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 cima
,
new species
(
Figures 45–55
)
TYPE:
Male
holotype
from the summit (cima) of
Volcán Cacao
,
Guanacaste
,
Costa Rica
(
July 27, 2010
;
C. Víquez
), deposited in
INBIO
(PBI_OON 21114)
.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
C. poas
(cf. figs. 111–121) in having a broad, flat embolus, which has the proximal and distal prongs fused for much of their length, but have a more rectangular proximal prong (figs. 45–50); females have very thick, heavily sclerotized anterior margin of the genital atrium (figs. 54, 55).
MALE (PBI_OON 21114, figs. 45–50): Total length 2.02. Endite ventral process basally widened; distal process narrow. Femora: I r0-1-1; II p0-0-2; metatarsus II v2-1p-1r. Embolus distal and proximal prongs fused for most of their length, producing wide structure with translucent prolateral portion (
N =
36).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 88, figs. 51–55): Total length 2.24. Femur II r0-0-0. Genital atrium very short, with broad, heavily sclerotized anterior margin (
N =
18).
DISTRIBUTION: Abundant in northern
Costa Rica
(
Guanacaste
,
Alajuela
, and northern
Puntarenas
)
.