Pseudodysderina suiza, Platnick & Berniker, 2013

Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2013, ffie South American Goblin Spiders of the New Genera Pseudodysderina and Tinadysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2013 (3787), pp. 1-44 : 20-21

Pseudodysderina suiza , new species

Figures 135–146

TYPES: Male holotype, female allotype, plus three male and two female paratypes from a Berlese sample of secondary forest litter taken at an elevation of 1800 m in the Otún Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary , La Suiza, Pereira, 4°44′N, 75°35′W, Risaralda, Colombia (June 10, 2005; A. Sabogal), deposited in ICN (4112, PBI_OON 49888) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the palpal conductor, which is reduced to just a short spur (figs. 139, 140), females by the arched sclerotization in the genital atrium (figs. 144, 145). MALE (PBI_OON 49888, figs. 135–142): Total length 2.86. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica appearing granulate; lateral margin with blunt denticles. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r0-1-1; II p0-0-2, r0-1-0; tibiae I, II v4-4-2; metatarsi I, II v2-2-2. Embolus long, abruptly bent at tip, conductor reduced to tiny spur.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 49888, figs. 143–146): Total length 2.99. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum not fused to epigastric scutum. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0-2, r0-1-1; tibiae I, II v4-4-2; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3-0-2. Genital atrium short, wide, with heavily rebordered anterior margin; anterior genitalic process wide, with wide, triangular anterior expansion.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Risaralda).

Figures

FIGURES 135–146. Pseudodysderina suiza, new species, male (135–142) and female (143–146). 135. Sternum, ventral view. 136. Left palp, prolateral view. 137. Same, ventral view. 138. Same, retrolateral view. 139. Left embolus, prolateral view. 140. Same, ventral view. 141. Same, retrolateral view. 142. Labium and endites, ventral view. 143. Abdomen, ventral view. 144, 145. Female genitalia, ventral view. 146. Same, dorsal view.