Simlops kartabo, Feitosa & Bonaldo, 2017

Feitosa, Níthomas M. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2017, On a new species of the genus Simlops (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Guyana, with notes on the bodanus group of species, Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2017021) 107, pp. 5-5 : 2

Simlops kartabo sp. nov.

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Type materiaL. HoLotype ♂ from Kartabo , Cuyuni- Mazaruni region, Guyana (6°0’N, 58°0’W), 1924, sifting, unknown collector ( AMNH, PBI _ OON 1024 ).

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

Diagnosis. Males of Simlops kartabo sp. nov. are similar to those of S. bodanus (Chickering, 1968) in the short, wide-based needLe-Like process on paLpaL conductor (see Bonaldo et al., 2014: fig. 315), but are readiLy recognized by this process being basally inserted and by the shorter embolus, strongly bent proximally, with truncate apex ( Figs 12–15 ).

Description. MaLe (PBI_OON 1024, figs 1–15). Total length 1.80 mm. Carapace, sternum and mouthparts pale orange, without color pattern; abdomen ovoid, dorsum soft portions white, abdominal scutum yellow. Sternal microsculpture only in furrows. Endites with prolateral process stout, gently curved retrolaterally, with apex truncate; retrolateral projection triangular, with wide base; median process narrow, not protruded. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 3/4 of abdominal length. Palp: embolus sinuous, with a strong basal bend and truncate tip; conductor longer than embolus, semitranslucent, originating from the bulbus, with a basal unsclerotized hook and long, bifurcated sclerotized strip.

Female: Unknown.

Other material examined. None.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figs 1–8. Simlops kartabo sp. noV., maLe: 1, dorsaL; 2, VentraL; 3, LateraL; cephaLothorax: 4, dorsaL; 5, VentraL; 6, frontaL; 7, LateraL; endites and Labium: 8, ventral.

Figs 9–18. Males of Simlops species. Simlops kartabo sp. nov.: abdomen: 9, dorsal; 10, lateral; 11, ventral; palp: 12, prolateral; 13, dorsal; 14, retrolateral; distaL portion of the paLp: 15, retro-VentraL; Simlops bodanus (Chickering, 1968): 16, distal portion of palp, retrolateral. Simlops guyanensis Santos, 2014: 17, distaL portion of paLp, retroLateraL. Simlops guatopo BrescoVit, 2014: 18, distaL portion of paLp, retroVentraL.BLack arrows: conductor, sub-basaL process. White arrows: conductor, needLe-Like process.