Heteroonops spinigata, 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 : 40-41

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/664.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5454794
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/736787C1-D946-FFA9-FF7F-F9FC17E3FB92
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Heteroonops spinigata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Heteroonops spinigata View in CoL , new species

Figures 176–184 View Figs

TYPE: Female holotype taken in a dung trap at an elev. of 4200 ft at Hardwar Gap , St. Andrew Par., Jamaica (Jan. 5–10, 1973; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 1854) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the series of strong ventral spines on the palpal tarsus (fig. 181) and the heart-shaped posterior receptaculum (figs. 183, 184).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 26892, figs. 176– 181): Total length 1.56. Palp patella not prolaterally dilated. Abdominal venter without pair of subcuticular dark spots. Leg spination: femora: I, II d1-0-0; III d1-0-0; IV d0-0-1; tibiae: III p1-1-0; IV p1-0-1, v0-0-1, r1- 0-1; metatarsi: I, II v0-1-0; IV p0-0-1, v1-0-0. Palpal spination: femur v1-1-0, patella p1-0-1, tibia p2-2-2, v1-0-0, tarsus p2-2-0, v2-2-1. Anterior receptaculum short, on narrow stalk; posterior receptaculum heart shaped, outlined by wide ducts (figs. 182–184).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: GREATER ANTILLES: JAMAICA: Portland: Hardwar Gap, Fairy Glade, Mt. Horeb , June 24, 1958 (M. Sanderson, MCZ 71801, PBI_OON 26862), 1♀ . St. Andrew: Fairy Glade , May 1955 (P. Bellinger, MCZ 71765, PBI_OON 288), 3♀ ; Hermitage Reservoir , Nov. 26, 1957 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71777, PBI_OON 26892), 1♀ . St. Mary: Strawberry Fields, near Robin’s Bay and Green Castle , Mar. 28, 1972, sifting forest litter (H., L., F. Levi, MCZ PBI_OON 28134), 1♀ . St. Thomas : 6 mi NE Bath, Dec. 10, 1957 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71790, PBI_OON 287), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica.