Pseudolampona taroom, PLATNICK, 2000

Pseudolampona taroom View in CoL , new species Figures 766–769 View Figs ; Map 87 View Map 87

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall trap at Boggomoss, Taroom District , 258259S, 1508019E, Queensland ( Sept. 9–Nov. 11, 1996; P. Lawless), deposited in QMB ( S34317 View Materials ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the distally folded embolus (fig. 766), females by the absence of lateral epigynal margins and the enlarged lobes that separate the spermathecae (fig. 768).

MALE: Total length 2.5. Coloration as in P. warrandyte . Retrolateral tibial apophysis relatively long, slightly expanded at about half its length (fig. 767); embolus narrow, folded at about half its length (fig. 766).

FEMALE: Total length 3.1. Coloration as in P. warrandyte . Lateral epigynal margins absent, lateral pockets small, often difficult to see (fig. 768); spermathecae separated by enlarged, medially directed lobes (fig. 769).

VARIATION: The two females from New South Wales have relatively short spermathecae, and it is possible that they could prove to represent a different species.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New South Wales: 700 m E Arrinya Road on logging road 900 m from Burns Road junction, Kan­ garoo River State Forest , 308049S, 1528529E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS39568 ), 1 /; junction of Range Road and Lockleys Road, Doubleduke State Forest , 298149S, 1538119E, Feb. 4–Apr. 9, 1993, pitfall (M. Gray, G. Cassis, AMS KS39567 ), 1/. Queensland: Bahr’s Scrub , 278449S, 1538109E, Apr. 30, 1980, dry litter (R. Raven, QMB S34312 View Materials ), 1 /; Beerwah Forestry Reserve , 268519S, 1528579E, Nov. 21, 1990, pitfall, heath (M. Glover, QMB S32336 View Materials ), 1?, Aug. 25, 1991, pitfall, heath (M. Glover, QMB S32328 View Materials , 32329 View Materials ), 1?, 1 /; Braemar State Forest , 278139S, 1508509E, Oct. 15–19, 1979, cypress, brigalow litter (R. Raven, QMB S26911 View Materials , 28115 View Materials ), 1?, 1 /; Ewan Maddock Dam , 268489S, 1528599E, Oct. 27, 1992 – Jan. 30, 1993, pitfalls, open forest (M. Glover, QMB S32397 View Materials ), 3?, Aug. 22, 1993 – Mar. 22, 1994, pitfalls, open forest (M. Glover, QMB S28702 View Materials , 28715 View Materials , 30389 View Materials ), 7 ?; 3 mi SE Gayndah , 258389S, 1518369E, July 17, 1968, Berlese, eucalypt litter (L. Mound, QMB), 1 /; Isla Gorge , 8.5 km SSW lookout, 258169S, 1498569E, Dec. 19, 1997 – Mar. 3, 1998, pit­ fall, vine scrub, elev. 360 m (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S44205), 1 ?; Keysland , 268129S, 1518449E, Sept. 29–Dec. 5, 1994, intercept trap, open forest (G. Monteith, QMB S32466 View Materials ), 2 /; Lake Broadwater, via Dalby , 278219S, 1518069E, May 16–Nov. 23, 1985, pitfall ( QMB S28589 View Materials ), 1?, Jan. 3–Feb. 25, 1986, pitfall (M. Bennie, QMB S28585 View Materials ), 1?, Feb. 22, 1986, Berlese, brigalow, sieved litter, ( G. Monteith, V. Davies, D. Thompson, QMB S34324 View Materials ), 1 /; Nangur State Forest , 268089S, 1518589E, Oct. 24–Nov. 24, 1995, pitfall, elevation 320 m (G. Monteith, QMB S34315 View Materials ), 1 /; North Mimosa Creek, Blackdown Tableland National Park , 238469S, 1498209E, July 8, 1991, sieved litter, open forest ( D. Black, WAM 96 About WAM /1529), 1 /; Orchid Beach, Fraser Island , 248589S, 1538199E, Mar. 7–Oct. 1, 1996, pitfall, heath, banksia, eucalypt (R. Raven, QMB S31269 View Materials ), 2?, 2 /; 5 km W Paluma , 198009S, 1468129E, July 12, 1971, Berlese, rainforest ( Taylor, Feehan, QMB), 1 ?; Rochedale State Forest, Brisbane , 278379S, 1538099E, June 12–30, 1980, litter ( V. Davies, R. Raven, QMB S34314 View Materials , 34322 View Materials ), 2 /; 7 km N Taroom , 258369S, 1498469E, Nov. 12, 1996 – Jan. 31, 1997, pitfall, roadside, ooline scrub (P. Lawless, QMB S36681 View Materials ), 2 ?; Upper Brookfield , 278309S, 1528559E, Oct. 30, 1980, araucarianotophyll vineforest, litter (R. Raven, V. Davies, QMB S34330 View Materials ), 1 /; Windermere, near Glenmorgan , 278179S, 1498459E, July–Sept. 1991, open forest pitfall (R. Raven, D. Smyth, ex QMB S30361 View Materials ), 1 /.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Queensland and New South Wales (map 87).