Simonoonops grande, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Goblin Spider Genus Simonoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2011 (3724), pp. 1-32 : 16-18

Simonoonops grande , new species

Figures 92–106

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from a Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 1000–1400 m at Rancho Grande, 15 km NW Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela (Feb. 19–27, 1971; S., J. Peck), deposited in FMNH (PBI_OON 38409) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have the conductor originating far from the base of the embolus (figs. 97–100); females have an ovoid genital atrium with rounded lateral sclerotizations (figs. 104–106).

MALE (PBI_OON 38409, figs. 92–100): Total length 1.72. Carapace unpatterned, surface of anterior portion of pars cephalica reticulate, posterior portion smooth. Chilum wide, triangular. Endites with ventral process with elongate tip directed toward posterior process. Anterior femora darkened. Leg spination: femur I p0-0-2, r0-1-0; tibiae: I v4-4-2, II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-0, II v2-1p-2. Embolus with dorsally directed tubercle on dorsal side, conductor distally divergent.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 38409, figs. 101–106): Total length 2.08. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r0-2-1, II p0-0-2; r0-2-0; tibiae I, II v4-4-2; metatarsi I, II v2-2- 1p. Atrium relatively long, containing wide sclerotization occupying all but posterior portion, that sclerotization with darkened transverse line; apodemes basally wide, long, extending past groove connecting posterior spiracles.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Aragua: Rancho Grande, path to Toma de Agua , 20 km NW Maracay, Mar. 22, 1992, litter near stream, elev. 3800 ft (L. Herman, AMNH PBI_ OON 15), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela.

Figures

FIGURES 92–106. Simonoonops grande, new species, male (92–100) and female (101–106). 92. Carapace, dorsal view. 93, 101. Same, anterior view. 94. Sternum, ventral view. 95. Carapace, lateral view. 96. Mouthparts, ventral view. 97. Left embolus, prolateral view. 98. Left palp, prolateral view. 99. Same, ventral view. 100. Same, retrolateral view. 102. Abdomen, lateral view. 103. Same, ventral view. 104, 105. Genitalia, ventral view. 106. Same, dorsal view.