Triaeris fako, Platnick & Dupérré & Ubick & Fannes, 2012

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, Got Males?: The Enigmatic Goblin Spider Genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2012 (3756), pp. 1-36 : 31

Triaeris fako , new species

Figures 47–53

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 400 m at a site 1.4 km NE of Etome, 4°02′58.58″N, 9°07′31.43″E, Limbe Subdivision , Fako Division, South-West Province, Cameroon (Jan. 13–19, 1992; S. Larcher, G. Hormiga, J. Coddington, C. Griswold, C. Wanzie), deposited in CAS (9046579, PBI_OON 3483) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Female can be recognized by the extremely long, distally curled posterior receptaculum, which has a substantial “squiggle” at its posterior end (figs. 52, 53).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 3483, figs. 47–53): Total length 1.97. Carapace pale orange, sides finely reticulate. ALE largest, separated by their radius to diameter; posterior eye row procurved from front. Sternum, mouthparts pale orange. Dorsal scutum pale orange, covering half to 3/4 of abdomen length, more than half to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, with short, posteriorly directed lateral apodemes. Legs pale orange, without color pattern. Leg spination: patella I v1p-1r-2; tibiae: I, II v2-4-0; IV v0-0- 1p. Genital atrium small, triangular, with transverse sclerotization; anterior receptaculum short, wide, with rounded tip; posterior receptaculum elongated, distally curled, with substantial terminal squiggle.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

Figures

FIGURES 47–53. Triaeris fako, new species, female. 47. Habitus, dorsal view. 48. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 49. Abdomen, ventral view. 50–52. Epigastric area, ventral view. 53. Same, dorsal view.