Heteroonops vega, 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 : 41

Heteroonops vega , new species

Figures 185–211

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in forest litter at an elevation of 800 m at Salto Jimenoa, 7 km SE Jarabacoa, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic (July 31, 1995; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 21092) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the extremely long embolus (figs. 193–196) and the elongated fangs (figs. 189, 190), females by the stong ventral spination on leg I (four pairs of long spines on the tibia, two pairs on the metatarsus) and by the long, extremely narrow anterior receptaculum (figs. 209–211).

MALE (PBI _OON 21092, figs. 185 – 189): Total length 1.53. Endites each with one posteriorly directed projection (figs. 190– 192, 197–202). Abdominal venter with pair of subcuticular dark spots just anterior of spinnerets. Leg spination: femora: I, II d1-0-0; III, IV d1-0-1; tibiae: I v2-2-0; III d0-1-0, p0-0-1, v0-1-0, r0-0-1; IV d0-1-0, p0-1-1, v0-1-0, r0-1- 1; metatarsi: III v0-1-2, r0-0-1; IV p1-0-1, v0- 1-2, r1-0-1. Embolus extremely elongated, extending back more than full length of bulb, conductor translucent, arched, with denticles (figs. 193–196).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 21092, figs. 203– 208): Total length 1.62. Palpal patella not prolaterally dilated. Leg spination: femora: II d1-0-0; III, IV d0-0-1; tibiae: I v4-2-2; II v3-2- 2; III p1-0-0, v1-1-0; metatarsi: I, II v2-2-0; III v1-0-1, r1-1-0; IV v0-1-0. Palpal spination: femur v0-1-1, patella p0-1-1, tibia p2-1-2, tarsus p1-1-0. Anterior receptaculum narrow throughout its length; posterior receptaculum short, wide (figs. 209–211).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: GREATER ANTILLES: Hispaniola: Dominican Republic: El Seíbo: Miches , June 22, 2008, cacao farm (V. Ovtsharenko, AMNH PBI_OON 301), 13, 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola.

Figures

Figs. 185–196. Heteroonops vega, new species, male. 185. Habitus, dorsal view. 186. Same, ventral view. 187. Same, lateral view. 188. Carapace, dorsal view. 189. Same, anterior view. 190. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 191. Endite, ventral view. 192. Endite tip, same. 193. Palp, dorsal view. 194. Same, prolateral view. 195. Same, ventral view. 196. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 197–202. Heteroonops vega, new species, male endite. 197. Ventral view. 198. Tip, same. 199. Retrolateral view. 200. Tip, same. 201. Dorsal view. 202. Tip, same.

Figs. 203–211. Heteroonops vega, new species, female. 203. Habitus, dorsal view. 204. Same, ventral view. 205. Same, lateral view. 206. Carapace and palp, dorsal view. 207. Same, anterior view. 208. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 209. Epigastric region, ventral view. 210. Genitalia, ventral view. 211. Same, dorsal view.