Costarina veragua, 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 : 67

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1206/3794.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459266

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Costarina veragua
status

sp. nov.

Costarina veragua View in CoL , new species ( Figures 359–365 View FIGURES 359–372. 359–365 )

TYPE: Male holotype from mini-Winkler trap sample taken at an elevation of 300–400 m at Los Gigantes, Veragua Rainforest , Limón, Costa Rica (Mar. 17, 2009; M. Solis, B. Hernández), deposited in INBIO (96612, PBI_OON 51256) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. watina (cf. figs. 232–242) but have a longer, wider distal embolar prong (figs. 360–365).

MALE (PBI_OON 51256, figs. 359–365): Total length 2.05. Endite dorsal process larger than ventral process. Femur II p0-0-1, r0-1-0; tibia I v4-4-2; metatarsus I v2-2-2. Embolus proximal prong with retrolaterally directed protrusion at base; distal prong relatively narrow (N = 2).

FEMALE: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Limón.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 359–372. 359–365. Costarina veragua, new species, male. 366–372. C. penshurst, new species, male. 359, 366. Sternum, ventral view. 360, 367. Left palp, prolateral view. 361, 368. Same, ventral view. 362, 369. Same, retrolateral view. 363, 370. Left embolus, prolateral view. 364, 371. Same, ventral view. 365, 372. Same, retrolateral view.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Oonopidae

Genus

Costarina