The Goblin Spider Genus Brignolia (Araneae, Oonopidae)
Author
Platnick, Norman I.
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2011
2011-04-29
2011
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/771.1
journal article
10.1206/771.1
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Brignolia kapit
,
new species
Figures 761–794
TYPES:
Male
holotype
and female
allotype
taken at an elevation of
900–950 m
at
Poring Hot Springs
,
Langanan Falls
,
Sabah
(
May 12, 1987
;
D. Burckhardt
,
I. Löbl
), deposited in
MHNG
(PBI_OON 12215)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters.
DIAGNOSIS: Both sexes can easily be recognized by the posterolateral extensions on the posterior carapace margin (figs. 767, 779, 782, 783, 791); males have a bluntly tipped embolus (figs. 769–776) and females have a posterior notch in the posterior margin of the epigastric furrow (fig. 793) and a short, bifid posterior tube (fig. 794).
MALE (PBI_OON 12215, figs. 761–781): Total length 1.76. Carapace orange-brown, without any pattern; pars cephalica strongly elevated in lateral view; posterolateral edge with pair of pits, posterior declivity with distinct shoulders, tubercles not enlarged, but posterolateral edge of carapace with sharp tubercles, posterior margin squared, with paired dark triangular sclerotizations. Sternum covered with large round pits, with distinct posterior ridge. Scuto-pedicel region with deeply W-shaped scutal ridge bearing few tiny, sharply pointed tubercles opposite pedicel triangles set on anterolaterally enlarged pedicel margin. Palpal bulb dorsally scooped, with beaklike tip.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 12215, figs. 782– 794): Total length 1.76. Postepigastric region with weak, procurved ridge situated near epigastric furrow: posterior tube short, posteriorly widened.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: BOR- NEO:
Brunei
:
Temburong Dist.
:
Ashton Trail
near
Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre
,
21 km
SSW Bangar
, 4u
32.5139N
, 115u
09.3000E
,
Oct. 1, 2009
, sifting leaf litter, primary mixed dipterocarp forest, elev.
100– 150 m
(
C. Griswold
,
N. Chousou Polydouri
,
CAS
36046, PBI_OON 36306), 1
-
, 1
U
, same,
Oct. 3, 2009
,
Winkler trap
(
CAS
35153,
35154
,
35157
, PBI_OON 36334, 36339, 36340), 3
-
, 2
U
, same,
Oct. 4–9, 2009
, sifting leaf litter (
CAS
29855, PBI_OON 36336), 1
-
.
Sabah:
Danum Valley
,
May 6–16, 1991
(
C., P. Deeleman
,
NML
PBI_OON 31577), 1
-
, 2
U
;
Kimabalu National Park
,
May 1–5, 1991
, leaf litter, elev.
1500 m
(C., P.
Deeleman
,
NML
PBI_OON 31572), 1
-
, 2
U
;
Mt. Kinabalu
,
Apr. 24, 1987
, elev.
1550–1650 m
(D.
Burckhardt
,
I. Löbl
,
MHNG
PBI_OON 12272, 12300), 2
-
, 2
U
,
Apr. 28–29, 1987
, elev.
1550 m
(D.
Burckhardt
,
I. Löbl
,
MHNG
PBI_OON 12301, 12310), 1
-
, 1
U
;
E Mt. Kinabalu
, road
between Ranau and Kota Kinabalu
,
May 24, 1987
, elev.
1150 m
(D.
Burckhardt
, I.
Löbl
,
MHNG
PBI_OON 12356), 1
-
, 1
U
;
Poring Hot Springs
,
May 6, 1987
, elev.
500 m
(
D. Burckhardt
, I.
Löbl
,
MHNG
PBI_OON 12331), 1
U
;
Poring Hot Springs
,
Langanan Falls
,
May 12, 1987
, elev.
900–950 m
(
D. Burckhardt
, I.
Löbl
,
MHNG
PBI_OON 12215, 12373), 1
-
, 4
U
;
Poring Hot Springs
,
Langanan River
,
May 14, 1987
, elev.
850 m
(
D. Burckhardt
,
I. Löbl
,
MHNG
PBI_OON 12201), 1
-
.
Sarawak
:
Tr. Nawin
at confluence of
Suan Oyan River
and
Mujong River
,
E Kapit
,
May 19, 1994
, sifting vegetational debris in secondary mixed dipterocarp forest
Figs. 761–768.
Brignolia kapit
,
new species
, male.
761.
Carapace, dorsal view.
762.
Same, anterior view.
763.
Same, posterior view.
764.
Cephalothorax, ventral view.
765.
Abdomen, anterior view.
766.
Same, ventral view.
767.
Carapace, lateral view.
768.
Abdomen, lateral view.
along ridge, elev.
150 m
(I. Löbl, D. Burckhardt, MHNG PBI_OON 15892), 1
-
.
DISTRIBUTION: Borneo (
Brunei
,
Sabah
, and
Sarawak
).