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Desognaphosa eungella PLATNICK 2002, new species

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Desognaphosa eungella, new species Figures 203–206; Map 18

TYPE: Female holotype and male allotype taken in pitfall trap in rainforest at schoolhouse, Eungella, 21 ° 08 ̍ S, 148 ° 29 ̍ E, Queensland (Feb. 11–15, 1986; R. Raven, J. Gallon), deposited in QMB (S7050).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be distinguished from the other known yabbra group males by the relatively short embolus (fig. 203), females by the narrow epigynal septum (fig. 205).

MALE: Total length 5.6. Coloration as in D. yabbra. Leg spination: tibia IV v2­1p­2, r0­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV v2­1p­2, r1­ 0­0. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short hook on wide ledge, cymbial excavation deep, extending almost half length of segment (fig. 204); embolus not extending posterior of tibial margin, with prominent, prolaterally directed protuberance at base (fig. 203).

FEMALE: Total length 6.3. Coloration as in D. yabbra. Leg spination: tibia IV r1­1­1; metatarsi: III v2­0­2; IV 2­1p­2, r1­0­0. Epigynum with wide, bipartite anterior margin connected to narrow median septum (fig. 205); anteromedian portion of ducts greatly widened (fig. 206).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Queensland: Broken River, Eungella National Park, 21 ° 10 ̍ S, 148 ° 31 ̍ E, July 29–Dec. 4, 1992, rainforest pitfall (R. Raven, P., E. Lawless, QMB S40719), 23; Crediton, 21 ° 12 ̍ S, 148 ° 32 ̍ E, Apr. 14–21, 1975, litter (V. Davies, R. Kohout, QMB S28305), 3♀; Dalrymple Heights, Eungella National Park, 21 ° 08 ̍ S, 148 ° 30 ̍ E, Nov. 1976, litter (M. Bishop, QMB S28301), 2♀; Dalrymple Heights, near Eungella, 21 ° 04 ̍ S, 148 ° 35 ̍ E, Mar.–Apr. 1975, rainforest litter, elev. 1000 m (M. Gray, C. Horseman, AMS KS6382), 13, 1♀; Dalrymple Road, 5.6 km SW Snake Road junction, Eungella National Park, 21 ° 06 ̍ S, 148 ° 32 ̍ E, Apr. 19, 1998, rainforest (G. Milledge, AMS KS55321), 1♀; schoolhouse, Eungella, 21 ° 08 ̍ S, 148 ° 29 ̍ E, Feb. 11–15, 1986 (R. Raven, J. Gallon, QMB S7030), 13; Mount Macartney, Cathu State Forest, 20 ° 51 ̍ S, 148 ° 33 ̍ E, Apr. 20, 1979, Berlese, stick brushings, rainforest, elev. 750 m (G. Monteith, QMB S30345), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from mideastern Queensland (map 18).

Notes

Published as part of PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2002, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, And Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), pp. 1 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2002 (271) on page 1, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2, http://zenodo.org/record/5396112

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5396331 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5396343 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2 (DOI)
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Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD39D52FFA6A65883742265DB214D2A (URL)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
AMS , QMB
Event date
1975-04-14 , 1979-04-20 , 1986-02-11 , 1992-07-29 , 1998-04-19
Family
Trochanteriidae
Genus
Desognaphosa
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
KS55321 , KS6382 , S7030 , S7050
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
PLATNICK
Species
eungella
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1975-04-14/21 , 1979-04-20 , 1986-02-11/15 , 1992-07-29/12-04 , 1998-04-19
Taxonomic concept label
Desognaphosa eungella PLATNICK, 2002