Aschnaoonops leticia, Platnick & Dupérré & Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 43

Aschnaoonops leticia , new species

Figures 274, 277–282

TYPE: Male holotype taken in malaise trap at Leticia , Amazonas, Colombia (July 9–11, 1970; J. Campbell), deposited in CNC ( PBI_OON 38127 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a distally arrowshaped embolus (figs. 280–282).

MALE (PBI_OON 38127, figs. 274, 277– 282): Total length 1.55. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Anterior portion of endites with broadly triangular ventral process. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular, extending to about 3/4 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femur I p0- 0-2, r1-1-0; tibiae: I v4-4-1p; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v2-2-0. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus with prolateral portion distally widened in ventral view, tip relatively small.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Colombia (Amazonas).

Figures

Figs. 274–285. Aschnaoonops leticia, new species, male (274, 277–282) and A. orito, new species, female (275, 276, 283–285). 274, 275. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 276. Abdomen, ventral view. 277. Left palp, prolateral view. 278. Same, ventral view. 279. Same, retrolateral view. 280. Left embolus, prolateral view. 281. Same, ventral view. 282. Same, retrolateral view. 283, 284. Genitalia, ventral view. 285. Genitalia, dorsal view.