Ponsoonops samadam, 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 samadam , new species

Figures 142–156

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

TYPES: Male holotype and one male paratype from a transect sample (INBio-OTS) taken at an elevation between 1050–1150 m at a site 16 km south southeast of La Virgen , 10.26666°N, 84.08333°W, Heredia, Costa Rica (Mar. 15, 2001, C. Víquez), deposited in INBIO (PBI_OON 31097) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the brand name of a great brewed beverage.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of P. hamus in having a simple tubelike embolus (figs. 146, 147). They differ in having the conductor and embolus almost parallel (rather than basally diverging), and a platelike protrusion at the embolus tip (fig. 146; rather than a hooklike projection). Females resemble those of P. hamus in having a tubelike, elongated posterior genitalic process (fig. 156). They differ in having a membranous, lamelliform, enlarged anterior genitalic

Figures

FIGURES 142–156. Ponsoonops samadam, new species, male (142–150) and female (151–156). 142. Habitus, dorsal view. 143. Carapace, anterior view. 144. Sternum, ventral view. 145. Abdomen, ventral view. 146. Embolus and conductor, dorsal view. 147. Same, prolateral view. 148. Palp, prolateral view. 149. Same, dorsal view. 150. Same, retrolateral view. 151. Carapace, dorsal view. 152. Same, lateral view. 153. Abdomen, anterior view. 154. Same, lateral view. 155. Epigastric area, dorsal view. 156. Genitalia, dorsal view.