Neotrops maracay, Grismado & Ramírez, 2013

Grismado, Cristian J. & Ramírez, Martín J., 2013, The New World Goblin Spiders Of The New Genus Neotrops (Araneae: Oonopidae), Part 1, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (383), pp. 1-150 : 128-129

Neotrops maracay , new species

Figures 98 , 99F ; map 11

TYPES: Female holotype from Venezuela: Aragua: Maracay: Rancho Grande , 1200 m, Aug. 01, 1987, to Aug. 10, 1987, Bordan, Peck ( AMNH PBI _ OON 1691) ; female paratype with the same data ( AMNH PBI _ OON 1782). Deposited in AMNH .

ETYMOLOGY: This specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: N. maracay females are easily recognized by the very widened base of the anterior receptacle (fig. 99F).

DESCRIPTION: FEMALE (holotype, PBI_ OON 1691). Total length 2.20. Cephalothorax: Carapace yellow-brown, broadly oval in dorsal view, pars cephalica strongly elevated in lateral view, anteriorly narrowed to less than half their maximum width; lateral margin straight; nonmarginal pars cephalica setae absent, setae actually broken off, but bases remain; nonmarginal pars thoracica setae absent; marginal setae absent. Clypeus setae absent. Eyes all subequal, all eyes circular; posterior eye row straight from front; ALE separated by more than their diameter, ALE-PLE separated by less than ALE radius, PME touching for less than half their length, PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Sternum as long as wide, yellow-brown, anterior margin unmodified, posterior margin not extending posteriorly of coxae IV, precoxal triangles present; setae abundant, dark, evenly scattered. Mouthparts: chelicerae, endites, and labium orangebrown; cheliceral setae light. Labium elongated hexagon, anterior margin indented at middle; with six or more setae on anterior margin. Palp spines absent. Abdomen: Dorsum pale orange. Book lung covers round. Postepigastric scutum orange-brown. Spinneret scutum absent. Dorsum setae light, needlelike. Postepigastric area setae light, needlelike. Colulus represented only by setae. Legs: Orange-brown; patella plus tibia I shorter than carapace. Leg spination (legs III–IV missing): leg I: tibiae V2-2-2-2-2-0, metatarsi v2-2-2-2; leg II: tibiae V2-2-2-2-2-0, metatarsi v2-2-2-2. Tarsi I–II superior claws not examined in detail. Trichobothria not examined. Genitalia: Ventral view: anterior receptacle visible through cuticle; transverse basal ridges darkened (fig. 98H). Dorsal view: anterior receptacle with an arrowshaped distal tip and a greatly expanded basal part, with thick walls, and connected by muscles to the transverse ridge and—presumably—the ventral cuticle also (fig. 99F).

MALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Only know from the type locality, in Aragua State, Venezuela (map 11).

Figures

Fig. 98. Neotrops maracay, new species, female PBI_OON 01691. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Same, ventral view. C. Same, lateral view. D. Carapace, dorsal view. E. Cephalothorax, ventral view. F. Same, lateral view. G. Habitus, anterior view. H. Epigynum, ventral view.

Fig. 99. Neotrops spp. genitalia, cleared. A–B. Neotrops donaldi (Chickering). C–D, N. waorani, new species. E, N. santamarta, new species. F, N. maracay, new species. A. Internal female genitalia, dorsal view (PBI_OON 42033). B. Male palp, retrolateral view (PBI_OON 36849). C. Internal female genitalia, dorsal view (PBI_OON 01874). D. Male palp, retrolateral view (PBI_OON 01874). E. Internal female genitalia, dorsal view (PBI_OON 36071). F. Internal female genitalia, dorsal view (PBI_OON 01782).