Bipoonops pucuna, Bolzern, 2014

Bolzern, Angelo, 2014, The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genera Ponsoonops and Bipoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3803), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Bipoonops pucuna , new species

Figures 430–489

TYPES: Male holotype and one female paratype from a ridgetop montane forest litter sample from a mixed Cecropia cloud forest taken at an elevation of 1600 m at Reserva Biológica Maquipucuna , 0.09277°N, 78.62694°W, Pichincha, Ecuador (Dec. 29, 1999, R. Anderson), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 49209) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males differ from the other species by the relatively slender embolus (figs. 441, 458; rather than a basally broad embolus in B. tsachila ), the relatively long prolateral part of the conductor, reaching almost the length of the retrolateral part (figs. 442, 458; distinctly shorter in both B. tsachila and B. baobab ), and the shape of the retrolateral part of the conductor (figs. 442–444). Females can easily be recognized by the strongly sclerotized subspherical posterior genitalic process that is bent dorsad (figs. 488, 489).

MALE (PBI_OON 49209, figs. 430–459): Total length 1.50. Endites posteromedian without projection. Leg spination: tibiae: I v4-2-2; II v4-2-1p; metatarsi: I, II p1-0-0, v2-2-2. Basal half of embolus indistinctly broadened; conductor dividing into ventroprolateral part, broad platelike, leaf shaped, and retrolateral part, moderately flattened, narrow, elongated, moderately longer than prolateral part, as long as embolus.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 49209, figs. 460–489): Total length 1.91. Leg spination: tibiae: I p1-0-0, v4-2-2, r1-0-0; II v4-2-1p; metatarsi: I, II p1-0-0, v2-2-2; IV p0-1-0; r0-1-0. Median protruding part of large genital plate longer than wide; anterior genitalic process narrowly stalked, apex distinctly enlarged; cluster of few glands present at base of anterior genitalic process; posterior genitalic process subspherical, strongly sclerotized, with indistinct duct, bent dorsad, covered with glands.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Pichincha).

Figures

FIGURES 430–444. Bipoonops pucuna, new species, male. 430. Carapace, dorsal view. 431. Same, anterior view. 432. Same, lateral view. 433. Eyes, anterior view. 434. Sternum, ventral view. 435. Chelicerae, anterior view. 436. Same, posterior view. 437. Mouthparts, ventral view. 438. Endite tip, ventral view. 439. Bulb (crashed and detached from cymbium), prolateral view. 440. Cymbium tip, dorsal view. 441. Embolus (broken off), prolateral view. 442. Conductor (embolus broken off), dorsal view. 443. Same, prolateral view. 444. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURES 445–459. Bipoonops pucuna, new species, male. 445. Claws, leg I, dorsoprolateral view. 446. Same, leg III, retrolateral view. 447. Metatarsus tip, leg I, dorsal view. 448. Habitus, dorsal view. 449. Carapace, dorsal view. 450. Same, lateral view. 451. Same, anterior view. 452. Sternum, ventral view. 453. Abdomen, anterior view. 454. Same, dorsal view. 455. Same, lateral view. 456. Same, ventral view. 457. Palp, prolateral view. 458. Same, dorsal view. 459. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURES 460–474. Bipoonops pucuna, new species, female. 460. Carapace, dorsal view. 461. Same, anterior view. 462. Same, lateral view. 463. Sternum, ventral view. 464. Chelicerae, anterior view. 465. Same posterior view. 466. Mouthparts, ventral view. 467. Palp, dorsal view. 468. Leg I, dorsoprolateral view. 469. Metatarsus tip, leg I, dorsal view. 470. Same, leg IV. 471. Claws, leg I, dorsoprolateral view. 472. Same, leg II. 473. Same, leg III, lateral view. 474. Same, leg IV, dorsolateral view.

FIGURES 475–489. Bipoonops pucuna, new species, female. 475. Spinnerets, posterior view. 476. Tarsal organ, leg I, dorsal view. 477. Same, leg II. 478. Same, leg III. 479. Same, leg IV. 480. Same, palp. 481. Carapace, dorsal view. 482. Abdomen, anterior view. 483. Epigastric area, ventral view. 484. Abdomen, dorsal view. 485. Same, lateral view. 486. Same, ventral view. 487. Epigastric area, dorsal view. 488. Genitalia, dorsal view. 489. Same, posterior view.