Aschnaoonops bocono, 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

Aschnaoonops bocono , new species

Figures 518–528

TYPES: Male holotype and male paratype from sifted leaf litter taken at an elevation of 1500 m at a site 15.3 km SSE of Bocono´ San Antonio , 9 ° 08'N, 70 ° 13'W, Trujillo, Venezuela (Apr. 17, 1992; J. Lattke), deposited in CAS (26677, PBI_OON 2645 ).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the internal extension of the embolar duct (fig. 522) and the numerous narrow projections on the prolateral side of the embolus (fig. 524). Females have an extremely long, narrow anterior genitalic process (fig. 528).

MALE (PBI_OON 910, figs. 518, 521– 526): Total length 1.88. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with anterior process sharply pointed, directed anteromedially. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen. Leg spination: femur I p0-0-2, r0-0-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4- 1p; metatarsi: I v2-1p-2; II v3-0-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus prolaterally with numerous narrow protrusions.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 910, figs. 519, 520, 527, 528): Total length 2.01. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 1/3 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0-2, r1-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3-0- 2. Anterior genitalic process very long, very narrow, sclerite at base short.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Lara: Parque Nacional Yacambu´, 14.2 km SE Sanare, 9 ° 41'45"N, 69 ° 36'48"W, May 18, 1998, cloud forest litter, elev. 1650 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 910), 5♂, 2♀, 14.4 km SE Sanare, 9 ° 42'22"N, 69 ° 34'42"W, May 17–18, 1998, cloud forest litter, elev. 1500 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 908, 909), 3♂, 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela (Trujillo, Lara).

Figures

Figs. 518–528. Aschnaoonops bocono, new species, male (518, 521–526) and female (519, 520, 527, 528). 518. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 519. Abdomen, ventral view. 520, 527. Genitalia, ventral view. 521. Left palp, prolateral view. 522. Same, ventral view. 523. Same, retrolateral view. 524. Left embolus, prolateral view. 525. Same, ventral view. 526. Same, retrolateral view. 528. Genitalia, dorsal view.