Australoonops haddadi, 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 : 105

Australoonops haddadi , new species Figures 821–843

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall trap in coastal woodland at Inhaca, Maputo, Mozambique (Apr. 30–May 14, 1994; T. Steyn), deposited in MRAC (209751, PBI_OON 29087) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Charles Haddad, collector of this and many other rare South African oonopids.

DIAGNOSIS: The elevated portion of the pars cephalica is smooth (figs. 825, 839); males have a dorsally curved embolus tip (figs. 828–833), and females have the posterior portion of the anterior receptaculum relatively wide and squared (figs. 842, 843).

MALE (PBI_OON 29087, figs. 821–833): Total length 1.91. Elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Endites with oblique depression. Embolus with curved tip, secondary process long (figs. 828–833).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 8945, figs. 834– 843): Total length 2.56. Posterior receptaculum short, anterior receptaculum basally wider than posterior receptaculum, with anterior projection about as long as basal portion (figs. 842, 843).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Ophathe Game Reserve, 4X4 trail near Imfolozi River, 28 ° 22.555 9 S, 31 ° 23.993 9 E, July 5, 2007, under rocks (C. Haddad, R. Fourne, PPRI PBI_OON 8945), 2♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Natal and Mozambique; the two known localities are linked by coastal forest (Ophathe is about 30 km inland, but close to the coastal belt, whereas Inhaca is an island only a few km offshore; C. Haddad, in litt.).