Aschnaoonops ramirezi, 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 : 39

Aschnaoonops ramirezi , new species

Figures 253–263

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from Berlese sample of humid litter taken at an elevation of 295 m at the Estación Científica Yasuní , 0.067428 ° S, 76.39764 ° W, Orellana, Ecuador (Dec. 1–5, 2009; M. Ramírez), deposited in QCAZ (PBI_OON 30569) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector of the type, Martín Ramírez of the MACN.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the elongate, distally flared embolus (figs. 259–261) and the presence of a distinct, triangular protuberance on the anterior surface of the cheliceral paturon, not far from the base of the fang (fig. 253); females resemble those of A. marshalli , A. merida , and A. trujillo in having a ventrally notched pedicel tube (fig. 254), but have a narrow genitalic atrium with strong margins (figs. 262, 263).

MALE (PBI_OON 30569, figs. 253, 256– 261): Total length 1.58. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Anterior portion or endites with very narrow ventral projection. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, semicircular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r0-1-1; II v4-4-0; patellae: II v2-1p-2; tibiae I, II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v2-1p-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium with distal patch of setae. Proximal prong of embolus much longer than distal prong, greatly widened subdistally.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 30569, figs. 254, 255, 262, 263): Total length 1.67. Postepigastric scutum short, almost rectangular, covering about 3/4 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0-2, r0-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v3-2-0. Anterior genitalic process very short.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Ecuador: Orellana: Estacio´ n Científica Yasuní , 0.067428 ° S, 76.39764 ° W, Dec. 1–5, 2009, Berlese, humid litter, elev. 295 m (M. Ramírez, Niarchos Exped., MACN PBI_OON 30566), 2♀ ; Parque Nacional Yasuni , 0 ° 40'16"S, 76 ° 24'18"W, Dec. 1–5, 2009, litter, elev. 230 m (B. Baehr, Niarchos Exped., AMNH PBI_OON 49549), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Orellana).

Figures

Figs. 253–263. Aschnaoonops ramirezi, new species, male (253, 256–261) and female (254, 255, 262, 263). 253. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 254. Abdomen, ventral view. 255, 262. Genitalia, ventral view. 256. Left palp, prolateral view. 257. Same, ventral view. 258. Same, retrolateral view. 259. Left embolus, prolateral view. 260. Same, ventral view. 261. Same, retrolateral view. 263. Genitalia, dorsal view.