Pelicinus raveni, Platnick & Dupérré & Ubick & Fannes, 2012

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, The Goblin Spider Genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1, American Museum Novitates 2012 (3741), pp. 1-44 : 39

Pelicinus raveni , new species

Figures 250–260

TYPE: Male holotype taken in forest litter on hill behind Levuka, Ovalau, Fiji Islands (Nov. 14, 1988; R. Raven), deposited in QMB ( S14277 , PBI_OON 6556 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector, Robert Raven.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can easily be recognized by their dark red carapace without posterior granulations (fig. 250), by the ventrally produced epigastric region (fig. 251), and by the deeply bifid embolus, which is well separated from the sinuous conductor (figs. 254–260).

MALE (PBI_OON 38478, figs. 250–260): Total length 1.92. Carapace dark red-brown, elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides finely reticulate. Sternum dark red-brown, coarsely reticulate. Mouthparts dark red-brown, endites distally narrowed into white, rectangular projections with laterally directed tips. Abdomen without dark markings. Scutopedicel region with four irregular, thick transverse ridges. Dorsal scutum dark red-brown, punctate, covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above. Postepigastric scutum dark red-brown, covering nearly full length of abdomen. Embolus deeply bifid, well separated from sinuous conductor.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Fiji Islands: Kandavu : 2 km SE Vunisea, June 28, 1987, pyrethrum spraying of logs and trees, elev. 20 m (G. Monteith, QMB S 75985 , PBI _ OON 22773), 1♂ . Viti Levu : ca. 10 mi E Nadi in Nausori Highlands, May 27, 1987, in rocky outcrop and grass, elev. ca. 1500 ft (J., E. Berry, AMNH PBI _ OON 38337), 1♂ ; Nausori Highlands Forest Preserve , Leweitoka Block, May 27, 1987, litter, elev. 1500 ft (J., E. Berry, AMNH PBI _ OON 38478), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Southwestern Fiji Islands ( Viti Levu, Ovalau, and Kandavu).

Figures

FIGURES 250–267. Pelicinus raveni, new species, male (250–260) and P. penang, new species, female (261– 267). 250, 261. Habitus, dorsal view. 251. Same, lateral view. 252, 263. Abdomen, anterior view. 253, 264. Sternum, ventral view. 254, 256. Left palp, prolateral view. 255, 258. Same, retrolateral view. 257. Same, ventral view. 259. Left embolus, retrolateral view. 260. Right embolus, dorsal view. 262. Abdomen, ventral view. 265, 266, Genitalia, ventral view. 267. Same, dorsal view.