Simonoonops globina (Chickering) Platnick & Dupérré, 2011

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Goblin Spider Genus Simonoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2011 (3724), pp. 1-32 : 27-29

Simonoonops globina (Chickering) , new combination

Figures 195–203

Dysderina globina Chickering, 1968: 14 , figs. 28–31 (male holotype from Laudat , Saint George, Dominica, in AMNH; examined).

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this species resemble those of S. spiniger but can be recognized by their large, basally bifid conductor (figs. 200–203).

MALE (PBI_OON 26335, figs. 195–203): Total length 1.80. Carapace unpatterned, surface of pars cephalica reticulate. Chilum short, narrow, triangle. Endites with ventral process very long, curved ventrally at about half its length, dorsal process narrow. Femora not darkened. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r0-1-0, II p0-0-2; tibiae I, II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p, II v2-1p-2. Conductor basally bifid, with arched distal prong.

FEMALE: Unknown.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Leeward Islands: Dominica: Saint George: Laudat, June 12, 1911 ( AMNH PBI_OON 677), 1♂ (holotype), same ( AMNH PBI_OON 38074), 1♂ (paratype). Saint Paul: Middle Falls Trail, Cochrane, W Morne Macaque, 15°20.852′N, 61°20.698′W, Apr. 29, 2006, rainforest leaf litter, elev. 2300 ft (Z. Prusak, FSCA PBI_OON 26335), 2♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Leeward Islands ( Dominica).

Figures

FIGURES 195–203. Simonoonops globina (Chickering), male. 195. Carapace, dorsal view. 196. Same, anterior view. 197. Sternum, ventral view. 198. Carapace, lateral view. 199. Mouthparts, ventral view. 200. Left embolus, prolateral view. 201. Left palp, prolateral view. 202. Same, ventral view. 203. Same, retrolateral view.