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).