Brignolia kumily, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Goblin Spider Genus Brignolia (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (349), pp. 1-131 : 68

Brignolia kumily , new species

Figures 367–400

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken by sifting at an elevation of 950 m in the Cardamom Hills, between Pambanar and Peermade, Kerala, India (Nov. 5, 1972; C. Besuchet, I. Löbl), deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 12469) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from one of the localities at which the species has been found.

DIAGNOSIS: Although sometimes found sympatrically with B. cardamom , males have a much longer palpal bulb (figs. 375–384) and females lack the posterior epigastric triangle found in that species (figs. 396, 399, 400).

MALE (PBI_OON 12469, figs. 367–390): Total length 1.87. Carapace orange-brown, with dark brown egg-shaped patches behind eyes; pars cephalica strongly elevated in lateral view; posterolateral edge without pits, posterior declivity steep, with distinct shoulders, posterior margin squared. Sternum covered with small round pits. Scuto-pedicel region with widely W-shaped scutal ridge, so weak at middle as to resemble two V-shaped ridges but with row of tubercles opposite pedicel triangles, singlemost anterior tubercle enlarged. Palpal bulb dorsally excavated, with narrowed tip.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 12469, figs. 391– 400): Total length 2.04. Epigastric area without external projections; posterior tube short, directly dorsally.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: India: Kerala: Cardamom Hills, Muttapatti near Munnar , Nov. 24, 1972, sifting in forest, base of tree roots, elev. 1700 m (C. Besuchet, I. Löbl, MHNG PBI_OON 12305), 1 -; Cardamom Hills , between Pambanar and Peermade, Nov. 5, 1972, sifting, elev. 950 m (C. Besuchet, I. Löbl, MHNG PBI_OON 12469), 3 -, 1 U. Tamil Nadu: Cardamom Hills, 2 km NE Kumily, Nov. 4, 1972, sifting in forest, elev. 900 m (C. Besuchet, I. Löbl, MHNG PBI_OON 12843), 3 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India.

Figures

Figs. 367–374. Brignolia kumily, new species, male. 367. Carapace, dorsal view. 368. Same, anterior view. 369. Same, posterior view. 370. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 371. Abdomen, anterior view. 372. Same, ventral view. 373. Carapace, lateral view. 374. Abdomen, lateral view.

Figs. 375–382. Brignolia kumily, new species, male. 375, 379. Left palp, prolateral view. 376, 380. Same, retrolateral view. 377. Left palpal bulb, prolateral view. 378. Same, retrolateral view. 381. Same, dorsal view. 382. Same, ventral view.

Figs. 383–390. Brignolia kumily, new species, male. 383. Left palpal embolus, prolateral view. 384. Same, retrolateral view. 385. Labium and endites, ventral view. 386. Tip of endite, ventral view. 387. Carapace, posterior view. 388. Posterior margin of carapace, dorsal view. 389. Abdomen, anterior view. 390. Pedicel tube, ventral view.

Figs. 391–400. Brignolia kumily, new species, female. 391. Carapace, dorsal view. 392. Same, anterior view. 393. Same, posterior view. 394. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 395. Abdomen, anterior view. 396. Same, ventral view. 397. Carapace, lateral view. 398. Abdomen, lateral view. 399. Genitalia, ventral view. 400. Same, dorsal view.