Aschnaoonops pamplona, new species

Figures 368–378

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a dung trap at an elevation of 2150 m in a high Andean forest at the Estacio´ n Experimental y Demostrativa El Rasgo´ n, Piedecuesta, 7 ° 03'N, 72 ° 57'W, Santander, Colombia (Sept. 21–23, 2004; I. Quintero, E. Gonza´ lez), deposited in IAVH (108136, PBI _ OON 868) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from one of the localities at which the species has been collected.

DIAGNOSIS: Males have an embolus that resembles that of A. propinquus but is not distally invaginated and has a longer tip (figs. 374–376); females have a much wider expansion at the tip of the anterior genitalic process (fig. 378).

MALE (PBI_OON 868, figs. 368, 371– 376): Total length 2.00. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with anterior process relatively long, 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, r1-1-1; II p0-0-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v2-2- 0. Sperm pore large, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus deeply excavated on prolateral side.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 863, figs. 369, 370, 377, 378): Total length 2.58. 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, II v4-4-2; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v3-2-0. Anterior genitalic process with short but very wide anterior expansion.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Norte de Santander: above Pamplona, May 9–13, 1974, elev. above 9000 ft (S. Peck, MCZ PBI _OON 38079), 1♀. Santander: Magdalena Valley, Carare-Opo´ n region, Capote rain forest, July 28–Aug. 4, 1968, humus, elev. 150 m (H. Sturm, MCZ 72938, PBI _OON 37004), 1♂ ; Estacio´ n Experimental y Demostrativa El Rasgo´ n, Piedecuesta, 7 ° 03'N, 72 ° 57'W, Sept. 21–23, 2004, Winkler, dung traps, high Andean forest, elev. 2150 m (I. Quintero, E. Gonza´lez, IAVH 108127, 108129–108131, 108134, 108138, ex 108140, PBI _ OON 861–867), 4♂, 5♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Santander, Norte de Santander).