral tibial apophysis long, narrow (fig. 789); embolus basally wide, distally narrow, hooked (fig. 790).
FEMALE: Total length 2.5. Abdomen pale tan. Epigynum with posterior ducts forming semicircle (fig. 791), spermathecae with medially directed terminal lobes (fig. 792).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Australian Capital Territory: Black Mountain, 358169S, 1498069E, Oct. 7, 1976, Berlese, dry sclerophyll (T. Weir, QMB), 1/, Oct.–Nov. 1983, pitfall (R. Moran, QMB), 1/. New South Wales: Booti Booti National Park , 328159S, 1528329E, July 20, 1996, litter, bitou bush (L. Wilkie, AMS KS55296 ), 2 /; Jerrabomberra Hill, near Queanbeyan , 358239S, 1498139E, Sept. 30, 1976, Berlese, dry sclerophyll, elev. 783 m (R. Taylor, T. Weir, QMB), 1 /; Murrumbidgee River, Narranderra, 348459S, 1468339E, July 5, 1968, Berlese , eucalypt litter (J. Watson, QMB), 1/. Queensland: Lake Broadwater , via Dalby , 278219S, 1518069E, Feb. 25–Apr. 22, 1986, pitfalls (M. Bennie, QMB S34316 View Materials , 34325 View Materials ), 2/. South Australia: Aldinga, 358169S, 1388299E, Berlese ( QMB), 1 /; Breakneck River, Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Island , 358569S, 1368379E, Nov. 8, 1990, litter (E. Matthews, SAM N1997 View Materials /119), 1 /; Kelly Hill Caves camp area, Kangaroo Island , 358599S, 1368549E, Nov. 10, 1987, litter under thomasia (D. HIrst, SAM N1997 View Materials /116, 117), 2 /; Loftia Recreation Park, Mount Lofty Ranges , 358029S, 1388429E, Sept. 14, 1989, litter (D. Hirst, SAM N1997 View Materials /120), 1 /; foot, Marble Range , near homestead, 348259S, 1358319E, Mar. 29, 1987, litter near creek (D. Lee, D. Hirst, SAM N1997 View Materials /118), 1/. Tasmania: 15 km ENE Cranbrook, 418579S, 1488149E, Jan. 28, 1983, Berlese, leaf litter (I. Naumann, J. Cardale, QMB), 1 /; Maggs Mountain , Sept. 23, 1981 (R. Green, QVM 13 View Materials :42041), 1 /; Northeast Tasmania, Feb. 1993 ( QVM 13 View Materials : 20837, 20871), 1?, 2 /; Queens Domain , 428529S, 1478199E, Sept. 1, 1934, grass tussocks (V. Hickman, AMS KS29340 ), 1?, 2/, Aug.–Sept. 1942, grass tussocks (V. Hickman, AMS KS29238 ), 6?, 5/, May 1948, grass tussocks (V. Hickman, AMS KS32533 ), 1?, June 5, 1948 (V. Hickman, AMS KS32534 ), 1/, Mar. 1968, grass tussocks (V. Hickman, AMS KS29348 ), 1 /; Waterhouse Point, 408519S, 1478389E, Nov. 1986, coastal heath (T. Churchill, QVM 13 View Materials : 1152), 1?, Oct. 1987, coastal heath (T. Churchill, QVM 13 View Materials :3567), 1/, 1987, coastal heath (T. Churchill, QVM 13 View Materials :3930), 1/. Victoria: Cape Schanck , 388309S, 1448539E, May 28, 1978 (V. Salanitri, QMB S26735 View Materials ), 1?, 1/, July 8, 1978 (V. Salanitri, QMB S26714 View Materials , 26746 View Materials ), 2 /; Chiltern Forest , 368109S, 1468379E, Feb. 1967, Berlese, leaf litter (R. McInnes, QMB), 1 /; Lederderg Gorge , Aug. 12, 1981, under rock (M. Harvey, NMV K3624 About NMV ), 2 /; Longforest Road , 6.5 km NE Bacchus Marsh, 378419S, 1448279E, Aug. 25, 1981, eucalypt litter (M. Harvey, B. Roberts, NMV K3623 About NMV ), 4 /; Rotamah Island, The Lakes National Park , June 11, 1990, sieved Banksia litter (D. Black, WAM 96 About WAM /1527, 1528), 2 /.
DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Australia, including Tasmania (map 90).
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