Brignolia schwendingeri, 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 : 107-108

Brignolia schwendingeri , new species

Figures 669–680

TYPE: Male holotype taken in evergreen rainforest between headquarters and Mr. Dong redwood tree at an elev. 130 m in Cat Tien National Park , 25 km NW Tan Phu, 11u25922.30N, 107u25942.50E, Dong Nai Prov., Vietnam (Aug. 26–29, 2003; P. Schwendinger), deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 15538) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector of the holotype and many other unusual oonopids.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the angular dorsal depression on the palpal bulb (figs. 677–680).

MALE (PBI_OON 15538, figs. 669–680): Total length 1.20. Carapace orange-brown, without any pattern; pars cephalica strongly elevated in lateral view; posterolateral edge with pair of pits, posterior declivity with distinct shoulders, tubercles slightly enlarged, posterior margin squared, with two long, tubular sclerotizations. Sternum covered with large round pits, with distinct, W-shaped posterior ridge. Scuto-pedicel region with sinuous, W-shaped scutal ridge less sclerotized medially than laterally, without tuber-

cles. Palpal bulb abruptly narrowed at about two-thirds its length.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Vietnam.

Figures

Figs. 669–676. Brignolia schwendingeri, new species, male. 669. Carapace, dorsal view. 670. Same, anterior view. 671. Same, posterior view. 672. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 673. Abdomen, anterior view. 674. Same, ventral view. 675. Carapace, lateral view. 676. Abdomen, lateral view.

Figs. 677–680. Brignolia schwendingeri, new species, male. 677. Left palp, prolateral view. 678. Same, retrolateral view. 679. Left palpal bulb, prolateral view. 680. Same, retrolateral view.