The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genera Ponsoonops and Bipoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae)
Author
Bolzern, Angelo
text
American Museum Novitates
2014
2014-05-22
2014
3803
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3803.1
journal article
10.1206/3803.1
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Ponsoonops bilzi
,
new species
Figures 112–126
NOTE: The male and female have not been collected together, show some somatic differences (e.g., leg spination), and may be mismatched.
TYPE:
Male
holotype
from a transect sample (INBio-OET-ALAS) taken at an elevation between
1450–1550 m
at a site
9 km
northeast of
Vara Blanca
,
10.23333°N
,
84.1°W
,
Heredia
,
Costa Rica
(
Apr. 15, 2005
), deposited in
INBIO
(PBI_OON 31107)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Joanna Bilz, a “behind the scenes” supporter of different aspects of this work.
DIAGNOSIS: The male resembles those of
P. duenas
and
P. tacana
in having a distinctly enlarged conductor, broader and longer than the embolus. It differs from
P. duenas
in having a lamelliform, flat conductor (figs. 118, 119; rather than a distinct, longitudinal median rim), and differs from
P. tacana
in having a moderately spiral, distally truncated conductor (rather than straight, distally ragged). Females differ, except for those of
P. sanvito
,
in having a relatively small, subspherical posterior genitalic process without distinct duct (with distinct duct in
P.