Desognaphosa funnel, PLATNICK, 2002

PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Desognaphosa funnel , new species Figures 197, 198 ; Map 17

TYPE: Female holotype taken in flight intercept trap in rainforest at an elevation of 250 m on Upper East Funnel Creek ridge, 21 ° 34 ̍ S, 149 ° 12 ̍ E, Queensland (Nov. 16, 1992 –mid April, 1993; D. Cook, G. Monteith), deposited in QMB ( S31320 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the extra coil of the anteromedian epigynal ducts (fig. 198).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Total length 4.6. Coloration as in D. yabbra . Leg spination: tibia IV r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV 2­1p­2, r1­0­0. Anterior epigynal margin relatively wide, bipartite, connected to narrow median septum (fig. 197); anterolateral portion of ducts hypertrophied, forming additional coil (fig. 198).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality in mideastern Queensland (map 17).

Figures

Map 17. Records of Desognaphosa funnel, new species (diamond), D. massey, new species (circles), and D. windsor, new species (squares).

Figs. 197–202. Epigyna, ventral (top row) and dorsal (bottom row) views. 197, 198. Desognaphosa funnel, new species. 199, 200. D. tribulation, new species. 201, 202. Trachyspina goongarrie, new species.