Ponsoonops bilzi, Bolzern, 2014

Bolzern, Angelo, 2014, The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genera Ponsoonops and Bipoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3803), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Ponsoonops bilzi , new species

Figures 112–126

NOTE: The male and female have not been collected together, show some somatic differences (e.g., leg spination), and may be mismatched.

TYPE: Male holotype from a transect sample (INBio-OET-ALAS) taken at an elevation between 1450–1550 m at a site 9 km northeast of Vara Blanca, 10.23333°N, 84.1°W, Heredia, Costa Rica (Apr. 15, 2005), deposited in INBIO (PBI_ OON 31107 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Joanna Bilz, a “behind the scenes” supporter of different aspects of this work.

DIAGNOSIS: The male resembles those of P. duenas and P. tacana in having a distinctly enlarged conductor, broader and longer than the embolus. It differs from P. duenas in having a lamelliform, flat conductor (figs. 118, 119; rather than a distinct, longitudinal median rim), and differs from P. tacana in having a moderately spiral, distally truncated conductor (rather than straight, distally ragged). Females differ, except for those of P. sanvito , in having a relatively small, subspherical posterior genitalic process without distinct duct (with distinct duct in P.