Pelicinus marmoratus Simon, 1892

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, The Goblin Spider Genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1, American Museum Novitates 2012 (3741), pp. 1-44 : 18-23

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3741.2

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5455008

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scientific name

Pelicinus marmoratus Simon
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Pelicinus marmoratus Simon View in CoL

Figures 1–60 View FIGURES 1–15 View FIGURES 16–30 View FIGURES 31–45 View FIGURES 46–60 , 121–144 View FIGURES 121–134 View FIGURES 135–144

Pelicinus marmoratus Simon, 1891: 559 View in CoL , fig. 4 (one male and two female syntypes from Saint Vincent, no specific locality, in BMNH; examined).

Philesius marmoratus: Simon, 1893: 303 .

Myrmopopaea jacobsoni Reimoser, 1933: 397 , figs. 1–3 (male holotype and female paratype from Fort de Kock [= Bukittinggi], Sumatra, in NMW; examined). NEW SYNONYMY.

Gamasomorpha minima Berland, 1942: 5 , fig. 1a (male holotype from Canton Island , Phoenix Islands, in BPBM; examined). NEW SYNONYMY.

Hytanis pusilla Bryant, 1942: 326 , figs. 13, 14 (female holotype from Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, in MCZ; examined). NEW SYNONYMY.

Scaphiella ula Suman, 1965: 230 , figs. 15–20 (male holotype from Puu Papaa peak, Oahu , Hawaii, in BPBM; examined). NEW SYNONYMY.

Triaeris reticulatus Chickering, 1968: 354 , figs. 6–13 (male holotype from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, in MCZ; examined). First synonymized with Hytanis pusilla by Chickering, 1973.

Triaeris pusillus: Chickering, 1973: 228 View Cited Treatment .

Silhouettella mahei Benoit, 1979: 205 , fig. 6A (male holotype from Morne Blanc, Mahé, Seychelles, in MRAC; examined). NEW SYNONYMY.

Gamasomorpha gracilipes Wunderlich, 1987: 65 , figs. 37–39 (male holotype from Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Canary Islands, in Naturmuseum Senckenberg; examined by Michael Saaristo). First synonymized with Silhouettella mahei by Saaristo, 2001.

Pelicinus mahei: Saaristo, 2001: 321 View in CoL , figs. 40–46.

DIAGNOSIS: Both sexes can easily be separated from members of all the other species detailed below by the much weaker scuta on the abdomen (figs. 121–123, 135, 136).

