Ponsoonops mirante, Bolzern, 2014

Bolzern, Angelo, 2014, The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genera Ponsoonops and Bipoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3803), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Ponsoonops mirante , new species

Figures 187–198

TYPES: Male holotype and one male paratype from a Berlese sample of floor litter taken at Almirante, Bocas del Toro, Panama (Mar. 27, 1959, H.S. Dybas), deposited in FMNH (PBI_ OON 10400) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of the sanvito group in having a distinct ventral slit at the embolus (figs. 196, 197). They differ from all those species, except P. lucha and P. sanvito , in lacking a median protrusion at the embolus (fig. 328). They differ from those of P.lucha by the well-separated embolus and conductor, and from those of P. sanvito in having a broadly rounded conductor tip (rather than sharply pointed).

MALE (PBI_OON 10400, figs. 187–198): Total length 1.06. Leg spination: tibiae: I v4-2-2; II v4-2-1p; IV p0-1-0; v0-0-2, r1-1-0; metatarsi: I, II v2-2-2; IV p0-1-0, r0-1-0. Sperm pore oval. Cymbial cone not detected. Tarsal organ on palpal cymbium with distal receptor appearing bifid.

Figures

FIGURES 187–198. Ponsoonops mirante, new species, male. 187. Carapace, dorsal view. 188. Same, lateral view. 189. Same, anterior view. 190. Sternum, ventral view. 191. Abdomen, lateral view. 192. Same, ventral view. 193. Palp, prolateral view. 194. Same, dorsal view. 195. Same, retrolateral view. 196. Embolus and conductor (embolus tip broken off, indicated by arrow), prolateral view. 197. Same, retrolateral view. 198. Tarsal organ, palp, dorsal view.