Heteroonops solanllycarreroae Duperre, 2020

Duperre, Nadine, Francisco, Charlotte, Santana-Propper, Ella, Agnarsson, Ingi & Binford, Greta J., 2020, Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae) spiders from Hispaniola: the discovery of ten new species, ZooKeys 964, pp. 1-30 : 1

Heteroonops solanllycarreroae Duperre sp. nov. Figs 28 , 29 , 40

Type material.

Female holotype from Dominican Republic, Duarte Province, Occidental, San Rafael de Yuma, Loma Quita Espuela, 19.35504N, 70.111W, 200 m, 14.vi.2012, team CarBio (NMNH, USNMENT 01747012).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition honoring local arachnologist and CarBio collaborator Solanlly Carrrero.

Diagnosis.

Females are diagnosed from all species by their posteriorly protruding epigastric scutum and their oval posterior receptaculum with folded bag-like extension (Fig. 29 ).

Description.

Female (holotype). Total length: 1.37; carapace length: 0.61; carapace width: 0.42. Cephalothorax: Carapace ovoid; shiny, whitish; pars cephalica flat. Sternum whitish; longer than wide; covered entirely with long dark setae. Endites whitish, not modified; labium whitish. Clypeus vertical; short (1/2 × radius of ALE). Chelicerae whitish; promargin and retromargin without teeth; fangs normal, 1/3 length of chelicerae. Eyes: Six eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; ALE largest, oval; PME squared; PLE smallest, oval; ALE separated by their radius; ALE-PLE touching; PLE-PME touching; PME touching. Abdomen: Oval; light gray covered dorsally with long dark setae; epigastric scutum protruding, postepigastric scutum thin; scuta light yellow, not well sclerotized (Fig. 28 ). Legs: Whitish; tibia I with three pairs of ventral spines, metatarsus I with two pairs of ventral spines; leg formula 4123; all palpal segments with strong spines. Genitalia: Epigynal region protruding ventrally (not visible on image) with anchor-shaped structure visible through the epigastric scutum and epigastric furrow (Fig. 28 ). Internal genitalia with hat-shaped anterior receptaculum; posterior receptaculum oval with small pore field region and folded bag-like extension; wing-like projections anvil-shaped (Fig. 29 ).

Male: Unknown.

Other material examined.

None.

Distribution.

Dominican Republic, La Duarte Province (Fig. 40 ).

Figures

Figure 40. Distribution map of all Heteroonops species found in Hispaniola.

Figures 28, 29. Heteroonops solanllycarreroae sp. nov .. Female. 28 Epigynal region, ventral view 29 internal genitalia, dorsal view.