Aschnaoonops propinquus (Keyserling) 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 : 50-52

Aschnaoonops propinquus (Keyserling) , new combination

Figures 335–345

Oonops propinquus Keyserling, 1881: 298 , pl. 11, fig. 18 (male holotype from Colombia, as ‘‘Neu-Granada,’’ in BMNH; examined).

Dysderina propinqua: Simon, 1893a: 304 .

NOTE: Unfortunately, the holotype is missing both palps, and Keyserling’s illustration is not very informative. We suspect that, like the holotypes of the other two species Keyserling described from Colombia, A. similis and Paradysderina globosa (Keyserling) , it was collected in some montane area near Bogota´. The sternal sculpturing of the holotype (fig. 335) is a good match to those of the specimens here assigned to the species.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the leaf-shaped embolus, which is deeply excavated on both its ventral/retrolateral and dorsal/prolateral surfaces (figs. 341–343), females by the pair of transverse sclerites situated anterior and posterior of the wide sclerite at the base of the anterior genitalic process (fig. 345).

MALE (PBI_OON 854, figs. 335, 338– 343): Total length 2.52. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with distal prong long, lateral surface of endite concave. 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: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0- 1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2- 2-2; II v2-1r-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus elaborate, with proximal prong fitting inside basal excavation of distal prong, distal prong laterally flattened, with relatively broad tip.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 857, figs. 336, 337, 344, 345): Total length 3.21. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, extending to about 2/3 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0- 0-2, r1-1-0; tibiae I, II v4-4-2; metatarsi: I v2- 2-2; II v3-0-2. Anterior genitalic process with ventrally concave distal expansion, accompanied basally by two wide sclerites.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: no specific locality ( BMNH PBI _ OON 850 ), 1♂ (holotype). Boyaca´: Lagunillas, Santuario de Flora y Fauna de Iguaque , 5 ° 25'N, 73 ° 27'W, Feb. 9–24, 2001, Winkler trap, elev. 3380 m (G. Oliva, IAVH 108100 , PBI _ OON 856 ), 1♂ ; Quebrada Carrizal, Santuario de Flora y Fauna de Iguaque , 5 ° 25'N, 73 ° 27'W, Nov. 18–20, 2000, Winkler trap, elev. 3350 m (P. Reina, IAVH 108094 , PBI _ OON 854 ), 1♂ ; Quebrada Los Francos, Santuario de Flora y Fauna de Iguaque , 5 ° 25'N, 73 ° 27'W, Feb. 7–9, 2001, pitfall trap, elev. 2860 m (G. Oliva, IAVH 108095 , PBI _ OON 857 ), 1♀ ; Sutamarcha´ n, Serranía Mercha´ n, 5 ° 45'01"N, 73 ° 40'02"W, Apr. 7–9, 2003, Winkler traps, secondary forest, elev. 3220 m (E. Gonza´lez, C. Reina, IAVH 108117 , 108124 , PBI _ OON 852 , 853 ), 1♂, 2♀. Cundinamarca: Pa´ramo de Monserrate , Bogota´ , Apr.–Nov. 1968, pitfall (H. Sturm, AMNH PBI _ OON 851 ), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Central Colombia (Boyaca´, Cundinamarca), at elevations from 2860–3380 m.

Figures

Figs. 335–345. Aschnaoonops propinquus (Keyserling), male (335, 338–343) and female (336, 337, 344, 345). 335. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 336. Abdomen, ventral view. 337, 344. Genitalia, ventral view. 338. Left palp, prolateral view. 339. Same, ventral view. 340. Same, retrolateral view. 341. Left embolus, prolateral view. 342. Same, ventral view. 343. Same, retrolateral view. 345. Genitalia, dorsal view.