Reductoonops real, 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 : 13

Reductoonops real , new species ( figs. 161–183 )

TYPE: Male holotype from El Real, Chiapas, Mexico (July 3, 1950; C., M. Goodnight), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 1432) .

DIAGNOSIS: Members of this species resemble those of the majority of species in having only two eyes, but show no trace of the anterior sternal channels found in most of those species ( figs. 163 , 176, 177 ). The male palp shows the typically sinuous embolus, but the embolus tip bears only a single projection (best seen in dorsal view, fig. 175 ), rather than the group of projections found in other species. The female anterior genitalic process is of the typically unipartite form, but is shorter and more ovoid than in other species ( figs. 182, 183 ).

MALE (PBI_OON 1432, figs. 161–176 ): Total length 1.22. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes two; ALE touching. Sternum without anterior channels, surface smooth, without pits, microsculpture absent; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin indented at middle. Endite tip with slight lobe, laterally protruding, anteromedially directed macroseta. Embolus sinuous, tip with single spur; cymbium fused with bulb but with clearly defined seam between.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 1467, figs. 177–183 ): Total length 0.98. Anterior genitalic projection relatively short, unipartite, torpedo shaped.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Chiapas: 5 mi NE Chiapa , 16°45′N, 92°58′W, Aug. 26, 1966, hillside (J., W. Ivie, AMNH PBI_OON 1467), 2♀ ; Ruinas de Palenque , Apr. 3, 1974 (C. Alteri, AMNH PBI_OON 1466), 1♀ ; Plateau 6 mi S Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 16°42′N, 93°07′W, Aug. 21, 1966 (J., W. Ivie, AMNH PBI_OON 1468), 3♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Mexico (Chiapas).

Figures

FIGURES 161–175. Reductoonops real, new species, male. 161. Carapace, dorsal view. 162. Eye group, anterior view. 163. Anterior portion of sternum, ventral view. 164. Labium and endites, ventral view. 165. Tip of endite, ventral view. 166. Palp, prolateral view. 167. Same, ventral view. 168. Same, retrolateral view. 169. Same, dorsal view. 170. Palpal bulb, prolateral view. 171. Same, retrolateral view. 172. Embolus, prolateral view. 173. Same, ventral view. 174. Same, retrolateral view. 175. Same, dorsal view.

FIGURES 176–188. 176–183. Reductoonops real, new species, male (176) and female (177–183). 184–188. R. nubes, new species, female. 176, 177, 184. Sternum, ventral view. 178, 185. Abdomen, ventral view. 179. Carapace, anterior view. 180. Eye group, anterior view. 181. Spinnerets, posterior view. 182, 187. Genitalia, ventral view. 183, 188. Same, dorsal view. 186. Epigastric area, ventral view.