Costarina carara, Platnick & Berniker & Víquez, 2014

Platnick, Norman I., Berniker, Lily & Víquez, Carlos, 2014, The Goblin Spider Genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna, American Museum Novitates 2014 (3794), pp. 1-76 : 9-10

Costarina carara , new species ( Figures 166–176 )

TYPE: Male holotype from Berlese sample taken on the trail to Quebrada Bonita in the Parque Nacional Carara, 9.774293°N, 84.527464°W, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (Mar. 14, 2008; C. Víquez), deposited in INBIO (PBI_OON 27677) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. leones (cf. figs. 261–267) but have a longer, narrower proximal embolar prong (figs. 166–171); the female here tentatively matched with the male has a small, oval genital atrium with a thick posterior margin (figs. 175, 176).

MALE (PBI_OON 27677, figs. 166–171): Total length 1.72. Endite ventral process ventrally arched, forming pincerlike arrangement with dorsal process. Femur II p0-0-2, r0-1-0. Embolus proximal prong very long, very narrow; distal prong with distal crest, crest pointed at both ends (N = 1).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 51267, figs. 172–176): Total length 2.02. Leg I missing, leg II spination typical. Genital atrium wide, with rebordered posterior margin (N = 1).

DISTRIBUTION: Central Puntarenas.

Figures

FIGURES 166–176. Costarina carara, new species, male (166–171) and female (172–176). 166. Left palp, prolateral view. 167. Same, ventral view. 168. Same, retrolateral view. 169. Left embolus, prolateral view. 170. Same, ventral view. 171. Same, retrolateral view. 172. Sternum, ventral view. 173. Abdomen, lateral view. 174. Same, ventral view. 175. Digested female genitalia, ventral view. 176. Same, dorsal view.