Neoxyphinus yacambu Moss & Feitosa

Moss, Daniella F., Feitosa, Níthomas M., Bonaldo, Alexandre B. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2016, Description of eleven new species of the goblin spider genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae, Oonopidae), Zootaxa 4098 (1), pp. 95-133 : 121

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6086960
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scientific name	Neoxyphinus yacambu Moss & Feitosa
status	sp. nov.

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Neoxyphinus yacambu Moss & Feitosa View in CoL , sp. nov.

Figs 10 View FIGURES 3 – 12 , 189–197 View FIGURES 189 – 197 , Map 3

Type material: Holotype: male from Parque Nacional Yacambu , Lara, Venezuela, 14.4 km SE from Sanare, 1500 m (09°42’22”N 69°34’42”W), 17 May 1998, cloud forest litter, R. Anderson leg. ( AMNH, PBI _OON 44330).

Etymology. The specific name is a toponym in apposition referring to the type locality.

Diagnosis. The male resembles those of N. amazonicus sp. nov. ( Figs 23, 27 View FIGURES 19 – 28 ) and N. keyserlingi (see Abrahim et al. 2012, figs 318, 320) by the combined presence of texturized carapace and smooth abdominal dorsal scutum ( Figs 190, 192 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ). Differ from those of N. keyserlingi (see Abrahim et al. 2012, fig. 318) by the presence of enlarged setal sockets on carapace posterior margin ( Fig. 190 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ) and from those of N. amazonicus sp. nov. ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 19 – 28 ) by the presence of denticles on the anterior end of the dorsal abdominal scutum ( Fig. 194 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ).

Description. Male (holotype): total length 2.69. Carapace: carapace dark red-brown, broadly oval, pars cephalica slightly elevated, posterolateral surface without spikes ( Fig. 189 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ), surface of elevated portion of and sides finely reticulate; lateral margin without denticles ( Fig. 194 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ); posterior part with one pair of well-developed tubercles ( Fig. 190 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ); recurved set of setae on posterior surface with four small tubercles ( Fig. 190 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ). Clypeus margin slightly reborded, straight in front view, high. Sternum as long as wide, dark red-brown, surface smooth, without pits ( Fig. 191 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ). Chelicerae, endites and labium dark red-brown. Abdomen: book lung covers large. Dorsal scutum dark red-brown, middle surface reticulate, sides finely reticulate, anterior half with projecting denticles ( Fig. 192 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ). Epigastric and postepigastric scutum dark red-brown ( Fig. 193 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ). Legs: orange-brown. Leg spination: tibia I v2-4 -2; metatarsus I v2-2 -2. Genitalia: epigastric region with sperm pore small and circular ( Fig. 193 View FIGURES 189 – 197 ). Palp with proximal articles, cymbium and bulb pale orange.

Female: Unknown.

Other material examined. VENEZUELA: Aragua: 1♂, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, E. B. Rancho Grande (10°20’42”N, 67°41’09”W), 12 May 1998, mountain forest litter, 1150 m, R. Anderson leg. ( AMNH, PBI _OON 44331).

Distribution. Known from Northern Venezuela.