Heteroonops aylinalegreae Duperre, 2020

Duperre, Nadine, Francisco, Charlotte, Santana-Propper, Ella, Agnarsson, Ingi & Binford, Greta J., 2020, Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae) spiders from Hispaniola: the discovery of ten new species, ZooKeys 964, pp. 1-30 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.964.51554

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EBB74055-FC21-4252-AD4C-F4628928F811

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scientific name

Heteroonops aylinalegreae Duperre
status

sp. nov.

Heteroonops aylinalegreae Duperre sp. nov. Figs 10-13 View Figures 10–13 , 36 View Figures 34–39 , 40 View Figure 40

Type material.

Male holotype from Dominican Republic, La Alta Gracia Province, Occidental, San Rafael, del Este National Park, 18.355536N, 68.6182518W, 46 m, 7-8.vi.2012, team CarBio (NMNH, USNMENT 01747002). One male and four female paratypes, same data (USNMENT 01747003).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition honoring local arachnologist and CarBio collaborator Aylin Alegre.

Diagnosis.

Males are diagnosed from all Heteroonops by the combination of the following characters: embolus well sclerotized, not spatulated apically; short conductor not reaching the tip of the embolus (Fig. 11 View Figures 10–13 ); females are diagnosed by their inverse triangular anterior receptaculum and large posterior receptaculum (Fig. 13 View Figures 10–13 ).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length: 1.65; carapace length: 0.79; carapace width: 0.67. Cephalothorax: Carapace ovoid; shiny, light yellow; pars cephalica flat. Sternum light yellow; longer than wide; covered entirely with long dark setae. Endites light yellow with one small apical backward-pointing projection (Fig. 35 View Figures 34–39 ); labium light yellow. Clypeus vertical; short (1/2 × radius of ALE). Chelicerae yellow; promargin and retromargin without teeth; fangs normal, 1/3 length of chelicerae. Eyes: Six eyes surrounded by black pigmentation; ALE largest, oval; PME squared; PLE smallest, oval; ALE separated by their radius; ALE-PLE touching; PLE-PME touching; PME touching. Abdomen: Oval; light gray, dorsally covered with long dark setae; epigastric and postepigastric scuta light yellow, not well sclerotized. Legs: Femora whitish; other legs segments light yellow; tibia I with one pair of ventral spines, metatarsus I with two pairs of ventral spines; leg formula 4123. Genitalia: Palpal segments yellow; palpal bulb whitish. Palpal patella, tibia and tarsus with spines prolaterally (Fig. 10 View Figures 10–13 ). Palpal bulb ovoid slightly constricted at tip (Fig. 10 View Figures 10–13 ); embolus well sclerotized, curved with pointed tip; conductor short and pointed not reaching tip of the embolus (Fig. 11 View Figures 10–13 ).

Female (paratype): Total length: 1.89; carapace length: 0.81; carapace width: 0.67. Cephalothorax: Carapace, sternum, labium and chelicerae: as in male. Endites without projection. Eyes: Same as male. Abdomen: Oval; light gray; epigastric and postepigastric light yellow, not well sclerotized (Fig. 12 View Figures 10–13 ). Legs: Color as in male; tibia I with three pairs of ventral spines, metatarsus I with two pairs of ventral spines; leg formula 4123; all palpal segments with strong spines. Genitalia: Epigynal region not protruding, with tulip-shaped structure visible through the epigastric scutum (Fig. 12 View Figures 10–13 ). Internal genitalia with inverted triangular anterior receptaculum; posterior receptaculum large, pouch-shaped, wrinkled with pore field; wing-like projections short (Fig. 13 View Figures 10–13 ).

Other material examined.

1♂ Dominican Republic, Hato Mayor Province, Occidental, San Rafael de Yuma, Parque Nacional los Haitises, Cueva La Arena, 19.08013N 69.4649W, 17♂, 12.vi.2012, team CarBio (UVM); 1♂3♀ Dominican Republic, La Alta Gracia Province, Occidental, San Rafael, del Este National Park, 18.355536N, 68.6182518W, 46 m, 7-8.vi.2012, team CarBio (UVM).

Distribution.

Dominican Republic, La Alta Gracia and Hato Mayor provinces (Fig. 40 View Figure 40 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Oonopidae

Genus

Heteroonops