The Goblin Spider Genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna
Platnick, Norman I.
Berniker, Lily
Víquez, Carlos
American Museum Novitates
2014
2014-01-06
2014
3794
1
76
YWCR
Platnick & Berniker & Víquez, 2014
Platnick & Berniker & Víquez
2014
[396,600,1031,1057]
Arachnida
Oonopidae
Costarina
Animalia
Araneae
5
6
Arthropoda
species
monte
sp. nov.
TYPES: Male holotypeand female allotypefrom litter taken at an elevation of 1500 mat Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica( Aug. 28, 1983; J., F. Murphy), deposited in AMNH(PBI_ OON 36793).
DIAGNOSIS: Males have a distinctive embolus, with a broad, ridged distal prong and a narrow proximal prong that is widened at about one-fourth of its length (figs. 67–72); females have a short, wide genital atrium with a posteromedian enlargement of the posterior margin (figs. 76, 77).
MALE (PBI_OON 36793, figs. 67–72): Total length 2.11. Endite ventral process basally wide, distally narrow, tip heavily sclerotized; dorsal process with elongate tip. Femur I r0-1-0; tibia II v4-4-0. Embolus proximal prong long, narrow, abruptly bent at about half its length; distal prong enlarged, dorsally ridged ( N =10). FEMALE (PBI_OON 36793, figs. 73–77): Total length 2.20. Spination typical. Genital atrium short, wide, posterior margin with wide posteromedian enlargement ( N =3).
DISTRIBUTION: Northern Puntarenas.
OON 36793
1983-08-28
AMNH
J., F. Murphy
Costa Rica
1500
Male
Monteverde
5
6
2
Puntarenas
holotype