Reductoonops jabin, Platnick & Berniker, 2014

Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2014, ffle Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3811), pp. 1-75 : 14

Reductoonops jabin , new species ( figs. 189–196 )

TYPE: Female holotype from Cenote (sinkhole) Jabin, 1.5 km W Kaua, Yucatán, Mexico (Jan. 5, 2003; J. Reddell, M. Reyes), deposited in TMM (34502, PBI_OON 21100) .

DIAGNOSIS: Members of this species differ from those of all other Reductoonops in being completely blind ( figs. 192, 193 ). ffle anterior genitalic process is relatively short and wide ( figs. 195, 196 ). One other completely blind oonopid has been described from Yucatán, Wanops coecus , but that species is very different, lacking sternal channels and having highly spinose legs.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 21100, figs. 189–196 ): Total length 1.66. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes absent. Sternum with anterior channels, surface smooth, microsculpture absent; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin indented at middle. Anterior genitalic projection relatively short, wide.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Mexico (Yucatán).

Figures

FIGURES 189–198. 189–196. Reductoonops jabin, new species, female. 197, 198. R. lucha, new species, female. 189, 190. Sternum, ventral view. 191. Abdomen, ventral view. 192. Carapace, anterior view. 193. Same, closeup, showing absence of eyes. 194. Spinnerets, posterior view. 195, 197. Genitalia, ventral view. 196, 198. Same, dorsal view.