Costarina leones, Platnick & Berniker & Víquez, 2014

Platnick, Norman I., Berniker, Lily & Víquez, Carlos, 2014, The Goblin Spider Genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna, American Museum Novitates 2014 (3794), pp. 1-76 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1206/3794.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459252
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387E9-FF82-FFED-FEFC-FE8EFE3CFCA1
treatment provided by	Carolina (2021-08-29 14:59:52, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-05 15:31:41)
scientific name	Costarina leones
status	sp. nov.

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Costarina leones View in CoL , new species ( Figures 261–267 View FIGURES 254–267. 254–260 )

TYPE: Male holotype from humus taken at an elevation of 2600 m on the Camino Quebrada Los Leones, Estación Biológica de Cuerici , 4.6 km east of Villa Mills, San José , Costa Rica (Sept. 20, 1995; A. Picado, B. Gamboa), deposited in INBIO (45767, PBI_OON 29802).

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. carara (cf. figs. 166–176) but have a shorter, wider proximal embolar prong (figs. 262–267).

MALE (PBI_OON 29802, figs. 261–267): Total length 2.28. Both processes on endite relatively narrow, curved at tip. Femur II p0-0-2; tibia I v4-4-2. Embolus proximal prong relatively short, wide; distal prong with twisted, translucent flange (N = 2).

FEMALE: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: San José.

Figures

FIGURES 254–267. 254–260. Costarina isidro, new species, male. 261–267. C. leones, new species, male. 254, 261. Sternum, ventral view. 255, 262. Left palp, prolateral view. 256, 263. Same, ventral view. 257, 264. Same, retrolateral view. 258, 265. Left embolus, prolateral view. 259, 266. Same, ventral view. 260, 267. Same, retrolateral view.