Predatoroonops olddemon Brescovit, Rheims, and Santos, 2012

Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Santos, Adalberto J., Ott, Ricardo & Rheims, Cristina A., 2012, The Brazilian Goblin Spiders Of The New Genus Predatoroonops (Araneae: Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (370), pp. 1-68 : 67

Predatoroonops olddemon Brescovit, Rheims, and Santos , new species

Figures 29 , 401–402 , 453–474 ; map 1

TYPES: Male holotype and female paratype from Fazenda Maravilha, 22 ° 129S– 43 ° 169W, Paraíba do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Aug. 16–18, 2001, Equipe Biota) deposited in IBSP 136643 (PBI_OON 11036) and IBSP 136645 (PBI_OON 11034), respectively.

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a popular name used by natives of the fictional nation of Val Verde for the Predators; during the hot summers these creatures attack people, who are later found skinned and hollowed.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of Predatoroonops olddemon differ from those of the remaining species by the simple, dorsally curved subdistal apophysis, curved, longer and slender distal apophysis in the chelicerae (fig. 29). Females can be easily distinguished from those of the other species by the epigynum with distal process mushroom shaped, with massive, rectangular posterior receptaculum (figs. 401–402).

MALE (PBI_OON_11036): Total length 1.70. Carapace 0.75 long, 0.55 wide. ALE 0.08, PLE 0.08, PME 0.10, ALE-ALE 0.06. Carapace yellow, without any pattern, anterolateral corners without extension or projections (figs. 454–455, 457). Sternum, chelicerae, endites, and labium yellow. Clypeus with distinct needlelike setae (fig. 29). Chelicerae anterior face without median and subdistal furrow, with upward-curving subdistal apophysis, distal apophysis curved, longer and slender, condylar projection absent (fig. 29). Abdomen dorsum white. Legs yellow, femur I 0.60. Leg spination: femora I–II d1-1-0; v0-2-2; III–IV d1-1-0; tibia I v2-2-2-2-2, II v2-2-2-2-2, III p1-1-0; v1-0-1; r1-1-0; IV p1-0-0; v1-0-0; r1-1-0; metatarsus I v2-2-2-2, II v2-2-2-2, III v0-0- 1; r0-0-1; IV p0-1-1; v0-0-2; r0-0-1. Male palp proximal segments white; cymbium yellow; bulb white, with distal area elongated, laminar with slender hyaline process narrow and short (figs. 460–463).

FEMALE (PBI_OON_11034): Total length 1.90. Carapace 0.80 long, 0.70 wide. ALE 0.10, PLE 0.10, PME 0.12, ALE-ALE 0.08. Abdomen dorsum pale white. Legs: femur I 0.71. Leg spination: femora I–II v0-2-2; III d1-0-1; IV d1-0-0; tibia I v2-2-2-2-2, II v2-2- 2-2-2, III d0-1-0; p1-0-0; v0-1-2; r1-0-0, IV d0-1-0; p1-1-0; v0-1-0; r1-1-0; metatarsus I v2-2-2-2, II v2-2-2-2, III v0-1-1; r1-1-1, IV p1-1-0; v0-1-2; r1-1-0. Internal genitalia with flattened anterior receptaculum with distal process mushroom like and massive rectangular posterior receptaculum; apodema plate with flattened, curved tip and long and curved medially disposed apodema process (figs. 401–402).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Paraíba do Sul, Fazenda Maravilha, 22 ° 129S–43 ° 169W, pitfall, Aug. 16–18, 2001 (Equipe Biota, IBSP 136646, PBI_OON 11035), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (map 1).

Figures

Figs. 21–29. Predatoroonops species, males, carapace and chelicerae, frontal view. 21, P. dutch, n. sp. 22, P. dillon, n. sp. 23, P. vallarta, n. sp. 24, P. phillips, n. sp. 25, P. yautja, n. sp. 26, P. peterharlli, n. sp. 27, P. mctiernani, n. sp. 28, P. chicano, n. sp. 29, P. olddemon, n. sp.

Figs. 391–402. Predatoroonops species, female internal genitalia. 391–396, Predatoroonops peterharlli, n. sp. 391–392, Dorsal view, separated: 391, anterior receptaculum; 392, posterior receptaculum. 393–394, Ventral view, separated: 393, anterior receptaculum; 394, posterior receptaculum. 395, Dorsal view, not separated. 396, Posterior view, not separated. 397–398, P. mctiernani, n. sp.: 397, dorsal view; 398, posterior view. 399–400, P. chicano, n. sp.: 399, dorsal view; 400, posterior view. 401–402, P. olddemon, n. sp.: 401, dorsal view; 402, posterior view.

Figs. 453–463. Predatoroonops olddemon, n. sp., male. 453–454, Body: 453, dorsal view; 454, lateral view. 455–457, Carapace: 455, frontal view; 456, ventral view; 457, lateral view. 458–459, Leg I: 458, retrolateral view; 459, prolateral view. 460–463, Palp: 460, retrolateral view; 461, ventral view; 462, ventrodistal view; 463, prolateral view.

Figs. 464–474. Predatoroonops olddemon, n. sp., female. 464–465, Body: 464, dorsal view; 465, lateral view. 466–468, Carapace: 466, frontal view; 467, lateral view; 468, ventral view. 469, Abdomen, ventral view. 470–471, Leg I: 470, prolateral view; 471, retrolateral view. 472–473, Pedipalp: 472, prolateral view; 473, retrolateral view. 474, Internal genitalia, ventral view.