Ponsoonops pansedro, 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-

Ponsoonops pansedro , new species

Figures 164–171

TYPE: Female holotype from sifted leaf litter taken at an elevation of 960 m at San Pedro, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia (May 19, 1975, J.A. Kochalka), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 37053) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Female resembles those of P.frio in having a distinctly W-shaped large genital plate in combination with a short posterior genitalic process (figs. 170, 171). It differs in having the enlarged tip of the anterior genitalic process narrower than the process length (rather than broader), and in having the posterior genitalic process not reaching the rim of the large genital plate (rather than reaching more posteriorly).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 37053, figs. 164–171): Total length 1.52. Leg spination: tibiae: I p1-1-0, v4-2-2; II v4-2-2; IV v0-0-2; metatarsi: I, II p1-0-0, v2-2-2; IV p1-1-0, r1-1-0. Large genital plate W-shaped, median protruding part moderately wider than long; anterior genitalic process narrowly stalked, apex distinctly enlarged, subrectangular; posterior genitalic process suboval, pocketlike, without remarkable duct, not reaching more posterior than genitalic plate.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Magdalena).

The sanvito Group

Males of this largest group of Ponsoonops species differ from others by the distinct ventral slit at the embolus (ventral folding of lateral outgrows of the embolus, figs. 15, 177, 197, 223, 269, 302, 303, 330, 331, 372; reduced in P. fanselix , fig. 355), and the distinctly rebordered embolus opening (figs. 14, 182, 209, 223, 269, 303, 331, 355, 372). Ponsoonops sanvito is a member of this group, but is treated at the beginning of the taxonomic section because it is the type species of the genus. A character separating females from others has not been found.

A subgroup of probably closely related species can be recognized within the sanvito group: Ponsoonops boquete , P. lerida , P. panto , and P. vuena have a very similar embolus with a median protrusion that is mound or ridge shaped, and a narrowed, distinctly elongated embolus tip (figs. 208, 219, 268, 301).

The group has two representatives in Costa Rica and eight in Panama.

Figures

FIGURES 157–171. Pansoonops frio, new species, female (157–163) and Ponsoonops pansedro, new species, female (164–171). 157. Carapace, dorsal view. 158. Same, lateral view. 159. Same, anterior view. 160. Sternum, ventral view. 161. Abdomen, lateral view. 162. Same, ventral view. 163. Genitalia, dorsal view. 164. Carapace, dorsal view. 165. Same, anterior view. 166. Sternum, ventral view. 167. Abdomen, dorsal view. 168. Same, anterior view. 169. Same, ventral view. 170, 171. Genitalia, dorsal view.