The Goblin Spider Genus Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes on Oonops
Author
Platnick, Norman I.
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
text
American Museum Novitates
2009
2009-11-30
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/664.1
journal article
10.1206/664.1
0003-0082
10108959
Heteroonops macaque
,
new species
Figures 401–410
TYPE:
Male
holotype
taken in rainforest leaf litter at an elevation of
2300 feet
(
700 m
) on
Middleham Falls
Trail
,
Cochrane
,
W of Morne Macaque
, 15
°
20.852
9
N, 61
°
20.698
9
W,
Dominica
(
Apr. 29, 2006
;
Z. Prusak
), deposited in
FSCA
(PBI_OON 27626)
.
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
H. saba
but can be distinguished by the shorter palpal conductor (figs. 409, 410) and the distally longer endite projection (figs. 406– 408).
MALE (PBI _OON 27626, figs. 401 – 405): Total length 1.59. Endites each with one posteriorly directed projection (figs. 406– 408). Abdominal venter with pair of subcuticular dark spots just anterior of spinnerets. Leg spination: tibiae: I v0-1-0; III v0-1-0; IV v0-1- 1, r0-0-1; metatarsi: I v2-2-0; III v0-1-0; IV r0- 0-1. Embolus long, originating subapically, conductor long, very narrow, spiniform (figs. 409, 410).
FEMALE: Unknown.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION: Leeward Islands (
Dominica
).