Pelicinus johor, Platnick & Dupérré & Ubick & Fannes, 2012

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, The Goblin Spider Genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1, American Museum Novitates 2012 (3741), pp. 1-44 : 34

Pelicinus johor , new species

Figures 268–284

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in a rainforest at an elevation of 20 m at Gunung Arong , 2°33′12.1″N, 103°45′20.5″E, 15 km N Mersing, Johor, Malaysia (May 29–30, 2004; P. Schwendinger), deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 11985) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have the dorsalmost ridge on the scutopedicel region entire (fig. 270) and a long, narrow tip on the embolus (figs. 272–278); females have the squiggled anterior receptaculum tubular and sinuous (figs. 283, 284).

MALE (PBI_OON 11985, figs. 268–278): Total length 1.82. Carapace pale orange, elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides finely reticulate. Sternum pale orange, finely reticulate. Mouthparts pale orange, endites distally narrowed into white projection, tip directed laterally. Abdomen dorsum with scattered, small dark markings visible through dorsal scutum. Scutopedicel region with about five transverse ridges, most dorsal ridge strong, entire, others weaker, medially interrupted. Dorsal scutum yellow, reticulate, covering most of abdomen length, width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, covering about ¾ of abdomen length. Embolus with long, narrowed tip.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 11985, figs. 279–284): Total length 1.94. Scutopedicel region with about six transverse ridges, three dorsalmost ridges strong, entire, others weaker, medially interrupted. Dorsal scutum pale orange. Postepigastric scutum short, almost rectangular, covering about 2/3 of abdomen length. Squiggled portion of anterior genitalic duct tubular, sinuous.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Malaysia: Johor: Mersing Forest Reserve , 10 km from Jermaluang-Kangkar Lenggor, Oct. 23, 1980, from nest of termite, Dicuspiditerme fissifax (D., A. Kistner, AMNH PBI_OON 231 ), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Malaysia (Johor).

Figures

FIGURES 268–284. Pelicinus johor, new species, male (268–278) and female (279–284). 268. Habitus, dorsal view. 269. Same, lateral view. 270. Abdomen, anterior view. 271. Sternum, ventral view. 272, 274. Left palp, prolateral view. 273, 276. Same, retrolateral view. 275. Same, ventral view. 277. Left embolus, retrolateral view. 278. Right embolus, dorsal view. 279. Abdomen, ventral view. 280. Same, lateral view. 281. Carapace, anterior view. 282, 283. Genitalia, ventral view. 284. Same, dorsal view.