Reductoonops leticia, 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 : 66

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1206/3811.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C215537D-FFB2-FFD0-0509-66F7FDBBFA92
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-03-11 16:39:30, last updated 2021-03-11 16:39:33)
scientific name	Reductoonops leticia
status	new species

Treatment

Reductoonops leticia , new species ( figs. 319–323)

TYPE: Female holotype taken 7 km north of Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia (Feb. 20–25, 1972; S. Peck), deposited in AMNH (PBI_ OON 37066 View Materials ) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of R. sasaima in having a basally enlarged, triangular anterior genital process, but its tip has longer lateral projections than in that species ( figs. 322, 323).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_ OON 37066 View Materials , figs. 319–323): Total length 1.22. 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 enlarged, base greatly widened, tip with long lateral extensions, dorsal surface with numerous glandular openings.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Amazonas).