The Goblin Spider Genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna
Author
Platnick, Norman I.
Author
Berniker, Lily
Author
Víquez, Carlos
text
American Museum Novitates
2014
2014-01-06
2014
3794
1
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3794.1
journal article
10.1206/3794.1
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Costarina paraplena
,
new species
(
Figures 12–22
)
TYPE:
Male
holotype
from
Upala, Aeropuerto
1.1,
10°53′21″N
,
85°01′04″W
,
Alajuela
,
Costa Rica
(
Mar. 19, 2010
;
C. Víquez
), deposited in
INBIO
(PBI_OON 49943)
.
ETYMOLOGY: T he specific name refers to the similarities between this species and
C. plena
.
DIAGNOSIS: Specimens of this species resemble those of
C. plena
(cf. figs. 1–11) but can easily be distinguished by the much more pronounced, longitudinally arranged extensions of the lateral arms of the posterior sternal ridge (fig. 18). Males have lost the spinneret scutum and have a longer, more arched proximal embolar prong (figs. 12–17); females can easily be distinguished from those of
C. plena
by their much shorter genital atrium (figs. 21, 22); and from those of
C. superplena
(cf. figs. 23–33) by the longer apodemes (figs. 21, 22).
MALE (PBI_OON 49941, figs. 12–17): Total length 1.76. Endite ventral process narrow, with sinuous tip; dorsal process short. Femur I r0-1-1; metatarsus II v2-2-
1p.
Embolus distal prong with ventrally directed tip; proximal prong long, arched (
N =
14).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 49944, figs. 18–22):
Total
length 2.31.
Metatarsus II
v2-1r-
1p.
Genital atrium short, much wider than long (
N =
22)
.
DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in
Costa Rica
(
Guanacaste
,
Alajuela
,
Heredia
,
Limón
, and northern
Puntarenas
)
.