Reductoonops elqui, 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 : 73-74

Reductoonops elqui , new species ( figs. 578–582 )

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 5 m on a beach 6 km south of Cruz Grande, 29°29′S, 71°19′W, Elqui, Region IV (Coquimbo), Chile (Nov. 11, 1993; N. Platnick et al.), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 51329) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by the elongated anterior portion of the sternum ( fig. 578 ) and the relatively short, wide anterior genitalic process, which has a short distal cap ( figs. 581, 582 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 51329, figs. 578–582 ): 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 indented at middle. Anterior genitalic process relatively short, wide, with short distal cap.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Chile (Elqui).

Figures

FIGURES 572–582. 572–577. Reductoonops carpish, new species, male (572) and female (573–577). 578–582. R. elqui, new species, female. 572, 573, 578. Sternum, ventral view. 574, 579. Spinnerets, posterior view. 575, 580. Labium and endites, ventral view. 576, 581. Genitalia, ventral view. 577, 582. Same, dorsal view.