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
76
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3794.1
journal article
10.1206/3794.1
0003-0082
5365505
Costarina chonta
,
new species
(
Figures 337–347
)
TYPE: Male
holotype
sifted from moss and litter in a bog at an elevation of
2500 m
at
La Chonta
, km 54 on the Inter-American Highway,
9°43′N
,
83°56′W
,
Cartago
,
Costa Rica
(
Mar. 26–27, 1999
;
J. Miller
), deposited in USNM (PBI_OON 27839)
.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
C. poas
(cf. figs. 111–121), but the heavily sclerotized portion of the distal embolar prong is shorter and more rounded (figs. 337–342); the female here associated resembles that of
C. plena
(cf. figs. 1–11) but has a small, triangular genital atrium (figs. 346, 347).
MALE (PBI_OON 27839, figs. 337–342): Total length 2.44. Endite ventral process ventrally arched; dorsal process with sharply pointed tip. Femur I r1-1-0. Embolus proximal prong almost obsolete; distal prong with wide translucent flange which is much larger than more heavily sclerotized, retrolateral portion of prong (
N =
2).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 29829, figs. 343–347): Total length 2.17. Spination typical. Genital atrium relatively small, almost completely filled with protuberant sclerotization (
N =
1).
DISTRIBUTION:
Cartago
.