Aschnaoonops simla (Chickering) Platnick & Dupérré & Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 86

Aschnaoonops simla (Chickering) , new combination

Figures 568–578

Dysderina simla Chickering, 1968: 29 , figs. 65–68 (male holotype from Simla , Arima, Trinidad, in MCZ; examined).

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the tiny projection paralleling the tip of the embolus (figs. 574–576); females by the short, T-shaped anterior genitalic process (fig. 578).

MALE (PBI_OON 10679, figs. 568, 571– 576): Total length 1.81. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with anterior process broad, sinuous, wide at tip. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen. Leg spination: femur I p0-0-2, r1-1-0; tibiae I, II v4- 4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v2-0-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus retrolaterally excavated, triangular in prolateral view.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 919, figs. 569, 570, 577, 578): Total length 2.20. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width, fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 1/3 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0-2, r1-1-1; tibiae I, II v4-4- 2; metatarsi: I v2-1p-2; II v2-0-2. Anterior genitalic process short, T-shaped, basal sclerite with two lateral lobes.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Trinidad: Navy Base, SW Trinidad, Apr. 1945 (R. Ingle, AMNH PBI _OON 38043), 1♀. Arima: Arima Forest Reserve , 11 km SE Arima, June 13–22, 1993, flight intercept trap (S., J. Peck, FMNH 43142 , PBI _OON 10685), 1♂ ; Arima Valley , Feb. 10–22, 1964, elev. 800–1200 ft (P. Wygodzinsky, J. Rozen, AMNH PBI _OON 38044, 38045 ), 2♂, 1♀ ; road to Blanchesseuse , 4–13 mi N Simla, Apr. 22, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ 66673, PBI _ OON 921 ), 1♂ ; Simla, Arima Valley, Mar. 31, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ 66675, PBI _ OON 920 ), 1♂, Apr. 5, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI _ OON 918 ), 1♂, 1♀ (holotype, paratype), Apr. 5–25, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ 66674, PBI _ OON 919 ), 1♂, 8♀. Saint George: Maracas Valley , above Loango village , June 9–22, 1993, flight intercept trap (S., J. Peck, FMNH43136 , PBI _OON 10679), 3♂, 2♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Trinidad.

Figures

Figs. 568–578. Aschnaoonops simla (Chickering), male (568, 571–576) and female (569, 570, 577, 578). 568. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 569. Abdomen, ventral view. 570, 577. Genitalia, ventral view. 571. Left palp, prolateral view. 572. Same, ventral view. 573. Same, retrolateral view. 574. Left embolus, prolateral view. 575. Same, ventral view. 576. Same, retrolateral view. 578. Genitalia, dorsal view.