Reductoonops molleturo, 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 : 71

Reductoonops molleturo , new species ( figs. 506–525 )

TYPES: Male holotype, female allotype, and three female paratypes taken at an elevation of 1910 m at Cuenca Molleturo, Luz María, 02.68918°S, 79.41537°W, Azuay, Ecuador (Jan. 25, 2010; E. Tapia), deposited in QCAZ (PBI_OON 49603), plus one male and four female paratypes, same data, deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 49608) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the shape of the palpal apophysis and embolus ( figs. 522–525 ); females resemble those of R. palenque but have the anterior genitalic process set in a somewhat wider boat-shaped structure ( figs. 509, 510 ). Specimens of both sexes can easily be separated from the those of the sympatric species R. hedlite by their smaller eyes ( fig. 508 ), and by having the sternal setae concentrated at the sides of the sternum ( figs. 506, 507 ).

MALE (PBI_OON 49603, figs. 506 , 511–525 ): Total length 1.10. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes two; ALE touching. Sternum with anterior channels, surface smooth, without pits, microsculpture absent; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin deeply incised. Endite tip with wide, distally scooped lobe. Palpal apophysis with prolateral ridge; cymbium not fused with bulb.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 49603, figs. 507–510 ): Total length 1.14. Labium anterior margin indented at middle. Anterior genitalic process very long, very narrow, set in narrow boat-shaped structure.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Azuay).

Figures

FIGURES 501–510. 501–505. Reductoonops hedlite, new species, male (501) and female (502–505). 506–510. R. molleturo, new species, male (506) and female (507–510). 501, 502, 506, 507. Sternum, ventral view. 503, 508. Carapace, anterior view. 504, 509. Genitalia, ventral view. 505, 510. Same, dorsal view.

FIGURES 511–525. Reductoonops molleturo, new species, male. 511. Carapace, anterior view. 512. Eye group, anterior view. 513. Spinnerets, posterior view. 514. Labium and endites, ventral view. 515. Tip of endite, ventral view. 516. Palp, prolateral view. 517. Same, ventral view. 518. Same, retrolateral view. 519. Same, dorsal view. 520. Palpal bulb, prolateral view. 521. Same, retrolateral view. 522. Embolus, prolateral view. 523. Same, ventral view. 524. Same, retrolateral view. 525. Same, dorsal view.