Costarina cerere, 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 : 69

Costarina cerere , new species ( Figures 406–416 )

TYPE: Male holotype taken on the Espavel trail in the Reserva Biológica Hitoy Cerere , Limón, Costa Rica (Mar. 31, 1998; E. Rojas), deposited in INBIO (PBI_OON 29777) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. selva (cf. figs. 122–132) but have one short and two long processes on the distal embolar prong (figs. 406–411); females resemble those of C. viejo (cf. figs. 133–143) and C. carrillo (cf. figs. 210–220) in having fully fused ventral scuta and a pair of round sclerotizations at the sides of the genital atrium, but have shorter apodemes and a narrower tip on the anterior genitalic process (figs. 413–416).

MALE (PBI_OON 29777, figs. 406–412): Total length 2.06. Both processes on endite with long, strong, medially directed tips. Femur II p0-0-1, r0-1-0; metatarsus I v2-2-2. Embolus proximal prong very long, strongly tapering to tip; distal prong with one short and two long processes (N = 3).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29814, figs. 413–416): Total length 2.20. Leg II missing, leg I spination typical. Genital atrium with sclerotizations along lateral margins (N = 1).

DISTRIBUTION: Limón.

Figures

FIGURES 406–416. Costarina cerere, new species, male (406–412) and female (413–416). 406. Left palp, prolateral view. 407. Same, ventral view. 408. Same, retrolateral view. 409. Left embolus, prolateral view. 410. Same, ventral view. 411. Same, retrolateral view. 412. Sternum, ventral view. 413. Abdomen, lateral view. 414. Same, ventral view. 415. Digested female genitalia, ventral view. 416. Same, dorsal view.