Aschnaoonops cristalina, Platnick & Dupérré & Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 74-77

Aschnaoonops cristalina , new species

Figures 507–517

TYPES: Male holotype, female allotype, and male paratype from elfin forest litter taken at an elevation of 2400 m at km 9.7 along the highway to Trujillo on the Pa´ ramo La Cristalina , 9 ° 21'21"N, 70 ° 17'51"W, Trujillo, Venezuela (May 20, 1998; R. Anderson), deposited in AMNH ( PBI_OON 907 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Although sympatric with A. trujillo , both sexes can easily be recognized by the more elaborate sternal sculpturing (fig. 507) and the lack of a spinneret scutum (fig. 508); males have a single, median dorsal projection on the distal portion of the embolus (figs. 513–515), females have a conifer-shaped expansion on the anterior genitalic process (fig. 517).

MALE (PBI_OON 907, figs. 507, 510– 515): Total length 2.90. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with tip of anterior process broad, anterolaterally directed. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0-2; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3-0- 2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus retrolaterally excavated, arrow shaped, with dorsal protrusion.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 907, figs. 508, 509, 516, 517): Total length 3.20. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 1/3 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0-2, r1-1-0; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3-0-2. Anterior genitalic process with conifer-shaped anterior expansion.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela (Trujillo).

Figures

Figs. 507–517. Aschnaoonops cristalina, new species, male (507, 510–515) and female (508, 509, 516, 517). 507. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 508. Abdomen, ventral view. 509, 516. Genitalia, ventral view. 510. Left palp, prolateral view. 511. Same, ventral view. 512. Same, retrolateral view. 513. Left embolus, prolateral view. 514. Same, ventral view. 515. Same, retrolateral view. 517. Genitalia, dorsal view.