Stenoonops saintjohn, 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 : 50-63

Stenoonops saintjohn , new species Figures 431–459

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in debris along wall of mill on Catharineberg Estate, St. John, Virgin Islands (July 20, 1975; W. Muchmore), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 1814) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of S. tortola and S. exgord but can be distinguished by the scooped-out prolateral surface of the embolus (figs. 438–443); females can be recognized by the rectangular base of the anterior genitalic projection (figs. 452, 453).

MALE (PBI_OON 1814, figs. 431– 443, 454–457): Total length 2.17. Elevated portion of pars cephalica finely reticulate; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Endites anteriorly flattened. Palp embolus prolateral surface scooped out between edges (figs. 438–443).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 1814, figs. 444– 453, 458, 459): Total length 2.55. Anterior genitalic projection short, originating from rectangular base (figs. 452, 453).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: VIRGIN ISLANDS: St. John : no specific locality. July 25, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71410, PBI_OON 27351), 1♀ ; Catharineberg , Oct. 15, 1980, litter under trees (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 26345), 23 ; Catharineberg Estate , July 20, 1975, debris along wall of mill (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI_OON 1814), 13, 1♀ ; Cinnamon Bay Nature Trail, June 4–6, 1980, litter at base of trees, logs (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 26346), 1♀ ; Coral Bay , gut near Butler’s house, July 19, 1975, unidentified guano on rock (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI_OON 1818), 1♀ ; Little Lameshur Bay , June 9, 1979, under rocks on road (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 26349), 2♀, June 18, 1980, among rocks near shore (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 26348), 2♀ ; Reef Bay Trail head, July 20, 1975, debris along old wall (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI_OON 1802), 13 ; Trunk Bay , June 8, 1980, coconut palm leaf axils (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI_OON 26347), 1♀. St. Thomas: no specific locality, July 14, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI_OON 386), 1♀, July 18, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71427, PBI_OON 26513), 2♀, July 27, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71429, PBI_OON 26494), 1♀, Aug. 29, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI_OON 387), 1♀ ; Blue Beard’s Castle , Feb. 18, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI_OON 28124), 1♀ ; E side, Charlotte Amalie , Feb. 1964, vacant lots (A. Chicker- ing, MCZ PBI_OON 28116), 13, 1♀ ; foot, Redhook Hill and Benner Hill, July 8, 1958, beating and sweeping (M. Sanderson, AMNH PBI_OON 28123), 1♀ .

VARIATION: We have detected no significant genitalic differences among the specimens from St. John and St. Thomas (figs. 454–459).

DISTRIBUTION: Virgin Islands (St. John, St. Thomas).