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 selva
,
new species
(
Figures 122–132
)
TYPES:
Male
holotype
, female
allotype
, and male
paratype
taken at an elevation of
50–150 m
in the
Estación Biológica La Selva
,
10°26′N
,
84°01′W
,
Heredia
,
Costa Rica
(
June 18, 1999
), deposited in
INBIO
(PBI_OON 29785)
.
DIAGNOSIS: Males have a distinctive embolus, with a bifid-appearing proximal prong and a trifid distal prong (figs. 122–127); females have fully fused ventral scuta and a rectangular, medially situated, posterior extension of the posterior genitalic elements (figs. 129–132).
MALE (PBI_OON 29785, figs. 122–127): Total length 1.81. Both processes of endite relatively long, narrow. Femur I r0-1-1; tibia II v4-4-0. Embolus distal prong long, narrow, trifid; proximal prong appearing bifid due to fused basal spur (
N =
21).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 29785, figs. 128–132): Total length 1.97. Spination typical. Genital atrium short, rectangular, with rebordered lateral margins (
N =
15).
DISTRIBUTION:
Heredia
.