Reductoonops leticia, 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 : 66

Reductoonops leticia , new species ( figs. 319–323 )

TYPE: Female holotype taken 7 km north of Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia (Feb. 20–25, 1972; S. Peck), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 37066) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of R. sasaima in having a basally enlarged, triangular anterior genital process, but its tip has longer lateral projections than in that species ( figs. 322, 323 ).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 37066, figs. 319–323 ): Total length 1.22. 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 enlarged, base greatly widened, tip with long lateral extensions, dorsal surface with numerous glandular openings.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Amazonas).

Figures

FIGURES 314–323. 314–318. Reductoonops marta, new species, female. 319–323. R. leticia, new species, female. 314, 319. Sternum, ventral view. 315, 320. Abdomen, ventral view. 316, 321. Epigastric region, ventral view. 317, 322. Genitalia, ventral view. 318, 323. Same, dorsal view.