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 watina
(Chickering)
(
Figures 232–242
)
Dysderina watina
Chickering, 1968: 33
, figs. 80–84 (male
holotype
from
Turrialba
,
Cartago
,
Costa Rica
, in MCZ; examined).
Costarina watina:
Platnick and Dupérré, 2011: 50
.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of
C. maritza
(cf. figs. 34–44) but have a shorter distal embolar prong and a bifid proximal embolar prong (figs. 232–237); females have a small, almost pentagonal rounded genital atrium (figs. 241, 242), and usually have fully fused ventral scuta (figs. 239, 240).
MALE (PBI_OON 51236, figs. 232–237): Total length 2.02. Endite dorsal process elongated, abruptly bent at level of tip of ventral process, tip directed anteriorly. Femur II p0-0-2, r0-1-0; tibia I v4-4-2; metatarsus I v2-2-2. Embolus distal prong relatively narrow, abruptly bent; proximal prong V-shaped in ventral view (
N =
3).
FEMALE (PBI_OON 51236, figs. 238–242): Total length 2.53. Femur II r0-1-1. Genital atrium oval triangle, anterior genitalic process very narrow as seen through cuticle, apodemes short, directed almost laterally (
N =
5).
DISTRIBUTION:
San José
and
Cartago
.