Pseudolampona boree, 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 : 304-306

Pseudolampona boree , new species Figures 746–749 ; Map 84

TYPES: Female holotype and male allotype taken in a Berlese sample from a dry scler­ ophyll forest at Boree Creek , 358079S, 1468379E, New South Wales (June 10, 1984; R. Moran), deposited in QMB .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the subdistally expanded median apophysis (fig. 746), females by the relatively short lateral epigynal margins (fig. 748).

MALE: Total length 2.9. Coloration as in P. warrandyte . Retrolateral tibial apophysis gradually narrowed toward tip (fig. 747); median apophysis expanded subdistally (fig. 746).

FEMALE: Total length 3.2. Coloration as in P. warrandyte . Lateral epigynal margins relatively short, not reaching anterior tip of spermathecae (fig. 748); spermathecae large, approximate (fig. 749).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: Boree Creek, 358079S, 1468379E, June 10, 1984, Berlese, dry sclerophyll (R. Moran, QMB), 2/. South Australia: 1 km S Box Flat, Ngarkat Conservation Park , 358369S, 1408239E, Mar. 19, 1992 (D. Hirst, SAM N1997 /115), 1 /; Kolay Hut, Paney Station , 328339S, 1358369E, Dec. 8–11, 1992, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM N1997 /113), 1 /; 0.5 km W Ngarutjara Homeland , 268149S, 1318489E, Oct. 12–17, 1994, pitfall (J. Forrest, SAM N1997 /128), 1 /; 1 km N Point Tinline, Cape Gantheaume. Kangaroo Island , 358599S, 1378379E, Nov. 10–11, 1987, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM N1997 /130), 1 ?; 5.9 km W Pooginagoric , 368269S, 1408469E, Dec. 12– 15, 1995, pitfall ( SAM N1997 /114), 1 ?; 14 km WNW Renmark , 348079S, 1408379E, July 4–Aug. 10, 1995, intercept trap (K. Pullen, QMB), 2 ?; 31 km NW Renmark , 338599S, 1408309E, May 2–June 8, 1995, intercept trap (K. Pullen, QMB), 2 ?; 32 km N Renmark , 338539S, 1408449E, Aug. 9–Sept. 7, 1995, intercept trap (K. Pullen, QMB), 2 ?; 79 km NNW Renmark , 338319S, 1408249E, Aug. 9– Sept. 7, 1995, intercept trap (K. Pullen, QMB), 2 ?; South Gap Station, Beda Hill, 318519S, 1378379E, Dec. 4–6, 1989, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM N1996 /319), 1?. Victoria: 4 km S Nowingi, 348369S, 1428149E, Sept. 22, 1985, under rock (M. Harvey, B. Scott, L. Hoare, WAM 96 /719, 720), 2/. Western Australia: Francois Peron National Park , 258599S, 1138349E, Jan. 18–May 26, 1995, pitfall (M. Harvey, WAM 96 /721), 1 ?; Zuytdorp , 278169S, 1148049E, Oct. 17, 1994 – Jan. 11, 1995, pitfall (N. McKenzie, J. Rolfe, WAM 96 /1512), 1 ?.

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Australia, except Tasmania (map 84).

Figures

Map 84. Records of Pseudolampona warrandyte, new species (circles) and P. boree, new species (squares).

Figs. 746–749. Pseudolampona boree, new species. 746. Left male palp, ventral view. 747. Same, retrolateral view. 748. Epigynum, ventral view. 749. Same, dorsal view.