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 espavel
,
new species
(
Figures 348–358
)
TYPES:
Male
holotype
and male
paratype
from dry litter taken at an elevation of
200 m
on the
Espavel
trail in the
Reserva Biológica
Hitoy Cerere
,
Limón
,
Costa Rica
(
Mar. 28, 2002
; P. T homas), deposited in
INBIO
(PBI_OON 29747)
.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
C. obtina
(cf. figs. 439–449) in having a translucent flange on the distal embolar prong, but have a longer proximal embolar prong (figs. 348–353); females have fully fused ventral scuta, a relatively large, semicircular genital atrium, and a basally widened anterior genitalic process (figs. 355–358).
MALE (PBI_OON 29747, figs. 348–353): Total length 1.72. Both processes on endite relatively long, narrow. Femur I r0-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-0; metatarsus I v2-2-2. Embolus proximal prong long, narrow, straight; distal prong with translucent flange along proximal edge (
N =
8).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 51266, figs. 354–358): Total length 2.66. Spination typical. Genital atrium relatively large, oval, posterior margin anteriorly produced at midline (
N =
8).
DISTRIBUTION: Northern
Puntarenas, Cartago
, and
Limón
.