Heteroonops carlosviquezi Duperre, 2020

Duperre, Nadine, Francisco, Charlotte, Santana-Propper, Ella, Agnarsson, Ingi & Binford, Greta J., 2020, Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae) spiders from Hispaniola: the discovery of ten new species, ZooKeys 964, pp. 1-30 : 1

Heteroonops carlosviquezi Duperre sp. nov. Figs 23-25 , 40

Type material.

Female holotype from Dominican Republic, Duarte Province, Occidental, San Rafael de Yuma, Loma Quita Espuela, 19.35504N, 70.111W, 200 m, 14.vi.2012, team CarBio (NMNH, USNMENT 01747008).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition honoring Costa Rican arachnologist and CarBio collaborator Carlos Viquez.

Diagnosis.

Females are easily diagnosed by their umbrella-shaped anterior receptaculum (Fig. 24 ).

Description.

Female: Total length: 2.06; carapace length: 0.96; carapace width: 0.8. Cephalothorax: Carapace ovoid; shiny, light orange; pars cephalica flat. Sternum yellow; longer than wide; covered entirely with long dark setae. Endites yellow, not modified; labium light yellow. Clypeus vertical; short (1/2 × radius of ALE). Chelicerae yellow; promargin and retromargin without teeth; fangs normal, 1/3 length of chelicerae. Eyes: Six eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; ALE largest, oval; PME squared; PLE smallest, oval; ALE separated by their radius; ALE-PLE touching; PLE-PME touching; PME touching. Abdomen: Oval; dark grayish-blue with pattern, apically whitish (Fig. 25 ); epigastric and postepigastric scuta light orange, well sclerotized (Fig. 23 ). Legs: Orange; tibia I with four pairs of ventral spines, metatarsus I with three pairs of ventral spines; leg formula 4123; all palpal segments with strong spines. Genitalia: Epigynal region not protruding, with bell-shaped structure visible through the epigastric scutum (Fig. 23 ). Internal genitalia with umbrella-shaped anterior receptaculum; posterior receptaculum globose with large pore field; wing-like projections large, ear-shaped (Fig. 24 ).

Male: Unknown.

Other material examined.

None.

Distribution.

Dominican Republic, Duarte Province (Fig. 40 ).

Figures

Figure 40. Distribution map of all Heteroonops species found in Hispaniola.

Figures 23 - 27. Heteroonops carlosviquezi sp. nov., female (23 - 25). Heteroonops gabrielsantosi sp. nov., female (27). 23 Epigynal region, ventral view 24 internal genitalia, dorsal view 25 abdomen, dorsal view 26 epigynal region, ventral view 27 internal genitalia, dorsal view.