Reductoonops domingo, new species (figs. 398–414)

TYPES: Male holotype, female allotype, and male paratype from Berlese sample of rainforest litter taken at an elevation of 1700 ft at a site 4 km east of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas, Ecuador (June 22, 1975; S. Peck), deposited in FMNH (PBI_ OON 10569) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of R. pinta in having a greatly expanded palpal conductor, but differ in having the embolus still separate from both the conductor and the palpal apophysis (fig. 411–414); females have a distinctively W-shaped tip on the anterior genitalic process (figs. 401, 402).

MALE (PBI_OON 10569, figs. 403–414): Total length 1.09. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes two; ALE touching. Sternum with anterior channels, surface finely striated, without pits, microsculpture absent; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin indented at middle. Endite tip with triangular lobe bearing medially directed seta. Conductor fused with palpal apophysis, embolus separate, sinuous; cymbium completely fused with bulb, no seam visible.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 10569, figs. 398–402): Total length 1.40. Anterior genitalic process relatively wide at base, subdistally narrowed, tip W-shaped; process set in laterally folded boatshaped structure.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: ECUADOR: Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas: 4 km SE Santo Domingo, June 8, 1976, Berlese, termite nest in rotten log, elev. 500 m (S. Peck, FMNH PBI_OON 31189), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas).