Paradysderina schizo, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2011, The Andean Goblin Spiders Of The New Genera Paradysderina And Semidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (364), pp. 1-121 : 35

Paradysderina schizo , new species Figures 214–223

TYPE: Male holotype taken in secondary rainforest at an elevation of 300 m at Cuzco Amazonica , 12 ° 339340S, 69 ° 039440W, Madre de Dios, Peru (May 17, 1995; D. Agosti), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 107) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of P. asymmetrica and P. tambopata in having the right palp reduced in size (figs. 218–223); the left embolus is straighter than in those species, and distally arrow shaped (fig. 219).

MALE (PBI_OON 107, figs. 214–223): Total length 1.41. Elevated portion of pars cephalica granulate. Chilum distally narrowed, triangular. Paturon with small, triangular, anteriorly directed, median projection on dorsal edge of swelling, inner margin with heavily sclerotized, dorsally directed spine. Endites anteriorly with two short, curved processes, ventral process much wider than dorsal one. Leg spination: femur I p0-0-1; tibiae: I v4-4-0, II v4-3-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p, II v2-2-0. Right palp much smaller than left palp; left embolus twisted at midlength, distally arrow shaped, right embolus shorter, distally bifid.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Peru (Madre de Dios).

Figures

Figs. 214–223. Paradysderina schizo, new species, male. 214. Carapace, dorsal view. 215. Same, anterior view. 216. Sternum, ventral view. 217. Mouthparts, ventral view. 218. Left palp, prolateral view. 219. Same, ventral view. 220. Same, retrolateral view. 221. Right palp, prolateral view. 222. Same, ventral view. 223. Same, retrolateral view.