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
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3756.2
journal article
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Pelicinus lachivala
,
new species
Figures 173–179
TYPE:
Female
holotype
taken at an elevation of
650 m
in the
Lachivala Forest
,
13 km
E of Dehra Dun
,
Garhwal
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
(
Oct. 17, 1979
;
I. Löbl
), deposited in
MHNG
(PBI_ OON 12513)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Females have the squiggled anterior receptaculum forming a rectangle; the T-shaped anterior process has an enlarged base and elongated arms (figs. 178, 179).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 12513, figs. 173–179): Total length 2.08. Carapace pale orange, elevated portion of pars cephalica finely reticulate, sides finely reticulate. Sternum pale orange, finely reticulate. Mouthparts orange. Abdomen without dark markings. Scutopedicel region with three faint ridges at sides only. Dorsal scutum pale orange, reticulate, covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, short, almost rectangular, covering about ¾ of abdomen length. Squiggled portion of anterior duct forming rectangle; T-shaped process with widened base, long branches.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern
India
(
Uttar Pradesh
).