Brignolia ankhu, 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 : 93-94

Brignolia ankhu , new species

Figures 611–620

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a forest remnant at an elevation of 650 m at Ankhu Khola Tal , Ankhu Sangu, Dhading Dist., Nepal (July 24–25, 1983; J. Martens, W. Schawaller), deposited in NMB (PBI_OON 15713) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the triangular posterior extension on the posterior margin of the epigastric furrow (figs. 619, 620).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 15713, figs. 611– 620): Total length 1.82. Carapace pale orange, without any pattern; pars cephalica slightly elevated in lateral view; posterolateral edge without pits, posterior declivity without distinct shoulders, posterior margin rounded. Sternum without pits. Scuto-pedicel region with W-shaped scutal ridge almost straight, without tubercles. Posterior margin of epigastric furrow with posteriorly directed,

triangular protrusion; posterior tube posteriorly narrowed, ductlike.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

Figures

Figs. 611–620. Brignolia ankhu, new species, female. 611. Carapace, dorsal view. 612. Same, anterior view. 613. Same, posterior view. 614. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 615. Abdomen, anterior view. 616. Same, ventral view. 617. Carapace, lateral view. 618. Abdomen, lateral view. 619. Genitalia, ventral view. 620. Same, dorsal view.