Simlops miudo Ruiz, 2014

Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., Brescovit, Antonio D., Santos, Adalberto J. & Ott, Ricardo, 2014, Simlops, A New Genus Of Goblin Spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) From Northern South America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2014 (388), pp. 1-60 : 16-19

Simlops miudo Ruiz , new species Figures 54–61 , 276 , 292, 293

TYPE: Male holotype from Igarapé Mutum,

Juruti, Pará, Brazil 2 ° 339180 S 56 ° 13922.40W), June 03, 2007, to June 10, 2007, D.F. Candiani and N.F. Lo-Man-Hung ( MPEG 19163 PBI_OON 40503).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is in honor of ichthyologist Luciano Fogaça de

Assis Montag, nicknamed Miúdo, which in Brazilian Portuguese means ‘‘small.’’ Ironically, both Luciano and the representatives of this species are among the largest specimens of their respective genera.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of Simlops miudo differs from those of S. machadoi and S. similis by the basal expansion of conductor directed dorsally and from those of S. pennai by the thin, filiform distal third of conductor (figs. 292, 293).

MALE (PBI_OON 40503, figs. 54–61, 276, 292, 293): Total length 2.10. Carapace dark red-brown, sternum and mouthparts orange-brown, legs pale orange, without color pattern; abdomen soft portions pale white, abdominal scuta orange-brown. Sternal microsculpture almost covering entire surface, absent in front of coxae. Endites with retrolateral process indistinct from median process; prolateral process large, stout, distal third laminar, slightly bent retrolaterally (fig. 276). Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 3/4 of abdominal length. Palp: embolus almost straight, narrow, with small distal translucent process directed prolaterally; conductor thin,

filamentous, with large basal triangular process directed dorsally (figs. 59–61, 292–293).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figs. 54–61. Simlops miudo, male. 54. Cephalothorax, dorsal view. 55. Same, anterior view. 56. Same, ventral view. 57. Lateral view. 58. Abdomen, ventral view. 59. Left palp, prolateral view. 60. Same, dorsal view. 61. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 275–282. Simlops species, left male endite, ventral view. 275. S. pennai. 276. S. miudo. 277. S. machadoi. 278. S. similis. 279. S. juruti. 280. S. nadinae. 281. S. campinarana. 282. S. bandeirante.

Figs. 290–297. Simlops species, apex of left male palp. 290. S. pennai, dorsal view. 291. S. pennai, prolateral view. 292. S. miudo, dorsal view. 293. S. miudo, prolateral view. 294. S. machadoi, dorsal view. 295. S. machadoi, prolateral view. 296. S. similis, dorsal view. 297. S. similis, prolateral view.