Lampona hickmani, new species Figures 154, 155; Map 15 TYPE: Female holotype taken under bark on Mount Wellington, 428549S, 1478149E, Tasmania (Aug. 19, 1924; V. Hickman), deposited in AMS (KS29253). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, the late Dr. V. Hickman. DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of L. pusilla but have longer lateral margins of the epigynal midpiece (fig. 154) and almost obsolete anterior portions of the spermathecae (fig. 155). MALE: Unknown. FEMALE: Total length 8.5. Abdomen brownish gray, without distinct pattern; legs unmarked. Epigynum with indistinct anterior margin, with v­shaped midpiece greatly widened anteriorly (fig. 154); spermathecae tripartite, anterior portion tiny, almost obsolete (fig. 155). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Four females taken with the holotype. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Tasmania (map 15).

Published as part of PLATNICK, NORMAN I., 2000, A Relimitation And Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), pp. 1-328 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2000 (245) on page 78, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)2452.0.CO;2, http://zenodo.org/record/5348675