Aschnaoonops orito, 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 : 43

Aschnaoonops orito , new species

Figures 275, 276, 283–285

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 850 m at Orito, Vereda Líbano Predio , 0 ° 40'53"N, 77 ° 02'07"W, Putomayo, Colombia (Mar. 10, 2003; I. Grivaldo, F. Quevedo), deposited in ICN (4099, PBI_OON 837 ) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females closely resemble those of the Ecuadorian species A. yasuni in having protrusions at the posterolateral corners of the carapace and sharply pointed denticles on the lateral carapace margins, but have the anterior genitalic projection distally wider and have distinct lateral processes on the sclerite at the base of that projection (fig. 285). Although one of the females was collected near the type locality of A. leticia , these animals are much larger and have a much more deeply incised sternum (as well as the posterolateral carapace protrusions) and are therefore unlikely to be the females of A. leticia .

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 837, figs. 275, 276, 283–285): Total length 2.89. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum almost rectangular, extending to about 3/4 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0-2, r0-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v2-1p-2. Anterior genitalic process expanded anteriorly, sclerite at base with distinct, medially directed lateral projections.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Amazonas: 7 km N Leticia, Feb. 20–25, 1972, Berlese (S. Peck, AMNH PBI_OON 37065), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Colombia (Putomayo, Amazonas).

Figures

Figs. 274–285. Aschnaoonops leticia, new species, male (274, 277–282) and A. orito, new species, female (275, 276, 283–285). 274, 275. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 276. Abdomen, ventral view. 277. Left palp, prolateral view. 278. Same, ventral view. 279. Same, retrolateral view. 280. Left embolus, prolateral view. 281. Same, ventral view. 282. Same, retrolateral view. 283, 284. Genitalia, ventral view. 285. Genitalia, dorsal view.