Prodysderina janetae, Platnick & Dupérré & Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 18

Prodysderina janetae , new species

Figures 96–106

TYPE: Male holotype from cloud forest litter taken at an elevation of 1850 m at a site 6.5 km SE Sanare in the Parque Nacional Yacambú , 9 ° 41'51"N, 69 ° 38'57"W, Lara, Venezuela (May 17, 1998; R. Anderson), deposited in AMNH ( PBI_OON 987 ) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Janet Beccaloni (BMNH), in recognition of her assistance, with the Simon and Keyserling collections in London, to all the PBI participants.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of P. rollardae but have a narrower, more angular distal prong on the embolus (figs. 99–104); females have a more sinuous sclerite connecting the apodemes (figs. 98, 105, 106).

MALE (PBI_OON 987, figs. 96, 99–104): Total length 2.12. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Distal tip of endites with small, triangular, anteriorly directed process. Dorsal scutum not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum long, almost rectangular. Leg spination: femur I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-2; II v4-4-1p; metatarsi: I v2-2- 1p; II v3-0-2. Distal prong of embolus with two sharp bends, distally narrowed, proximal prong extremely narrow.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 992, figs. 97, 98, 105, 106): Total length 2.40. Dorsal scutum covering more than 3/4 of abdomen length, more than 1/2 to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum widely hexagonal, 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 v3-0- 2. Anterior genitalic process very long, very narrow throughout its length.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Venezuela: Lara: 10.4 km SE Sanare, Parque Nacional Yacambú , 9 ° 41'44"N, 69 ° 36'37"W, May 16, 1998, cloud forest litter, elev. 1800 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 992 ), 2♂, 7♀ ; 10.5 km SE Sanare, Parque Nacional Yacambú , 9 ° 41'52"N, 69 ° 37'03"W, June 1, 1998, cloud forest litter, elev. 1760 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 991 ), 1♂ ; 14.2 km SE Sanare, Parque Nacional Yacambú , 9 ° 41'45"N, 69 ° 36'48"W, May 17–18, 1998, cloud forest litter, elev. 1650 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 988 , 990 ), 3♂, 1♀ ; 14.4 km SE Sanare, Parque Nacional Yacambú , 9 ° 42'22"N, 69 ° 34'42"W, May 17, 1998, cloud forest litter, elev. 1500 m (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 989 ), 1♂, 4♀, same, June 2, 1998 (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI _ OON 986 ), 1♀ ; ecological trail, Parque Nacional Yacambú, 9 ° 42.5'N, 69 ° 35'W, Dec. 15–16, 2001, elev. 1550 m (B. Huber, A. Pe´rez, O. Villareal, B. Struffler, A. Giupponi, ZFMK 1493 , PBI _ OON 993 ), 1♂, 1♀. Trujillo: old road between Bocono´ and Trujillo, July 9–28, 1986, elev. 2500 m (B. Gill, CNC PBI _OON 38130), 2♂, 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Western Venezuela (Trujillo, Lara).

Figures

Figs. 96–106. Prodysderina janetae, new species, male (96, 99–104) and female (97, 98, 105, 106). 96. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 97. Abdomen, ventral view. 98, 105. Genitalia, ventral view. 99. Left palp, prolateral view. 100. Same, ventral view. 101. Same, retrolateral view. 102. Left embolus, prolateral view. 103. Same, ventral view. 104. Same, retrolateral view. 106. Genitalia, dorsal view.