Heteroonops validus (Bryant) Platnick & Dupérré, 2009

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2009, The Goblin Spider Genus Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes on Oonops, American Museum Novitates 3649, pp. 1-72 : 45-48

Heteroonops validus (Bryant) , new combination

Figures 222–241

Oonops validus Bryant, 1948: 341 , fig. 3 (male holotype from Loma Rucilla Mountains, Dominican Republic, in MCZ; examined). – Chickering, 1972: 114, figs. 22, 23.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the anteriorly expanded palpal bulb (figs. 230– 232); females resemble those of H. vega but have an anteriorly wider longitudinal bar in the anterior receptaculum (figs. 239–241).

M A L E (PBI _OON 2 1 0 9 1, figs. 2 2 2 – 226): Total length 1.46. Endites each with one posteriorly directed projection (figs. 227– 229). Abdominal venter without pair of subcuticular dark spots just anterior of spinnerets. Leg spination: femora: III d0-0-1; IV d1-0-1; tibiae: I v3-3-0; II v0-2-2; III v0-0-1; IV v0-1-1; metatarsi: I, II v1-0-1; III v0-0-1; IV p0-0-1, v1- 0-0. Bulb as large distally as proximally, with strongly bent embolus and straight, translucent conductor (figs. 230–232).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 21091, figs. 233– 238): Total length 1.54. Palpal patella not prolaterally dilated. Abdominal venter with pair of subcuticular dark spots just anterior of spinnerets. Leg spination: femora: III d0-0-1; IV d1-0-1; tibiae: I v3-3-0; II v4-2-0; III p0-0- 1, v1-0-1; IV v1-0-1; metatarsi: I v2-2-0; II v2- 0-2; III v0-1-1; IV v1-0-1. Palpal spination: femur v0-0-1, patella p0-1-1, tibia pp1-1-2, tarsus p1-0-0, v2-0-2. Anterior receptaculum long, gradually expanded anteriorly, with transverse bar only slightly wider than longitudinal bar (figs. 239–241).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: GREATER ANTI- LLES: Hispaniola: Dominican Republic: Cordillera Central: Loma Rucilla Mountains, June 1938, elev. 5000–8000 ft (P. Darlington, MCZ PBI_OON 302), 13 (holotype). La Vega : Parque Nacional A. Bermudez, Cienaga, July 19–Aug. 2, 1995, flight intercept trap in tropical evergreen forest, elev. 1020 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI_OON 21091), 33, 2♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola.

Figures

Figs. 222–232. Heteroonops validus (Bryant), male. 222. Habitus, dorsal view. 223. Same, ventral view. 224. Same, lateral view. 225. Carapace, dorsal view. 226. Same, anterior view. 227. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 228. Endite, retrolateral view. 229. Same, ventral view. 230. Palp, prolateral view. 231. Same, ventral view. 232. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 233–241. Heteroonops validus (Bryant), female. 233. Habitus, dorsal view. 234. Same, ventral view. 235. Same, lateral view. 236. Carapace, dorsal view. 237. Same, anterior view. 238. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 239. Epigastric region, ventral view. 240. Genitalia, ventral view. 241. Same, dorsal view.