Aschnaoonops indio, 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 : 63

Aschnaoonops indio , new species

Figures 411–421

TYPE: Male holotype taken from cloud forest litter at an elevation of 1400 m at a site 8 km northeast of San Cristo´ bal in the Parque Nacional Chorro El Indio , 7 ° 44'15"N, 72 ° 11'37"W, Ta´chira, Venezuela (May 28, 1998; R. Anderson), deposited in AMNH ( PBI_OON 871 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Although sympatric with A. chorro , males of this species can easily be recognized by the triangular proximal prong on the embolus (figs. 417–419); females have relatively short apodemes forming sclerotized triangles at the sides of the atrial area and a short anterior genitalic process that barely extends beyond the basal sclerite (figs. 420, 421).

MALE (PBI_OON 34, figs. 411, 414– 419): Total length 2.18. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with anterior process relatively short, narrow. 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, r1-1-0; II p0-0-2; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v1p-2-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus with proximal prong sharply pointed, narrower than distal prong.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 877, figs. 412, 413, 420, 421): Total length 2.52. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width, fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 1/3 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora: I p0-1-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0-2, r2-1-0; tibiae I, II v4-4-2; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v3-0- 2. Anterior genitalic process short, about as long as semicircular sclerite at its base.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Me´rida : Finca Fundo La Trinidad, 34 km NW Me´rida, 8 ° 37'00"N, 71 ° 29'12"W, May 22, 1998, montane forest litter, elev. 2350 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 877 ), 4♂, 9♀ ; Universidad de Los Andes Biol. Res. La Carbonnera , 20 km SE Azulita, June 28–July 27, 1989, podocarp forest litter, elev. 2300 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI _ OON 34 , 46 ), 2♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela (Ta´chira, Me´rida).

Figures

Figs. 411–421. Aschnaoonops indio, new species, male (411, 414–419) and female (412, 413, 420, 421). 411. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 412. Abdomen, ventral view. 413, 420. Genitalia, ventral view. 414. Left palp, prolateral view. 415. Same, ventral view. 416. Same, retrolateral view. 417. Left embolus, prolateral view. 418. Same, ventral view. 419. Same, retrolateral view. 421. Genitalia, dorsal view.