Simlops pennai Bonaldo, 2014

Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., Brescovit, Antonio D., Santos, Adalberto J. & Ott, Ricardo, 2014, Simlops, A New Genus Of Goblin Spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) From Northern South America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2014 (388), pp. 1-60 : 9-15

Simlops pennai Bonaldo , new species Figures 1, 2 , 25 , 29–53 , 275 , 290, 291 , 320

TYPES: Male holotype from Estação Científica Ferreira Penna, Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, 01 ° 44918.020 S 51 ° 27948.010W, Oct. 01, 2003 to Nov. 01, 2003, Equipe MPEG col. ( MPEG 15374 , PBI_OON 40507) ; female paratype from same locality, Aug. 17, 2003, J.A.P. Barreiros col. ( MPEG 10293 , PBI_ OON 40508) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, who, by suggestion of Louis Agassiz, founded in 1866 the Phylomatic Association that later became the Goeldi Museum. The types were collected in a scientific station, also named after Ferreira Penna, that is maintained by the museum.

DIAGNOSIS: Males of Simlops pennai resembles those of S. miudo , S. machadoi , and S. similis by the sclerotized, basally expanded conductor; differ from those of S. machadoi and S. similis by the basal expansion of conductor directed dorsally and from those of S. miudo by wide distal third of conductor (figs. 39, 46, 290, 291). Females can be readily distinguished from those of S. machadoi and S. similis by the epigastric furrow without median sclerotization (fig. 53) and, internally, by the nearly straight transverse bar and divergent apodemes (fig. 320).

MALE (PBI_OON 40507, figs. 1, 25, 33– 46, 275, 290, 291): Total length 1.99. Carapace dark red-brown, sternum and mouthparts orange-brown, legs pale orange; abdomen soft portions pale white, abdominal scuta orange-brown. Sternal microsculpture covering almost entire surface, absent in front of coxae. Endites with retrolateral process hump shaped, not bent prolaterally; prolateral process stout, tip blunt, folded retrolaterally; median process not protruded (figs. 41, 275). Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 2/3 of abdominal length. Palp: embolus short, tubular, slightly narrowed toward distal end; conduc- tor with basal squared process directed dorsally, translucent and lamellar toward distal end and bearing filamentous tip (figs. 38–40, 42–46, 290–291).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 40508, figs. 2, 29– 32, 47–53, 320): Total length 2.18. Dorsal scutum absent. Epigastric furrow straight, not medially sclerotized, not connected laterally to anterior spiracles; postepigastric scutum restricted to groove connecting posterior spiracles, slightly enlarged laterally around posterior spiracles, without discrete lateral sclerotizations. Genitalia with narrow posteromedian rod, slightly widened anteriorly; broad transverse bar, with medial subquadrate plate at epigastric furrow area and

short, divergent, lateral apodemes (figs. 53, 320).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Pará: Melgaço, Estação Científica Ferreira Penna, Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã (01 ° 44915.50 S 51 ° 26942.00W), Oct. 22, 2003, 18 ( MPEG 10282 PBI_OON 40511) ; May 25, 2003, 1♀ ( MPEG 10294 PBI_OON 40512) ; Oct. 16, 2003, 18 ( MPEG 10292 PBI_OON 40738) ; Oct. 19, 2003, 18 ( MPEG 10283 PBI_OON 40739), all collected by J.A.P. Barreiros ; Nov. 02, 2002 to Nov. 05, 2002, 1♀ ( MPEG 19170 PBI_OON 40741) ; Oct. 24, 2003 to Nov. 03, 2003, 18 ( AMNH PBI_OON 40742) ; Dec. 03, 2003, 18 ( MPEG 19173 PBI_OON 40746); (Comuni- dade Caiçara, 1 ° 469440 S 51 ° 259340W) , Nov. 07, 2005 to Nov. 12, 2005, 18 ( MPEG 19169 PBI_OON 40740) ; Oct. 21, 2003 to Oct. 31, 2003, 18 ( IBSP 161822 PBI_OON 40743) ; Oct. 21, 2003 to Oct. 31, 2003, 18 ( MPEG 19171 PBI_OON 40744); (Parcela LBA, 01 ° 44915.720 S 51 ° 27935.330W) , Dec. 03, 2003, 18 ( MPEG 19172 PBI_OON 40745), all collected by J.A.P. Barreiros et al .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figs. 1–6. Simlops species. 1. S. pennai, male cephalothorax, lateral view. 2. S. pennai, female cephalothorax, dorsal view. 3. S. cachorro, male, anterior portion of cephalothorax, lateral view. 4. S. platnicki, male cephalothorax, anterior view. 5. S. platnicki, female cephalothorax, dorsal view. 6. S. platnicki, female eye region, anterior view.

Figs. 21–26. Simlops species, arrows pointing to setae with clawlike tips. 21. S. bodanus, male tarsus I, lateral view. 22. S. bodanus, male tarsus II, lateral view 23. S. bodanus, male tarsus III, distal view 24. S. bodanus, male tarsus IV, dorsal view 25. S. pennai, male tarsus III. 26. S. juruti, male tarsus IV.

Figs. 27–32. Simlops species. 27. S. platnicki, female tarsus, lateral view. III. 28. S. platnicki, female tarsus IV, lateral view. 29. S. pennai, female spinnerets, distal view 30. S. pennai, female anterior lateral spinnerets, distal view. 31. S. pennai, female posterior median spinnerets, distal view. 32. S. pennai, female posterior lateral spinneret, distal view.

Figs. 33–40. Simlops pennai, male. 33. Cephalothorax, dorsal view. 34. Same, anterior view. 35. Same, ventral view. 36. Lateral view. 37. Abdomen, ventral view. 38. Left palp, prolateral view. 39. Same, dorsal view. 40. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 41–46. Simlops pennai, male. 41. Right endite, ventral view. 42. Left palp, embolus, dorsal view. 43. Left palp, prodistal view. 44. Left palp, embolus, prolateral view. 45. Right palp, retrolateral view. 46. Right palp, embolus, retrolateral view.

Figs. 47–53. Simlops pennai, female. 47. Cephalothorax, dorsal view. 48. Same, anterior view. 49. Same, ventral view. 50. Lateral view. 51. Dorsal view. 52. Abdomen, ventral view. 53. Epigyne, ventral view.

Figs. 275–282. Simlops species, left male endite, ventral view. 275. S. pennai. 276. S. miudo. 277. S. machadoi. 278. S. similis. 279. S. juruti. 280. S. nadinae. 281. S. campinarana. 282. S. bandeirante.

Figs. 290–297. Simlops species, apex of left male palp. 290. S. pennai, dorsal view. 291. S. pennai, prolateral view. 292. S. miudo, dorsal view. 293. S. miudo, prolateral view. 294. S. machadoi, dorsal view. 295. S. machadoi, prolateral view. 296. S. similis, dorsal view. 297. S. similis, prolateral view.

Figs. 320–330. Simlops species, cleared epigynal area, ventral view. 320. S. pennai. 321. S. machadoi. 322. S. similis. 323. S. juruti. 324. S. nadinae. 325. S. campinarana. 326. S. jamesbondi. 327. S. cachorro. 328. S. platnicki. 329. S. bodanus. 330. S. guyanensis. Scale bar: 0.25 mm (except figs. 324, 330, 0.5 mm).