Simonoonops andersoni, new species

Figures 107–121

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from montane forest litter taken at an elevation of 1150 m at the Estación Biológica Rancho Grande, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, 10°20′42″N, 67°41′09″W, Aragua, Venezuela (May 12, 1998; R. Anderson), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 800) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, Robert Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by the abruptly bent conductor (figs. 112–115), females by the strong, M-shaped genitalic apodemes connected by a transverse bar with a rounded anterior edge (figs. 119–121).

MALE (PBI_OON 800, figs. 107–115): Total length 1.77. Carapace unpatterned, surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica reticulate. Chilum small, triangular. Endites with ventral process darkened, ventrally protuberant. Anterior femora darkened. Leg spination: femur I p0-0-2, r0-1-0; tibiae: I v4-4-1p; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v2-2-0. Embolus tip directed obliquely, conductor abruptly bent, with recurved tip.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 800, figs. 116–121): Total length 1.98. Leg spination: femora I, II p0-0- 2, r0-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v2-2-0. Atrium wide, broadly triangular but with anterior margin truncate, apodemes strongly sclerotized, M-shaped.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Aragua: Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Estación Biológica Rancho Grande, 10°20′42″N, 67°41′09″W, May 12, 1998, montane forest litter, elev. 1150 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 801), 5♂, 4♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela.