Oonopoides kaplanae, Platnick & Berniker, 2013

Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2013, The goblin spider genus Oonopoides in North and Central America (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2013 (3788), pp. 1-38 : 24

Oonopoides kaplanae , new species

Figures 148–158

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from seasonal forest litter taken at an elevation of 20 m at a site 2 km east of Chichén-Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico (July 20, 1983; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 31146) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Helene Kaplan, in recognition of her service to the American Museum of Natural History, on the occasion of her 80th birthday.

DIAGNOSIS: The male embolus has a widened base, with the tip abruptly narrowed and recurved (figs. 154, 155); females have a tripartite anterior receptaculum, with a narrow base, somewhat widened medial portion, and widened tip (figs. 157, 158).

MALE (PBI_OON 31146, figs. 148–156): Total length 1.58. Posterior eye row procurved from front; ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Endites distally not excavated, with single, strongly protuberant anteromedian ledge, posteromedian protuberant knob. Postepigastric scutum present. Leg spination: femora: III d0-0-1; IV d1-0-1; tibiae: III p1-0-1, v0-1p-2, r0-0-1; IV d0-1-0, p1-0-1, v1r-0-2, r1-0-1; metatarsi: III v0-2-2, r0-0-1; IV p1-0-1, v0-0-2, r1-0-1. Embolus with basal projection short, narrow, embolus much longer than conductor.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 31146, figs. 157, 158): Total length 1.92. Posterior eye row straight from front; ALE separated by more than their diameter. Leg spination: femora III, IV d0-0-1; tibiae: III p0-0-1, v0-1p-1p, r0-0-1; IV d0-1-0, p1-0-1, r1-0-1; metatarsi: III v0-1p-2, r0-0-1; IV p1-0-1, v0-2-2, r0-1-1. Tip of anterior receptaculum ovoid, much wider than stalk, anterior portion of posterior receptaculum M-shaped, heavily sclerotized medially.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Yucatán: Chichén-Itzá , June 27, 1951 (L. Stannard, AMNH PBI_OON 1048), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Mexico (Yucatán).

Figures

FIGURES 148–158. Oonopoides kaplanae, new species, male (148–156) and female (157, 158). 148. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 149. Labium and endites, same. 150. Tip of endite, same. 151. Left palp, prolateral view. 152. Same, ventral view. 153. Same, retrolateral view. 154. Left embolus, prolateral view. 155. Same, ventral view. 156. Same, retrolateral view. 157. Genitalia, ventral view. 158. Same, dorsal view.