Aschnaoonops simoni, Platnick & Dupérré & Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 77-80

Aschnaoonops simoni , new species

Figures 485, 486, 493–495

Dysderina principalis (misidentification): Simon, 1891: 557, 1893b: 441 (in part, one female from Venezuela only).

TYPE: Female holotype from Venezuela, without specific locality but presumably from one of the three localities in northern Venezuela specified by Simon (1893b: 441): Caracas (Distrito Capital), Corosal (Falco´ n), or San Esteban (Falco´ n), deposited in MNHN (10979, PBI_OON 917 ).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the likely collector of the holotype.

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of A. silvae but differ in the shape of the proximal sclerite at the base of the anterior genitalic process (fig. 495).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 917, figs. 485, 486, 493–495): Total length 2.16. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 1/2 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0-2, r1-1-1; tibiae I, II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-0; II v2-0-2. Anterior genitalic process with club-shaped anterior expansion, basal sclerite large, elaborate.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela (presumably coastal portions of Falco´ n and/or the Distrito Capital).

Figures

Figs. 484–495. Aschnaoonops masneri, new species, male (484, 487–492) and A. simoni, new species, female (485, 486, 493–495). 484, 485. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 486. Abdomen, ventral view. 487. Left palp, prolateral view. 488. Same, ventral view. 489. Same, retrolateral view. 490. Left embolus, prolateral view. 491. Same, ventral view. 492. Same, retrolateral view. 493, 494. Genitalia, ventral view. 495. Genitalia, dorsal view.