Brignolia cobre, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Goblin Spider Genus Brignolia (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (349), pp. 1-131 : 37-42

Brignolia cobre , new species Figures 142–189

Opopaea deserticola (misidentification): Platnick and Dupérre´, 2009: 4 (in part, females from southern Florida listed below only).

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in leaf litter at the Botanical Garden on Stock Island , Monroe Co., Florida (Dec. 17, 1986; S. Peck, Klimaszewski), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 37510, 1294) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from one of the Cuban localities at which the species has been collected.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of B. dasysterna but lack the modified setae on the sternum and have the dorsal lobe on the palpal bulb situated much closer to the tip of the embolus (figs. 150–160); females can be recognized by the dorsally projecting posterior genitalic tube, which is greatly widened at its tip (figs. 184–189).

MALE (PBI_OON 489, figs. 142–171): Total length 1.32. Carapace pale orange, with dark brown egg-shaped patches behind eyes; pars cephalica slightly elevated in lateral view; posterolateral edge without pits, poste- rior declivity without distinct shoulders, posterior margin rounded. Sternum without pits. Scuto-pedicel region with medially weak W-shaped scutal ridge, without tubercles. Embolus tip with numerous ledgelike ridges.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 489, figs. 172–189): Total length 1.43. Posterior tube genitalic extending dorsally, tip apparently bifid.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: NORTH AMERICA: United States: Florida: Monroe Co.: Botanical Garden, Stock Island , Nov. 19, 1985, hammock leaf litter (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI_OON 1261), 1 U, Dec. 17, 1986, leaf litter (S. Peck, Klimaszewski, AMNH PBI_OON 37510), 3 -, same ( AMNH PBI_OON 1294), 1 U ; Kitching’s, Sugarloaf Key , Nov. 3, 1984, Berlese, hammock litter (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI_OON 481), 1 -; No Name Key, 0.5 mi on Watson Road from bridge, 24u 41.859N, 81u 19.709W, Aug. 22, 2009, elev. 8 m (C. Moreau, FMNH 56507 , PBI_OON 10749), 1 -. WEST INDIES: Cuba: Santiago de Cuba: El Cobre , Municipio Santiago de Cuba, 20u029480N, 75u569200W, May 7, 2010 (N. Platnick, A. Sánchez, A. Pérez, G. Alayón, AMNH, BSC PBI_OON 489), 6 -, 4 U ; Mata Yegua, 2 km NE El Escandel, Municipio Santiago de Cuba, 20u059340N, 75u419490W, May 10, 2010 (N. Platnick, A. Sánchez, A. Pérez, G. Alayón, BSC PBI_OON 488), 1 -. Jamaica: St. Andrew: Mona Road , Nov. 15, 1963 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI_OON 499), 1 -. Virgin Islands: St. John : no specific locality, July 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ ex 68222, PBI_OON 500), 1 -. St. Thomas : no specific locality, Aug. 28, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ 72330, PBI_OON 26675), 1 -. Leeward Islands : Antigua: St. John Parish : Galley Beach, E Manzanilla Woods, Jan. 15, 1986, basal core, palm stump/trunk with termites

(D. Field, W. Suter, FMNH 56493, PBI_OON 10734), 1 U.

DISTRIBUTION: Far southern Florida and the West Indies.

Figures

Figs. 142–149. Brignolia cobre, new species, male. 142. Carapace, dorsal view. 143. Same, anterior view. 144. Same, posterior view. 145. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 146. Abdomen, anterior view. 147. Same, ventral view. 148. Carapace, lateral view. 149. Abdomen, lateral view.

Figs. 150–160. Brignolia cobre, new species, male (150–153, Florida, PBI_OON 37510; 154–157, Cuba, PBI_OON 488; 158, Jamaica, PBI_OON 499; 159, St. John, PBI_OON 500; 160, St. Thomas, PBI_OON 26675). 150, 154, 158–160. Left palp, prolateral view. 151, 155. Same, retrolateral view. 152, 156. Left palpal bulb, prolateral view. 153, 157. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 161–168. Brignolia cobre, new species, male. 161. Carapace, posterior view. 162. Posterior margin of carapace, dorsal view. 163. Labium and endites, ventral view. 164. Tip of endite, ventral view. 165. Abdomen, anterior view. 166. Left palp, prolateral view. 167. Same, retrolateral view. 168. Left palpal bulb, dorsal view.

Figs. 169–174. Brignolia cobre, new species. 169. Left male embolus, ventral view. 170. Same, prolateral view. 171. Same, retrolateral view. 172. Female carapace, posterior view. 173. Posterior margin of female carapace, dorsal view. 174. Female abdomen, anterior view.

Figs. 175–183. Brignolia cobre, new species, female. 175. Carapace, dorsal view. 176. Habitus, anterior view. 177. Carapace, posterior view. 178. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 179. Abdomen, anterior view. 180. Habitus, ventral view. 181. Carapace, lateral view. 182. Habitus, lateral view. 183. Epigastric region, ventral view.

Figs. 184–189. Brignolia cobre, new species, female (top, Florida, PBI_OON 1294; middle, Cuba, PBI_OON 489; bottom, Antigua, PBI_OON 10734). 184, 186, 188. Genitalia, ventral view. 185, 187, 189. Same, dorsal view.