Pelicinus sengleti, 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 : 23-24

Pelicinus sengleti , new species

Figures 145–161

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from Dizgaran, 33°44′N, 46°59′E, Lorestān, Iran (May 16, 1974; A. Senglet), deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 15349) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, Antoine Senglet.

DIAGNOSIS: The presence of sternal furrows radiating to the coxae (fig. 148) separates this species from all the others described here. Females have a distally narrow anterior genitalic process and distinctive sets of tiny cuticular protrusions situated at the sides of the posterior receptaculum (fig. 161).

MALE (PBI_OON 15350, figs. 145–155): Total length 2.03. Carapace pale orange, elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides granulate. Sternum pale orange, finely reticulate. Mouthparts pale orange, endites unmodified. Abdomen without dark patches. Scutopedicel region with three ridges, all interrupted at middle. Dorsal scutum pale orange, reticulate (except middle surface smooth), covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, covering nearly full length of abdomen. Embolus light, sail extending almost full length of embolus, prolateral side expanded distally.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 12156, figs. 156–161): Total length 2.39. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular. Anterior genitalic process distally narrow; cuticle at sides of posterior receptaculum with tiny, sharp projections.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Iran: Khūzestān: near Ahvāz, 31°08′N, 48°55′E, May 21, 1974 (A. Senglet, MHNG PBI_OON 15348), 1♀ ; Masdjed Soleyman , 31°59′N, 49°16′E, May 20, 1974 (A. Senglet, MHNG PBI_OON 12170), 1♀ . Kohkīlūyeh: route de Charām , 30°28′N, 50°50′E, May 22, 1974 (A. Senglet, MHNG PBI_OON 12156), 2♀ . Lorestān: Pol-e Dockhtar , 33°10′N, 47°44′E, May 17, 1974 (A. Senglet, MHNG PBI_OON 15350), 1♂, 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Southwestern Iran.

Figures

FIGURES 145–161. Pelicinus sengleti, new species, male (145–155) and female (156–161). 145. Habitus, dorsal view. 146. Same, lateral view. 147, 157. Abdomen, anterior view. 148. Sternum, ventral view. 149, 151. Left palp, prolateral view. 150, 153. Same, retrolateral view. 152. Same, ventral view. 154. Left embolus, retrolateral view. 155. Right embolus, dorsal view. 156. Abdomen, ventral view. 158. Carapace, anterior view. 159, 160. Genitalia, ventral view. 161. Same, dorsal view.