Reductoonops pichincha, Platnick & Berniker, 2014

Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2014, ffle Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3811), pp. 1-75 : 67

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1206/3811.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5056495
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C215537D-FFB1-FFD3-0516-66F0FD93F9AF
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-03-11 16:39:30, last updated 2024-11-29 11:03:56)
scientific name	Reductoonops pichincha
status	sp. nov.

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Reductoonops pichincha View in CoL , new species ( figs. 373–380 View FIGURES 368–380. 368–372 )

TYPES: Female holotype and female paratype sorted by hand from cloud forest litter with palm taken at an elevation of 1495 m at Tandapi , 2 km from the main road from Tandapi to Quito, 00°23′17″S, 77°49′04″W, Pichincha, Ecuador (Dec. 7, 2009; N. Dupérré, E. Tapia, Niarchos Exped. ), deposited in QCAZ (PBI_OON 51319), plus female paratype, same data, deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 49612) GoogleMaps .

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of R. napo in having lateral expansions on the tip of the anterior genitalic process, but the process is narrower than in that species ( figs. 379, 380 View FIGURES 368–380. 368–372 ). Compared to the sympatric species R. tandapi , these animals have much smaller eyes ( fig. 375 View FIGURES 368–380. 368–372 ), and the sternal setae are concentrated on the sides of the sternum ( figs. 373, 374 View FIGURES 368–380. 368–372 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 51319, figs. 373–380 View FIGURES 368–380. 368–372 ): Total length 1.63. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes two; ALE touching. Sternum with anterior channels, surface smooth, microsculpture absent; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin deeply incised. Anterior genitalic process with short, cap-shaped tip bearing lateral expansions.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: ECUADOR: Pichincha: 21 km N Tandapi, on main road from Tandapi to Quito , 00°27′20.3″S, 77°45′15.5″W, Dec. 7, 2009, cloud forest litter, elev. 2150 m (N. Dupérré, E. Tapia, Niarchos Exped., AMNH PBI _OON 49604), 1♀ GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Pichincha).

Figures

FIGURES 368–380. 368–372. Reductoonops tandapi, new species, male (368) and female (369–372). 373–380. R. pichincha, new species, female. 368, 369, 373, 374. Sternum, ventral view. 370, 375, 377. Carapace, anterior view. 371, 379. Genitalia, ventral view. 372, 380. Same, dorsal view. 376. Labium and endites, ventral view. 378. Spinnerets, posterior view.