Aschnaoonops alban, new species

Figures 346–356

TYPE: Male holotype from Finca San Pablo, 3 km north of Alban, Cundinamarca, Colombia (Aug. 1–12, 1967; P., B. Wygodzinsky), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 109) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of A. huila but have a less angular embolar base, especially in retrolateral view (figs. 352–354); females have a longer sclerite at the base of the anterior genitalic process (fig. 356).

MALE (PBI_OON 109, figs. 346, 349– 354): Total length 2.02. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface finely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Endites with distal projection relatively short, wide. 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 long, almost rectangular, extending to nearly full length of abdomen. Leg spination: femur I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2-2; II v1p-1r-2. Sperm pore small, narrow, slitlike. Cymbium without distal patch of setae. Embolus with proximal and distal prongs forming shape like open claw.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 858, figs. 347, 348, 355, 356): Total length 2.39. Postepigastric scutum almost semicircular, covering about 1/2 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 v1p-2-2. Anterior genitalic process with wide, rectangular distal expansion.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Cundinamarca: Granjas del Padre Luna, Municipio Alban, Oct. 18, 2001, elev. 2200 m (A. Gomez, ICN PBI_OON 858), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (Cundinamarca).