ffle Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae)
Author
Platnick, Norman I.
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History.
Author
Berniker, Lily
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History.
text
American Museum Novitates
2014
2014-08-27
2014
3811
1
75
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3811.1
journal article
5857
10.1206/3811.1
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Reductoonops elqui
,
new species
(
figs. 578–582
)
TYPE:
Female
holotype
taken at an elevation of
5 m
on a beach
6 km
south of
Cruz Grande
,
29°29′S
,
71°19′W
,
Elqui
,
Region IV
(
Coquimbo
),
Chile
(
Nov. 11, 1993
;
N. Platnick
et al.), deposited in
AMNH
(PBI_OON 51329)
.
DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by the elongated anterior portion of the sternum (
fig. 578
) and the relatively short, wide anterior genitalic process, which has a short distal cap (
figs. 581, 582
).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 51329,
figs. 578–582
): Total length 1.22. Surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Eyes two; ALE touching. Sternum with anterior channels, surface smooth, microsculpture absent; setae densest laterally. Labium anterior margin indented at middle. Anterior genitalic process relatively short, wide, with short distal cap.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION:
Chile
(Elqui).