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 mooreorum
,
new species
(
Figures 395–405
)
TYPES:
Male
holotype
and female
allotype
from humus taken in a cacao/cordia/banana parcel on the farm of
Alberto Moore
at
Hone Creek
,
Limón
,
Costa Rica
(
Oct. 21–23, 2005
;
C. Víquez
), deposited in
INBIO
(1918, PBI_OON 27689)
.
ETYMOLOGY: T he specific name is a patronym in honor of the Moore family, in recognition of their long-term support of a cacao spider project.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
C. nara
(cf. figs. 177–187) and
C. pity
(cf. figs. 373– 383) but have a narrower tip on the distal embolar prong (figs. 395–400); females have fully fused ventral scuta and a long genital atrium with a sinuous posterior margin and sinuous posterior genitalic elements (figs. 404, 405).
MALE (PBI_OON 27689, figs. 395–400): Total length 1.95. Endite ventral process relatively short, wide; dorsal process with hooked, medially directed tip. Femur II p0-0-1, r0-1-0; metatarsus I v2-2-2. Embolus proximal prong narrow, tip directed dorsally; distal prong sinuous, with relatively narrow tip (
N =
9).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 27689, figs. 401–405): Total length 2.02. Spination typical. Genital atrium relatively long, posterior margin sinuous (
N =
4).
DISTRIBUTION:
Limón
.