Heteroonops spinigata, Platnick & Dupérré, 2009

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2009, The Goblin Spider Genus Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes on Oonops, American Museum Novitates 3649, pp. 1-72 : 40-41

Heteroonops spinigata , new species

Figures 176–184

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a dung trap at an elev. of 4200 ft at Hardwar Gap , St. Andrew Par., Jamaica (Jan. 5–10, 1973; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 1854) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the series of strong ventral spines on the palpal tarsus (fig. 181) and the heart-shaped posterior receptaculum (figs. 183, 184).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 26892, figs. 176– 181): Total length 1.56. Palp patella not prolaterally dilated. Abdominal venter without pair of subcuticular dark spots. Leg spination: femora: I, II d1-0-0; III d1-0-0; IV d0-0-1; tibiae: III p1-1-0; IV p1-0-1, v0-0-1, r1- 0-1; metatarsi: I, II v0-1-0; IV p0-0-1, v1-0-0. Palpal spination: femur v1-1-0, patella p1-0-1, tibia p2-2-2, v1-0-0, tarsus p2-2-0, v2-2-1. Anterior receptaculum short, on narrow stalk; posterior receptaculum heart shaped, outlined by wide ducts (figs. 182–184).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: GREATER ANTILLES: JAMAICA: Portland: Hardwar Gap, Fairy Glade, Mt. Horeb , June 24, 1958 (M. Sanderson, MCZ 71801, PBI_OON 26862), 1♀ . St. Andrew: Fairy Glade , May 1955 (P. Bellinger, MCZ 71765, PBI_OON 288), 3♀ ; Hermitage Reservoir , Nov. 26, 1957 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71777, PBI_OON 26892), 1♀ . St. Mary: Strawberry Fields, near Robin’s Bay and Green Castle , Mar. 28, 1972, sifting forest litter (H., L., F. Levi, MCZ PBI_OON 28134), 1♀ . St. Thomas : 6 mi NE Bath, Dec. 10, 1957 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71790, PBI_OON 287), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica.

Figures

Figs. 176–184. Heteroonops spinigata, new species, female. 176. Habitus, dorsal view. 177. Same, ventral view. 178. Same, lateral view. 179. Carapace and palp, dorsal view. 180. Same, anterior view. 181. Palp, prolateral view. 182. Epigastric region, ventral view. 183. Genitalia, ventral view. 184. Same, dorsal view.