Pseudodysderina hermani, new species

Figures 130–134

TYPE: Female holotype from litter taken at an elevation of 4700–4900 ft at a site on the old Quito–Santo Domingo road, 18–20 km NE of Alluriquín, Pichincha, Ecuador (Oct. 21, 1988; L. Herman), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 49905) .

ETYMOLOGY: ffie specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, Lee Herman, of the AMNH.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the unexpanded tip of the anterior genitalic process (figs. 133, 134).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 49905, figs. 130–134): Total length 2.07. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica appearing finely reticulate; lateral margin with blunt denticles. ALE separated by less than their radius. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen, fused to epigastric scutum. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0-2, r1-1-0; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-1p-2; II v3-0-2. Genital atrium relatively narrow, triangular, with heavily sclerotized posterior margin.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Ecuador: Pichincha: Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, 12 km S of Nanegalito, Ridge Trail, 0°00′54″N, 78°40′56″W, Oct. 28, 1999, cloud forest litter, elev. 2250 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 49906), 1♀ ; Maquipucuna Reserve, 0°05′34″N, 78°37′37″W, Oct. 29, 1999, ridgetop montane forest litter, elev. 1620 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 49907), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Pichincha).