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
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C215537D-FFCD-FFAF-0547-67D2FD86FB59
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-03-11 16:39:30, last updated 2021-03-11 16:39:33)
scientific name	Reductoonops escopeta
status	new species

Treatment

Reductoonops escopeta , new species ( figs. 267, 268, 274–278)

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 View Materials ) .

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

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_ OON 51315 View Materials , figs. 267, 268, 274-278): 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).