Simonoonops andersoni, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Goblin Spider Genus Simonoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2011 (3724), pp. 1-32 : 18

Simonoonops andersoni , new species

Figures 107–121

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from montane forest litter taken at an elevation of 1150 m at the Estación Biológica Rancho Grande , Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, 10°20′42″N, 67°41′09″W, Aragua, Venezuela (May 12, 1998; R. Anderson), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 800) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, Robert Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the abruptly bent conductor (figs. 112–115), females by the strong, M-shaped genitalic apodemes connected by a transverse bar with a rounded anterior edge (figs. 119–121).

MALE (PBI_OON 800, figs. 107–115): Total length 1.77. Carapace unpatterned, surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica reticulate. Chilum small, triangular. Endites with ventral process darkened, ventrally protuberant. Anterior femora darkened. Leg spination: femur I p0-0-2, r0-1-0; tibiae: I v4-4-1p; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v2-2-0. Embolus tip directed obliquely, conductor abruptly bent, with recurved tip.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 800, figs. 116–121): Total length 1.98. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0- 2, r0-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v2-2-0. Atrium wide, broadly triangular but with anterior margin truncate, apodemes strongly sclerotized, M-shaped.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Aragua: Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Estación Biológica Rancho Grande , 10°20′42″N, 67°41′09″W, May 12, 1998, montane forest litter, elev. 1150 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 801), 5♂, 4♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela.

Figures

FIGURES 107–121. Simonoonops andersoni, new species, male (107–115) and female (116–121). 107. Carapace, dorsal view. 108, 116. Same, anterior view. 109. Sternum, ventral view. 110. Carapace, lateral view. 111. Mouthparts, ventral view. 112. Left embolus, prolateral view. 113. Left palp, prolateral view. 114. Same, ventral view. 115. Same, retrolateral view. 117. Abdomen, lateral view. 118. Same, ventral view. 119, 120. Genitalia, ventral view. 121. Same, dorsal view.