Reductoonops escopeta, new species (figs. 267, 268, 274–278)

TYPE: Female holotype taken under a riddled stage III log in a coffee plantation at an elevation of 860 m at a site north of Escopeta, along Río Escopeta, Chiriquí, Panama (Jan. 9, 1981; W. Suter), deposited in FMNH (ex 33661, PBI_OON 51315) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the arrow-shaped distal portion of the anterior genitalic process (figs. 277, 278).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 51315, figs. 267, 268, 274-278): Total length 1.19. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes two; ALE touching. Sternum with anterior channels, surface smooth, microsculpture absent; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin deeply incised. Anterior genitalic process relatively short, gradually narrowing anteriorly until widely expanded into arrow-shaped tip.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Panama (Chiriquí).