Paradysderina maldonado, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Andean Goblin Spiders Of The New Genera Paradysderina And Semidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (364), pp. 1-121 : 26

Paradysderina maldonado , new species Figures 132–139

TYPE: Male holotype taken from leaf litter at Marcapata, Puerto Maldonado Road, km 175, Cusco, Peru (Oct. 21, 1981; L. Watrous, G. Mazurek), deposited in FMNH (33570, PBI_OON 10077) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the relatively small embolus that is T-shaped in prolateral view and only distally divided into dorsal and ventral flanges (figs. 136– 139).

MALE (PBI_OON 10077, figs. 132–139): Total length 2.05. Elevated portion of pars cephalica appears reticulate. Chilum tiny, triangular, reflexed under clypeus. Paturon medially excavated, with rectangular medi- an projection bearing dorsally directed, long, thin, heavily sclerotized spine. Endite processes short, tip of ventral process directed distally, tip of dorsal process directed medially. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, II p0-0-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2, II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2, II v2-2- 1p. Palps symmetrical; embolus relatively small, rectangular, ventral and dorsal flanges parallel, directed apically, with large (ejaculatory?) opening.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Peru (Cusco).

Figures

Figs. 132–139. Paradysderina maldonado, new species, male. 132. Carapace, dorsal view. 133. Mouthparts, ventral view. 134. Sternum, ventral view. 135. Carapace, anterior view. 136. Left embolus, ventral view. 137. Left palp, prolateral view. 138. Same, ventral view. 139. Same, retrolateral view.