Aschnaoonops pira, 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 : 45

Aschnaoonops pira , new species

Figures 286–296

TYPE: Male holotype taken at Río Pira and Río Apaporis , 0 ° 25'S, 70 ° 15'W, Amazonas, Colombia (Feb. 7–16, 1989; V., B. Roth), deposited in CAS ( PBI_OON 2756 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Both sexes resemble those of the Ecuadorian species A. cosanga , but males have a proximal prong on the embolus that is set at a right angle to the distal prong (figs. 292–294); females have a tree-shaped anterior expansion on the anterior genitalic process (fig. 296).

MALE (PBI_OON 2756, figs. 286, 289– 294): Total length 1.63. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Anterior portion of endites with narrow, triangular ventral process. 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, r1-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v2-2- 0. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Proximal prong of embolus sharply pointed, distal prong narrow, arched.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 839, figs. 287, 288, 295, 296): Total length 1.89. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum widely hexagonal, extending to about 1/2 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, II v2-2- 1p. Anterior genitalic process tree-shaped, accompanied by long, wide basal sclerite.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Vaupe´s: Estacio´ n Biolo´ gica Caparu, Taraira, Lago Taraira below Río Apaporis, 1 ° 04'S, 69 ° 29'W, Apr. 2, 2004 (J. Pinzon, ICN PBI_OON 839), 1♂, 2♀ , 1 ° 04'S, 69 ° 34'W, May 2001, elev. 2200 m (S. Pinton, A. Sabogal, ICN 4101, PBI_OON 838), 2♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupe´s).

Figures

Figs. 286–296. Aschnaoonops pira, new species, male (286, 289–294) and female (287, 288, 295, 296). 286. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 287. Abdomen, ventral view. 288, 295. Genitalia, ventral view. 289. Left palp, prolateral view. 290. Same, ventral view. 291. Same, retrolateral view. 292. Left embolus, prolateral view. 293. Same, ventral view. 294. Same, retrolateral view. 296. Genitalia, dorsal view.