Reductoonops escopeta, 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 : 63

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1206/3811.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4597901
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C215537D-FFCD-FFAF-0547-67D2FD86FB59
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-03-11 16:39:30, last updated 2024-11-29 11:03:56)
scientific name	Reductoonops escopeta
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Reductoonops escopeta View in CoL , new species ( figs. 267, 268 View FIGURES 254–268. 254–266 , 274–278 View FIGURES 269–278. 269–273 )

TYPE: Female holotype taken under a riddled stage III log in a coffee plantation at an elevation of 860 m at a site north of Escopeta, along Río Escopeta, Chiriquí, Panama (Jan. 9, 1981; W. Suter), deposited in FMNH (ex 33661, PBI_OON 51315) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the arrow-shaped distal portion of the anterior genitalic process ( figs. 277, 278 View FIGURES 269–278. 269–273 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 51315, figs. 267, 268 View FIGURES 254–268. 254–266 , 274-278 View FIGURES 269–278. 269–273 ): Total length 1.19. 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 relatively short, gradually narrowing anteriorly until widely expanded into arrow-shaped tip.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Panama (Chiriquí).

Figures

FIGURES 254–268. 254–266. Reductoonops almirante, new species, male. 267, 268. R. escopeta, new species, female. 254, 268. Spinnerets, posterior view. 255. Labium and endites, ventral view. 256. Tip of endite, ventral view. 257. Palp, prolateral view. 258. Same, ventral view. 259. Same, retrolateral view. 260. Same, dorsal view. 261. Palpal bulb, prolateral view. 262. Same, retrolateral view. 263. Embolus, prolateral view. 264. Same, ventral view. 265. Same, retrolateral view. 266. Same, dorsal view. 267. Eye group, anterior view.

FIGURES 269–278. 269–273. Reductoonops almirante, new species, male (269) and female (270–273). 274– 278. R. escopeta, new species, female. 269, 270, 274, 275. Sternum, ventral view. 271, 276. Abdomen, ventral view. 272, 277. Genitalia, ventral view. 273, 278. Same, dorsal view.