The Goblin Spider Genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1
Author
Platnick, Norman I.
Nadine Dupérré, & Ricardo Ott, & Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History.
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
Nadine Dupérré, & Ricardo Ott, & Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History. & Barbara C. Baehr, & Museu de Ciências Naturais, Porto Alegre, Brazil. & Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia. & Natural History Museum Bern, Switzerland.
Author
Ubick, Darrell
Author
Fannes, Wouter
text
American Museum Novitates
2012
2012-04-23
2012
3741
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3756.2
journal article
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Pelicinus tham
,
new species
Figures 208–214
TYPE:
Female
holotype
taken in
secondary forest near stream
at an elevation of
980 m
at
Tham Champee
,
15°12′04″N
,
106°08′07″E
,
NW of Pakxong
,
Bolaven Plateau
,
Champasak
,
Laos
(
Oct. 2, 2010
;
P. Schwendinger
), deposited in
MHNG
(PBI_OON 32272)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Females have about six transverse ridges on the scutopedicel area, with the ventralmost four ridges interrupted medially (fig. 210); the apodemes are distinctively narrow and angular, the basal portion of the T-shaped anterior process has a posteriorly enlarged dorsal bulb and the arms are long (figs. 213, 214).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 37772, figs. 208–214): Total length 1.86. Carapace pale orange, elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides finely reticulate. Sternum pale orange, finely reticulate. Mouthparts pale orange. Abdomen without dark markings. Scutopedicel region with six transverse ridges, most ventral four ridges interrupted at middle. Dorsal scutum pale orange, reticulate, covering most of abdomen length, with. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, short, almost rectangular, covering about 2/3 of abdomen length. Genitalic apodemes narrow, angular; basal portion of T-shaped sclerite with posteriorly expanded dorsal bulb, arms long.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION: Southern
Laos
(
Champasak
).