Reductoonops celica, Platnick & Berniker, 2014

Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2014, ffle Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3811), pp. 1-75 : 72

Reductoonops celica , new species ( figs. 526–542 )

TYPES: Male holotype, three male paratypes, female allotype, and two female paratypes taken at an elevation of 2100 m at Celica, 04.09896°S, 79.97994°W, Loja, Ecuador (Feb. 25, 2010; E. Tapia), deposited in QCAZ (PBI_OON 51328), plus three male and two female paratypes, same data, deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 49607) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the prolaterally excavated palpal apophysis ( figs. 534–537 ), females by the relatively short, thumb-shaped anterior genitalic process ( figs. 541, 542 ).

MALE (PBI_OON 51328, figs. 526–538 ): Total length 1.10. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes two; ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum with anterior channels, surface smooth, without pits, microsculpture absent; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin indented at middle. Endite tip with large lobe bearing procurved ridges. Palpal apophysis prolaterally excavated; cymbium not fused with bulb.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 51328, figs. 539–542 ): Total length 1.36. Anterior genitalic process relatively short, thumb shaped.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Loja).

Figures

FIGURES 526–537. Reductoonops celica, new species, male. 526. Spinnerets, posterior view. 527. Labium and endites, ventral view. 528. Tip of endite, ventral view. 529. Palp, prolateral view. 530. Same, ventral view. 531. Same, retrolateral view. 532. Palpal bulb, prolateral view. 533. Same, retrolateral view. 534. Embolus, prolateral view. 535. Same, ventral view. 536. Same, retrolateral view. 537. Same, dorsal view.

FIGURES 538–547. 538–542. Reductoonops celica, new species, male (538) and female (539–542). 543–547. R. pinta, new species, male (543) and female (544–547). 538, 539, 543, 544. Sternum, ventral view. 540, 545. Abdomen, ventral view. 541, 546. Genitalia, ventral view. 542, 547. Same, dorsal view.