Simlops cristinae Santos, 2014

Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., Brescovit, Antonio D., Santos, Adalberto J. & Ott, Ricardo, 2014, Simlops, A New Genus Of Goblin Spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) From Northern South America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2014 (388), pp. 1-60 : 49

Simlops cristinae Santos , new species Figures 156–163 , 283 , 306, 307

TYPES: Male holotype from Fazenda Experimental da UFAM, km 38 of Road BR174, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (2 ° 39921.230 S 60 ° 4931.250W), Feb. 07, 2009, B. Machado (MPEG 19159 PBI_OON 40493).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of arachnologist Cristina Anne Rheims (IBSP), in recognition for her many contributions to this paper.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of Simlops cristinae differ from those of S. bandeirante by the large conductor, presenting widened, unsclerotized base with an apically directed protrusion (figs. 306, 307).

MALE (PBI_OON 40493, figs. 156–163, 283, 306, 307): Total length 1.94. Carapace dark red-brown, sternum and mouthparts orange-brown, legs pale orange, without color pattern; abdomen soft portions and scuta orange-brown. Sternal microsculpture medially and in furrows. Endites with retrolateral and prolateral processes sharply point- ed, similarly sized; median process inconspicuous (fig. 283). Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 2/3 of abdominal length. Palp: embolus stout, narrowed distally, with large ejaculatory opening; conductor with wide base, originating in the bulbus, adjacent to embolic base, narrowing distally and with a retrodorsally projected, sclerotized, oval lamella bearing a dorsal semitranslucent knob (figs. 161–163, 306, 307).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figs. 156–163. Simlops cristinae, male. 156. Cephalothorax, dorsal view. 157. Same, anterior view. 158. Same, ventral view. 159. Lateral view. 160. Abdomen, ventral view. 161. Left palp, prolateral view. 162. Same, dorsal view. 163. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 283–289. Simlops species, left male endite, ventral view. 283. S. cristinae. 284. S. jamesbondi. 285. S. cachorro. 286. S. platnicki. 287. S. bodanus. 288. S. guyanensis. 289. S. guatopo.

Figs. 304–307. Simlops species, apex of left male palp. 304. S. bandeirante, dorsal view. 305. S. bandeirante, prolateral view. 306. S. cristinae, dorsal view. 307. S. cristinae, prolateral view.