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 349 1 131 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/771.1 journal article 10.1206/771.1 0003-0090 5404717 Brignolia kumily , new species Figures 367–400 TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken by sifting at an elevation of 950 m in the Cardamom Hills , between Pambanar and Peermade , Kerala , India ( Nov. 5, 1972 ; C. Besuchet , I. Löbl ), deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 12469) . ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from one of the localities at which the species has been found. DIAGNOSIS: Although sometimes found sympatrically with B. cardamom , males have a much longer palpal bulb (figs. 375–384) and females lack the posterior epigastric triangle found in that species (figs. 396, 399, 400). MALE (PBI_OON 12469, figs. 367–390): Total length 1.87. Carapace orange-brown, with dark brown egg-shaped patches behind eyes; pars cephalica strongly elevated in lateral view; posterolateral edge without pits, posterior declivity steep, with distinct shoulders, posterior margin squared. Sternum covered with small round pits. Scuto-pedicel region with widely W-shaped scutal ridge, so weak at middle as to resemble two V-shaped ridges but with row of tubercles opposite pedicel triangles, singlemost anterior tubercle enlarged. Palpal bulb dorsally excavated, with narrowed tip. FEMALE (PBI_OON 12469, figs. 391– 400): Total length 2.04. Epigastric area without external projections; posterior tube short, directly dorsally. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: India : Kerala : Cardamom Hills , Muttapatti near Munnar , Nov. 24, 1972 , sifting in forest, base of tree roots, elev. 1700 m ( C. Besuchet , I. Löbl , MHNG PBI_OON 12305), 1 - ; Cardamom Hills , between Pambanar and Peermade , Nov. 5, 1972 , sifting, elev. 950 m ( C. Besuchet , I. Löbl , MHNG PBI_OON 12469), 3 - , 1 U . Tamil Nadu : Cardamom Hills, 2 km NE Kumily , Nov. 4, 1972 , sifting in forest, elev. 900 m ( C. Besuchet , I. Löbl , MHNG PBI_OON 12843), 3 - . DISTRIBUTION: Kerala and Tamil Nadu , India .