Aschnaoonops trujillo, 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 : 74

Aschnaoonops trujillo , new species

Figures 496–506

TYPES: Male holotype and male paratype from cloud forest litter taken at an elevation of 2240 m at km 6.0 on the highway to Trujillo, 9 ° 21'03"N, 70 ° 17'36"W, Trujillo, Venezuela (May 20, 1998; R. Anderson), deposited in AMNH ( PBI_OON 903 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the pair of dorsal projections on the distal portion of the embolus (figs. 502–504); females resemble those of A. merida in having a ventrally notched pedicel tube (fig. 497), but have a longer anterior genitalic process (fig. 506).

MALE (PBI_OON 906, figs. 496, 499– 504): Total length 2.29. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with anterior process truncated, with anterolaterally directed 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: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0-2; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-1p-2; II v3- 0-2. Sperm pore large, triangular, with rounded angles. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Distal prong of embolus with three processes arranged serially along its length.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 906, figs. 497, 498, 505, 506): Total length 2.39. 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 v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3-0-2. Anterior genitalic process gradually widened toward anterior end.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Trujillo: Pa´ramo La Cristalina , km. 9.7 on highway to Trujillo, 9 ° 21'21"N, 70 ° 17'51"W, May 20, 1998, elfin forest litter, elev. 2400 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 906 ), 14♂, 1♀ ; Parque Nacional Guaramacal , 12. 9 km SE Boconó, 9 ° 14'48"N, 70 ° 12'17"W, May 19, 1998, cloud forest litter, elev. 2350 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 904 ), 2♂, 2♀, 19.3 km SE Boconó, 9 ° 14'11"N, 70 ° 11'07"W, May 19, 1998, shrub litter, elev. 2800 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 905 ), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela (Trujillo).

Figures

Figs. 496–506. Aschnaoonops trujillo, new species, male (496, 499–504) and female (497, 498, 505, 506). 496. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 497. Abdomen, ventral view. 498, 505. Genitalia, ventral view. 499. Left palp, prolateral view. 500. Same, ventral view. 501. Same, retrolateral view. 502. Left embolus, prolateral view. 503. Same, ventral view. 504. Same, retrolateral view. 506. Genitalia, dorsal view.