Longoonops chickeringi, Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010

Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genera Stenoonops And Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes On Related Taxa, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (340), pp. 1-111 : 75-86

publication ID

0003-0090

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3025AC39-9C15-EF4E-C581-42CEFE292F58

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Tatiana

scientific name

Longoonops chickeringi
status

sp. nov.

Longoonops chickeringi View in CoL , new species Figures 626–648

TYPE: Male holotype from Summit Gardens, Canal Zone, Panamá, Panama (May 12, 1964; A. Chickering), deposited in MCZ (72921, PBI_OON 28129) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector of the holotype, in recognition of his pioneering work on Central American and West Indian oonopids.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the short, rounded embolus (figs. 633–638), females by the procurved anterior genitalic margin, the sides of which extend anterior of the median anterior projection (figs. 647, 648).

MALE (PBI_OON 28129, figs. 626–638): Total length 1.64. Endites with slight protuberance at tip. Soft portions of abdominal dorsum with traces of dark patches. Femora I, II, patellae I, II, tibiae I, II, and proximal half of IV darkened. Embolus short, stubby, with rounded tip (figs. 633–638).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 26487, figs. 639– 648): Total length 1.42. Anterior genitalic margin clearly procurved, with sides reaching further anteriorly than small median anterior projection (figs. 647, 648).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: PANA- MA: Panama´: Canal Zone Forest Preserve, July 23, 1950 (A. Chickering, MCZ 72090, PBI_OON 26487), 1♀.

Distribution: Panama.

Longoonops padiscus (Chickering) , new combination Figures 649–703

Stenoonops padiscus Chickering, 1969: 24 , figs. 64– 68 (male holotype from 3 mi E May Pen, St. Catherine Par. , Jamaica, in MCZ; examined).

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the short, wide, distally recurved embolus (figs. 656–661), females by W-shaped posterior genitalic margin (figs. 702, 703).

MALE (PBI_OON 367, figs. 649–679): Total length 1.43. Endites without obvious modifications. Legs and abdomen without color pattern. Embolus short, wide, tip directed prolaterally (figs. 656–661, 676– 679).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 369, figs. 680–703): Total length 1.50. Posterior genitalic margin W-shaped (figs. 702, 703).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: JAMAICA: St. Andrew: Ferry , 9–10 mi W Red Hills Road, Oct. 28, 1957 (A. Chickering, MCZ 68343, PBI_OON 27180), 1♀ ; Hermitage Reservoir , Nov. 26, 1957 (A. Chickering, MCZ 72087, PBI_OON 26441), 1♀ ; Newcastle Road, 5 mi from Kingston, May 10, 1956 (C. Hoff, MCZ 68346, PBI_OON 27181), 13 (paratype). St. Catherine : 2 mi NW Ferry, May 17, 1956, moist bark of tree in woods (C. Hoff, MCZ PBI_OON 368), 13, same date, moss and bark from trees in woods (C. Hoff, MCZ 68347, PBI_OON 370), 1♀ ; 3 mi E May Pen, Nov. 22, 1957 (A. Chickering, MCZ 22462, PBI_OON 367), 13 (holotype). St. Thomas: Morant Point , May 6, 1956 (C. Hoff, MCZ 68344, PBI_OON 27182), 1♀ ; Morant Point, Maumee Bay , Oct. 14, 1957 (C. Hoff, MCZ PBI_OON 369), 1♀ (paratype) .

DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica.

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Oonopidae

Genus

Longoonops

Loc

Longoonops chickeringi

Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N. 2010
2010
Loc

Stenoonops padiscus

Chickering, A. M. 1969: 24
1969
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