Heteroonops saba, 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 : 64-71

Heteroonops saba , new species

Figures 382–400

TYPES: Male holotype, female allotype, and five female paratypes beaten from rotten foliage on Mt. Scenery , Saba Island, Leeward Islands (Jan. 12–14, 1968; B. Malkin), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 1752) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the recurved, tongue-shaped projection on the endites (figs. 387–389) and by the relatively long embolus and long, very narrow, spiniform conductor (figs. 390, 391), females by the posteriorly very narrow anterior receptaculum (figs. 398–400).

MALE (PBI _ OON 38266, figs. 382– 386): Total length 1.34. Endites each with one posteriorly directed projection (figs. 387– 389). Abdominal venter with pair of subcuticular slightly darkened spots just anterior of spinnerets. Leg spination: femora: I d1-0-0; III d0-0-1; tibiae: III d0-1-0, p1-0-0, v0-1-1, r1-0- 1; IV p1-0-0, v0-0-1; metatarsi: III v2-2-0; IV p1-0-1, v0-1-0, r1-0-1. Embolus long, narrow, evenly curved, conductor long, very narrow, spiniform (figs. 390, 391).

FEMALE: (PBI_OON 38266, figs. 392– 397): Total length 1.72. Palpal patella elongated but not prolaterally dilated. Leg spination: femora: II d1-0-0; IV d1-0-0; tibiae: I v4- 2-0; II v3-2-0; III d0-1-0, v0-0-1; IV d0-0-1, p0- 0-1, v0-1-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-0; II v1-0-1; III v2-0-0, r1-0-1; IV p1-0-0, v0-1-0, r1-0-0. Palpal spination: femur v0-1-1, patella p1-1-0, tibia p1-1-1, v1-1-0, tarsus v1-1-0. Anterior receptaculum greatly widened anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly; posterior receptaculum rectangular (figs. 398–400).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: LEEWARDIS- LANDS: Montserrat: Hope Gaut , 16 ° 45.219 9 N, 62 ° 12.623 9 W, May 24, 2003, leaf litter, large kapok tree, elev. 1098 ft (K. Marske, AMNH PBI_OON 37073), 1♀ . Saba: Mt. Scenery and Bud’s Hill trail junction, 17.6327 ° N, 63.2398 ° W, Mar. 14, 2008, beating, sifting, shrubs, elev. 671 m (J. Slowik, UAM 15648, PBI_OON 36829), 1♀ ; trail to Spring Bay , ca. 2 km in, 17.633 ° N, 63.224 ° W, Mar. 10, 2008, beating, sweeping, sifting, shrubs, elev. 191 m (J. Slowik, UAM 15650, PBI_OON 38266), 13, 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Leeward Islands ( Saba, Montserrat).

Figures

Figs. 382–391. Heteroonops saba, new species, male. 382. Habitus, dorsal view. 383. Same, ventral view. 384. Same, lateral view. 385. Carapace, dorsal view. 386. Same, anterior view. 387. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 388. Endite, prolateral view. 389. Same, ventral view. 390. Palp, prolateral view. 391. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 392–400. Heteroonops saba, new species, female. 392. Habitus, dorsal view. 393. Same, ventral view. 394. Same, lateral view. 395. Carapace, dorsal view. 396. Same, anterior view. 397. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 398. Epigastric region, ventral view. 399. Genitalia, ventral view. 400. Same, dorsal view.