Reductoonops meta, Platnick & Berniker, 2014

Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2014, ffle Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3811), pp. 1-75 : 66

Reductoonops meta , new species ( figs. 326 , 341–352 )

TYPE: Male holotype (lacking abdomen) from Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 500 m at Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia (Mar. 1–4, 1972; S., J. Peck), deposited in FMNH (33605, PBI_OON 10112) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this six-eyed species can easily be recognized by the basally enlarged palpal apophysis ( figs. 349–352 ). ffle sternum is deeply pitted ( fig. 326 ), with the anterior sternal channels seemingly reduced; sternal pits have not been observed in any of the other species, and both the ocular and sternal differences make it unlikely that this could be the male of R. marta .

MALE (PBI_OON 10112, figs. 326 , 341–352 ): Abdomen missing, carapace length 0.58. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes six; ALE separated by about their radius. Sternum with only vague traces of anterior channels, surface smooth, covered with small round pits, microsculpture covering entire surface; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin deeply incised. Endite tip with low mound. Palpal apophysis with enlarged base, embolus narrow throughout its length; cymbium not fused with bulb.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Meta).

Figures

FIGURES 324–338. 324, 327–338. Reductoonops sasaima, new species, male. 325. Same, female. 326. R. meta, new species, male. 324–326. Sternum, ventral view. 327. Spinnerets, posterior view. 328. Labium and endites, ventral view. 329. Tip of endite, ventral view. 330. Palp, prolateral view. 331. Same, ventral view. 332. Same, retrolateral view. 333. Palpal bulb, prolateral view. 334. Same, retrolateral view. 335. Embolus, prolateral view. 336. Same, ventral view. 337. Same, retrolateral view. 338. Same, dorsal view.

FIGURES 339–352. 339, 340. Reductoonops sasaima, new species, female. 341–352. R. meta, new species, male. 339. Genitalia, ventral view. 340. Same, dorsal view. 341. Labium and endites, ventral view. 342. Tip of endite, ventral view. 343. Palp, prolateral view. 344. Same, ventral view. 345. Same, retrolateral view. 346. Same, dorsal view. 347. Palpal bulb, prolateral view. 348. Same, retrolateral view. 349. Embolus, prolateral view. 350. Same, ventral view. 351. Same, retrolateral view. 352. Same, dorsal view.