Reductoonops lucha, 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 : 16

Reductoonops lucha , new species ( figs. 197, 198 , 239–253 )

TYPES: Male holotype, three male paratypes, female allotype, and female paratype taken at an elevation of 1500 m at the Project Darwin base camp, La Lucha, Cerro Amuo, 9.114388°N, 83.093421°W, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (Feb. 19–27, 2008; C. Víquez), deposited in INBIO (PBI_ OON 31133) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of the Panamanian species R. almirante in having a triangular palpal apophysis, but have a much less sinuous embolus ( figs. 250–253 ); females also resemble those of R. almirante in having an asymmetrical anterior genitalic process, but that process is longer and is situated on a much longer base ( figs. 197, 198 ).

MALE (PBI_OON 31133, figs. 239, 242–253 ): Total length 1.06. 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 narrow, posteromedially directed lobe situated distal to short, modified seta on enlarged base. Palpal apophysis triangular, embolar base only slightly sinuous; cymbium not fused with bulb.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 30980, figs. 197, 198 , 240, 241 ): Total length 1.45. Labium anterior margin indented at middle. Anterior genitalic process long, asymmetrical.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: Cerro Frantzius , Feb. 26–28, 2005, elev. 2200 m (R. Anderson, INBIO PBI_OON 30980), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica (southeastern Puntarenas).

Figures

FIGURES 189–198. 189–196. Reductoonops jabin, new species, female. 197, 198. R. lucha, new species, female. 189, 190. Sternum, ventral view. 191. Abdomen, ventral view. 192. Carapace, anterior view. 193. Same, closeup, showing absence of eyes. 194. Spinnerets, posterior view. 195, 197. Genitalia, ventral view. 196, 198. Same, dorsal view.

FIGURES 239–253. Reductoonops lucha, new species, male (239, 242–253) and female (240, 241). 239, 240. Sternum ventral view. 241. Abdomen, ventral view. 242. Labium and endites, ventral view. 243. Tip of endite, ventral view. 244. Palp, prolateral view. 245. Same, ventral view. 246. Same, retrolateral view. 247. Same, dorsal view. 248. Palpal bulb, prolateral view. 249. Same, retrolateral view. 250. Embolus, prolateral view. 251. Same, ventral view. 252. Same, retrolateral view. 253. Same, dorsal view.