Aschnaoonops chingaza, Platnick & Dupérré & Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 55

Aschnaoonops chingaza , new species

Figures 357–367

TYPE: Male holotype from Winkler sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 2930 m at La Calera , Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza , 4 ° 41'24"N, 73 ° 51'21"W, Cundinamarca, Colombia (Nov. 18–20, 2003; E. Gonza´lez), deposited in IAVH (108165, PBI_OON 859 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a dorsoventrally constricted embolus base, especially in retrolateral view (figs. 363–365); females have a long, rocket-shaped anterior genitalic process (fig. 367).

MALE (PBI_OON 859, figs. 357, 360– 365): Total length 2.88. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface smooth, microsculpture only at sides. Endites with distal projection relatively short, narrow. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen. Leg spination: femora: I p0-1-1, r1-1-0; II p0-0- 2, r1-1-0; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v2-0-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus highly twisted, almost corkscrew shaped.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 860, figs. 358, 359, 366, 367): Total length 3.47. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, extending to about 1/2 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0-2, r1-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2- 2; II v3-0-2. Anterior genitalic process rocket shaped, with triangular base.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Cundinamarca: La Calera, Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza, 4 ° 41'24"N, 73 ° 51'21"W, Nov. 19–21, 2003, dung trap, elev. 2930 m (E. Gonza´ lez, IAVH108172, PBI_OON 860), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Cundinamarca).

Figures

Figs. 357–367. Aschnaoonops chingaza, new species, male (357, 360–365) and female (358, 359, 366, 367). 357. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 358. Abdomen, ventral view. 359, 366. Genitalia, ventral view. 360. Left palp, prolateral view. 361. Same, ventral view. 362. Same, retrolateral view. 363. Left embolus, prolateral view. 364. Same, ventral view. 365. Same, retrolateral view. 367. Genitalia, dorsal view.