Aschnaoonops tiputini, Platnick & Dupérré & Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 34-37

Aschnaoonops tiputini , new species

Figures 231–241

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken at an elevation of 220–250 m at the Estacio´ n de Biodiversidad Tiputini , near the Parque Nacional Yasuní , 0 ° 37'55"S, 76 ° 08'39"W, Orellana, Ecuador (July 4, 1998; T. Erwin et al.), deposited in USNM ( PBI_OON 828 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Both sexes resemble those of A. yasuni but lack protrusions at the posterolateral corners of the carapace and have shorter, blunter tubercles on the lateral margins of the carapace. The proximal margin of the distal prong of the embolus is more sinuous than in A. yasuni (fig. 238), and the sclerite at the base of the anterior genitalic process is more heavily sclerotized (fig. 241).

MALE (PBI_OON 828, figs. 231, 234– 239): Total length 1.83. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites distally with ventral, triangular projection occupying about half of endite width, not reaching as far anteriorly as dorsal portion. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, semicircular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r0-1-1; II p0-0-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2- 1p; II v2-2-0. Sperm pore large, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium with distal patch of setae. Embolus with proximal prong less heavily sclerotized than distal prong.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 828, figs. 232, 233, 240, 241): Total length 1.88. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, extending to about 2/3 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0-2, r0-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi I, II v2- 2- 1p. Anterior genitalic process relatively wide, slightly expanded anteriorly.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Ecuador: Orellana: Estacio´ n de Biodiversidad Tiputini, near Parque Nacional Yasuní , 0 ° 37'55"S, 76 ° 08'39"W, Oct. 24, 1998, elev. 220–250 m (T. Erwin et al., USNM PBI _ OON 833 ), 1♀ ; Estacio´ n Científica Yasuní , 0.067428 ° S, 76.39764 ° W, Dec. 1–5, 2009, Berlese, wet forest litter, elev. 295 m (M. Ramírez, MACN PBI _OON 30595, 30830 ), 4♂ (including Eva Gaublomme sequencing voucher) ; 1 km S Onkone Gare Camp, 0 ° 39'25.77"S, 76 ° 27'10.8"W, Reserva Etnica Waorani , June 26, 1996, elev. 216 m (T. Erwin et al., USNM PBI _ OON 834 , 936 , 37682 ), 1♂, 2♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Northeastern Ecuador (Orellana).

Figures

Figs. 231–241. Aschnaoonops tiputini, new species, male (231, 234–239) and female (232, 233, 240, 241). 231. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 232. Abdomen, ventral view. 233, 240. Genitalia, ventral view. 234. Left palp, prolateral view. 235. Same, ventral view. 236. Same, retrolateral view. 237. Left embolus, prolateral view. 238. Same, ventral view. 239. Same, retrolateral view. 241. Genitalia, dorsal view.