MALE (PBI_OON 38284, figs. 1–30, 121–134): Total length 1.40. Carapace yellow, elevated portion of pars cephalica finely reticulate, sides finely reticulate. Sternum yellow, finely reticulate. Mouthparts yellow, endites unmodified. Abdomen with dark patches visible through dorsal scutum. Scutopedicel region with numerous elevations not fused into ridges. Dorsal scutum pale orange, punctate, covering most of abdomen length, width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, covering about ¾ of abdominal length. Embolus light, with narrow basal process extending as far distally as sail-shaped flange.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 38284, figs. 31–60, 135–144): Total length 1.61. Postepigastric scutum short, almost rectangular, covering about half of abdominal length. Posterior receptaculum wide, bordered anteriorly by wide poreplate, dorsal and ventral edges of poreplate distinct, ventral edge sinuous.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: WEST INDIES: Bahama Islands: Turks and Caicos Islands : Providenciales : 4 km NW Wheeland on N coast, 21°50′N, 72°18′W, Jan. 27, 1998, under leaf litter on sand under shrubs on beach front dunes (W. Steiner, J. Swearingen, USNM PBI _ OON 803), 1♂, 2♀ GoogleMaps . Virgin Islands: Saint Croix: no specific locality, Sept. 3, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI _ OON 806), 1♂ (holotype); Christiansted (Beatty, MCZ PBI _ OON 805), 1♀ (holotype). Leeward Islands: Nevis: no specific locality, Sept. 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ 66843, PBI _ OON 807), 1♀ (paratype). Windward Islands : Saint Vincent: no specific locality (H. Smith, BMNH PBI _ OON 802), 1♂, 2♀ (syntypes), ( MNHN 5680 View Materials , PBI _ OON 4736), 1♂, 1♀ . SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil: Pará: Ananindeua , 1°23′S, 48°24′W, Feb. 4, 2009 (B. Silva, MPEG 18821 View Materials , PBI_OON 810), 1♂, 1♀ GoogleMaps , Feb. 8, 2009 (B. Silva, MPEG 18820 View Materials , PBI _ OON 811), 1♀ GoogleMaps . OLD WORLD: Canary Islands: La Gomera: Valle Gran Rey , July or Dec. 1988, in sedge litter about 100 m from shore (J. Wunderlich, Naturmuseum Senckenberg 36927, 37927, PBI _ OON 809), 1♂, 1♀ (holotype, paratype, examined by M. Saaristo). Kenya: Coast: Kilifi, Sept. 7, 1977, garden elev. 10 m (M. Graham, AMNH PBI _ OON 36748), 1♀ , Aug. 1980, litter, elev. 30 m (B. Fulton, AMNH PBI _ OON 36648, 36851), 5♂, 1♀ . Seychelle Islands: Grande Soeur : no specific locality, Sept. 10, 1975 (M. Mühlenberg, MRAC 177123 View Materials , 177126 View Materials , 177159 View Materials , 177178 View Materials , PBI _ OON 33081, 33082, 33096, 33124), 1♂, 3♀ , Sept. 17, 1975 (M. Mühlenberg, MRAC 177125 View Materials , PBI _ OON 33053), 1♂ ; Mahé: Morne Blanc, S slope, June 26, 1972, elev. 470 m (P. Benoit, J. Van Mol, MRAC 146340 View Materials , PBI _ OON 33068), 1♂ (holotype); Petite Soeur : no specific locality, Sept. 10, 1975 (M. Mühlenberg, MRAC 177097 View Materials , 177146 View Materials , PBI _ OON 33054, 33067), 2♀ , Sept. 24, 1975 (M. Mühlenberg, MRAC 177101 View Materials , PBI _ OON 33110), 1♀ . Indonesia: Sumatra: West Sumatra: Fort de Kock [= Bukittinggi] (E. Jacobson, NMW 210 View Materials , PBI _ OON 43545, 43546), 4♂, 1♀ (including types) . Hawaii: Oahu: W slope, Puu Papaa Peak , Kaneohe , Nov. 22, 1964, leaf mold (T. Suman, BPBM 3738 View Materials , PBI _ OON 804), 1♂, 1♀ (holotype, allotype). Marshall Islands: Eniwetok Atoll: Parry Islet, June 13, 1969, Scaevola / Messerschmidia litter (J. Berry, AMNH PBI _ OON 38284), 2♂, 3♀ . South Gugeegue Island : Kwajalein, July 24, 1969, Pandanus / Scaevola litter (J. Berry, AMNH PBI _ OON 38283), 1♂, 4♀ . Phoenix Islands: Canton Island, Mar. 17, 1924 (E. Bryan, BPBM PBI _ OON 25536), 1♂ (holotype). Tonga Islands: Tonga : Nuku’alofa , Apr. 7, 2011, collected at Auckland, New Zealand, seaport from soil under shipping container that came from Nuku’alofa (M. McNeill, MUNZ PBI _ OON 43538), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Pantropical.

SYNONYMY: Most of the synonyms seem to be due to generic-level misplacements; of prior workers, only Saaristo (2001) correctly associated his specimens with Pelicinus , and he anticipated some of the new synonymies as well.

USNM

USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]

MCZ

USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

MNHN

France, Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MPEG

Brazil, Para, Belem, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi

AMNH

USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History

MRAC

Belgium, Tervuren, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale

NMW

Austria, Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

BPBM

USA, Hawaii, Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum

MUNZ

New Zealand, Palmerston North, Massey University

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

MUNZ

Massey University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Oonopidae

Genus

Pelicinus

Loc

Pelicinus marmoratus Simon

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter 2012
2012
Loc

Pelicinus mahei:

Saaristo, M. I. 2001: 321
2001
Loc

Gamasomorpha gracilipes

Wunderlich, J. 1987: 65
1987
Loc

Silhouettella mahei

Benoit, P. L. G. 1979: 205
1979
Loc

Triaeris pusillus:

Chickering, A. M. 1973: 228
1973
Loc

Triaeris reticulatus

Chickering, A. M. 1968: 354
1968
Loc

Scaphiella ula

Suman, T. W. 1965: 230
1965
Loc

Gamasomorpha minima

Berland, L. 1942: 5
1942
Loc

Hytanis pusilla

Bryant, E. B. 1942: 326
1942
Loc

Myrmopopaea jacobsoni

Reimoser, E. 1933: 397
1933
Loc

Philesius marmoratus:

Simon, E. 1893: 303
1893
Loc

Pelicinus marmoratus

Simon, E. 1891: 559
1891
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