Lamponata daviesae Platnick

Type: Male holotype taken in pitfall trap at Lake Broadwater, SW Dalby, 27°11'S, 151°16'E, Queensland (May 17--Nov. 24, 1985; M. Bennie), deposited in QMB (S34374).

Etymology: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Dr. Valerie Davies of the Queensland Museum, whose extensive sorting of the Lake Broadwater material has produced numerous unusual lamponids, including the best series of this species.

Diagnosis: With the characters of the genus and genitalia as in figures 319--322. The only taxa that could be confused with this species are males of the Lampona cylindrata group, which have a similarly long retrolateral tibial apophysis but have a basally protruding palpal bulb.

Male: Total length 2.7. Dorsum of abdomen light gray with five broken transverse rows of dark spots (fig. 275), venter with v-shaped dark marking; legs unmarked. Palpal femur sharply bent at about one-fifth its length, enlarged distally; retrolateral tibial apophysis long, distally flattened; cymbium produced ventrally (figs. 319, 320).

Female: Total length 3.5. Coloration as in male except ventral abdominal dark mark absent. Epigynum with small, semicircular anterior hood far removed from midpiece (fig. 321); spermathecae compact, anterior portion only slightly expanded (fig. 322).

Other Material Examined: Northern Territory: cliff N of old ranger station, 11.3 km S Hermannsburg, 24°03'S, 132°46'E, Oct. 1994, pitfall (NMV K4669), 1F_F; Todd River, Alice Springs, 23°42'S, 133°53'E, July 1, 1969, sifted material from bark at trunk of large eucalypt trees (J. Balogh, HNMH), 1F_F. Queensland: Bushley Station, 23°32'S, 150°15'E, Mar. 21--Oct. 22, 1990, pitfall, open forest (D. Wallace, R. Raven, K. Williams, QMB S30410), 1F_F; 33 mi. S Blackall, 24°25'S, 145°28'E, May 31, 1956, dry leaf litter, brigalow, wilga (F. Perkins, OMD), 1F_F; Lake Broadwater, SW Dalby, 27°11'S, 151°16'E, Jan. 26--Feb. 19, 1985, pitfall (M. Bennie, QMB S28651), 1F_F, May 17--Nov. 24, 1985, pitfalls (M. Bennie, QMB S28639), 1M_M, 1F_F, Nov. 24, 1985--Jan. 3, 1986, pitfall (M. Bennie, QMB S28653), 1M_M, Jan. 3--Feb. 25, 1986, pitfall (M. Bennie, QMB S28644), 1M_M, Apr. 22--June 12, 1986, pitfall (M. Bennie, QMB S28640), 1M_M; Taroom district, Boggomoss No. 3, 25°26'S, 150°01'E, Nov. 12, 1996- Jan. 1997, pitfall (G. Monteith, D. Cook, QMB S36335), 1M_M; Windermere, near Glenmorgan, 27°17'S, 149°45'E, Dec. 1990--Sept. 1991 (R. Raven, B. Smyth, QMB ex S30363), 1M_M. South Australia: Jimmys Well, Mount Rescue Conservation Park, 35°51'S, 140°18'E, in litter (D. Hirst, SAM N1996/316, 317), 2M_M; 3 km S Mount Sturt, 32°46'S, 135°24'E, Dec. 13--17, 1989, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM N1997/132), 1M_M; 14 km WNW Renmark, 34°07'S, 140°37'E, Aug. 8--Sept. 7, 1995, intercept trap (K. Pullen, QMB S34289), 1M_M; 79 km NNW Renmark, 33°31'S, 140°24'E, Aug. 9--Sept. 7, 1995, intercept trap (K. Pullen, ANIC), 1M_M; W ranger station, Rocky River, Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Island, 35°57'S, 136°43'E, Nov. 7--9, 1987, pitfall (D. Hirst, SAM N1997/131), 1M_M. Western Australia: Tamala Station, 26°40'S, 113°40'E, Nov. 8, 1998 (V. Ovtsharenko, AMNH), 1F_F; Woodstock Station, 21°37'S, 118°57'E, Feb. 10--17, 1989, pitfall (J. Waldock, R. How, J. Dell, WAM 96/752), 1F_F.

Distribution: Widespread in drier parts of Australia (map 38).

Figs. 274--276. 274. Lamponina scutata (Strand), female cephalothorx and pedicel, ventral view. 275. Lamponata daviesae Platnick, female abdomen, dorsal view. 276. Lamponusa gleneagle Platnick, female, dorsal view.

Figs. 319--322. Lamponata daviesae Platnick. 319. Left male palp, ventral view. 320. Same, retrolateral view. 321. Epigynum, ventral view. 322. Same, dorsal view.

Map 38. Records of Lamponata daviesae Platnick (circles) and Lamponova wau Platnick (squares, Australian records only).