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

Reductoonops pichincha , new species ( figs. 373–380)

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 ) .

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). Compared to the sympatric species R. tandapi , these animals have much smaller eyes ( fig. 375), and the sternal setae are concentrated on the sides of the sternum ( figs. 373, 374).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_ OON 51319 , figs. 373–380): 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♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Pichincha).