Aschnaoonops meta, 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 : 47-50

Aschnaoonops meta , new species

Figures 313–323

TYPE: Male holotype from a Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 1000 m at Quebrada Susumuco , 23 km NW Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia (Mar. 2, 1972; S. Peck), deposited in AMNH ( PBI_ OON 29397 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a greatly elongated and narrowed distal prong on the embolus (figs. 319–321); the female here tentatively matched with the male has similar sternal microsculpture and a long, asymmetrical anterior genitalic process (fig. 323).

MALE (PBI_OON 29397, figs. 313, 316– 321): Total length 2.50. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface smooth, microsculpture only at sides. Endites with narrow distal projection extending farther anteriorly than remainder of endite. 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, r1-1-0; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v2-1p-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus with proximal prong expanded into large scoop.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 841, figs. 314, 315, 322, 323): Total length 3.14. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. 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, II p0-0-2, r1-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v2- 1p-2. Anterior genitalic process extremely long, only slightly expanded anteriorly.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Meta: San Juanito, Plan de San Luis, Parque Nacional Chingaza, 4 ° 29'38"N, 73 ° 41'33"W, Nov. 22–24, 2003, pitfall, forest, elev. 2990 m (I. Quintero, M. Torres, IAVH 108166, PBI_OON 841), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Meta).

Figures

Figs. 313–323. Aschnaoonops meta, new species, male (313, 316–321) and female (314, 315, 322, 323). 313. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 314. Abdomen, ventral view. 315, 322. Genitalia, ventral view. 316. Left palp, prolateral view. 317. Same, ventral view. 318. Same, retrolateral view. 319. Left embolus, prolateral view. 320. Same, ventral view. 321. Same, retrolateral view. 323. Genitalia, dorsal view.