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

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 ) .

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 , 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).

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.