Aschnaoonops jaji, 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 : 68-71

Aschnaoonops jaji , new species

Figures 455–465

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from litter near stream taken at an elevation of 5600–5900 ft near La Chorrera on the road to Jají, Me´rida, Venezuela (Mar. 28, 1992; L. Herman), deposited in AMNH ( PBI_OON 141 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by having a short, sharp projection on the dorsal margin of the embolus (figs. 461–463), females by the posterolateral extensions on the anterior expansion of the anterior genitalic process and the medially invaginated basal sclerite (fig. 465).

MALE (PBI_OON 25, figs. 455, 458– 463): Total length 2.26. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with anterior process relatively wide, distally sinuous. 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 v4-4-2; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3-0-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus with base very wide, twisted, distal prong with distally directed projection.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 141, figs. 456, 457, 464, 465): Total length 2.62. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width. 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 v2-2-2; II v3-0-2. Anterior genitalic process with rectangular anterior enlargement with recurved posterior margins; basal sclerite invaginated at middle.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Me´rida: Hechicera, Monte Zerpe , July 22– Aug. 2, 1989, montane forest, carrion trap, elev. 2000 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI _ OON 42 ), 1♂ ; trail to Monte Cerpa, N Mérida, Mar. 27, 1992, litter near stream, elev. 6400–6800 ft (L. Herman, AMNH PBI _ OON 25 ), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela (Me´rida).

Figures

Figs. 455–465. Aschnaoonops jaji, new species, male (455, 458–463) and female (456, 457, 464, 465). 455. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 456. Abdomen, ventral view. 457, 464. Genitalia, ventral view. 458. Left palp, prolateral view. 459. Same, ventral view. 460. Same, retrolateral view. 461. Left embolus, prolateral view. 462. Same, ventral view. 463. Same, retrolateral view. 465. Genitalia, dorsal view.