Heteroonops macaque, Platnick & Dupérré, 2009

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2009, The Goblin Spider Genus Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes on Oonops, American Museum Novitates 3649, pp. 1-72 : 71

Heteroonops macaque , new species

Figures 401–410

TYPE: Male holotype taken in rainforest leaf litter at an elevation of 2300 feet (700 m) on Middleham Falls Trail , Cochrane, W of Morne Macaque, 15 ° 20.852 9 N, 61 ° 20.698 9 W, Dominica (Apr. 29, 2006; Z. Prusak), deposited in FSCA (PBI_OON 27626) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of H. saba but can be distinguished by the shorter palpal conductor (figs. 409, 410) and the distally longer endite projection (figs. 406– 408).

MALE (PBI _OON 27626, figs. 401 – 405): Total length 1.59. Endites each with one posteriorly directed projection (figs. 406– 408). Abdominal venter with pair of subcuticular dark spots just anterior of spinnerets. Leg spination: tibiae: I v0-1-0; III v0-1-0; IV v0-1- 1, r0-0-1; metatarsi: I v2-2-0; III v0-1-0; IV r0- 0-1. Embolus long, originating subapically, conductor long, very narrow, spiniform (figs. 409, 410).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Leeward Islands ( Dominica).

Figures

Figs. 401–410. Heteroonops macaque, new species, male. 401. Habitus, dorsal view. 402. Same, ventral view. 403. Same, lateral view. 404. Carapace, dorsal view. 405. Same, anterior view. 406. Anterior portion of cephalothorax, ventral view. 407. Endite, retrolateral view. 408. Same, ventral view. 409. Palp, prolateral view. 410. Same, retrolateral view.