Aschnaoonops pedro, 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 : 58

Aschnaoonops pedro , new species

Figures 379–389

TYPE: Male holotype and female allotype taken from epiphytic bromeliads or leaf litter at an elevation of 960 m at San Pedro , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia (May 19, 1975; J. Kochalka), deposited in AMNH ( PBI_OON 10073 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of A. propinquus but have a shorter, less twisted embolus bearing a long, prolateral spur (figs. 385–387); females have a large, treeshaped anterior expansion on the anterior genitalic process (fig. 389).

MALE (PBI_OON 37109, figs. 379, 382– 387): Total length 2.11. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with anterior process basally wide. 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, r1-0-0; tibiae I, II v4-4-2; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3-2-0. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus with proximal prong shifted to retrolateral side of bulb, distal prong with short, sharp, proximal protrusion.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 37109, figs. 380, 381, 388, 389): Total length 2.39. 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 v3-2- 0. Anterior genitalic process with tree-shaped anterior expansion.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Magdalena: Cerro Lagila, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , Apr. 15–30, 1975, pitfall, elev. 1540 m (J. Kochalka, AMNH PBI _OON 37108), 1♂ ; trail, Río Frío, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , Apr. 23, 1975, elev. 535 m (J. Kochalka, AMNH PBI _OON 37110), 2♀ ; San Pedro, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , May 19, 1975, epiphytic bromeliads and/or leaf litter, elev. 960 m (J. Kochalka, AMNH PBI _OON 37109), 7♂, 3♀ ; 2 km NW San Pedro , 10 ° 55'N, 74 ° 03'W, Aug. 16, 1985, elev. 1200 m ( FMNH 56549 , PBI _OON 10767), 1♂, 1♀ ; near San Pedro de la Sierra, northwestern Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , Apr. 12, 1986, litter, elev. 1000 m (H.-G. Mu ¨ ller, MHNG PBI _ OON 897 ), 2♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Magdalena).

Figures

Figs. 379–389. Aschnaoonops pedro, new species, male (379, 382–387) and female (380, 381, 388, 389). 379. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 380. Abdomen, ventral view. 381, 388. Genitalia, ventral view. 382. Left palp, prolateral view. 383. Same, ventral view. 384. Same, retrolateral view. 385. Left embolus, prolateral view. 386. Same, ventral view. 387. Same, retrolateral view. 389. Genitalia, dorsal view.