Costarina quepos, Platnick & Berniker & Víquez, 2014

Platnick, Norman I., Berniker, Lily & Víquez, Carlos, 2014, The Goblin Spider Genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna, American Museum Novitates 2014 (3794), pp. 1-76 : 10-11

Costarina quepos , new species ( Figures 199–209 )

TYPES: Male holotype, female allotype, and one female and two male paratypes from a mini-Winkler sample taken in the Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (May 24–31, 2010; M. Solis), deposited in INBIO (PBI_OON 51271) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this dark-bodied species can easily be recognized by the rounded retrolateral portion of the distal embolar prong, which has a long, narrow prolateral tip (figs. 199–204), females by the angular anterior margin of the genital atrium (figs. 208, 209).

MALE (PBI_OON 51271, figs. 199–204): Total length 1.65. Endite ventral process relatively small, apically narrow; dorsal process long, distally arched. Femur I r0-1-0. Embolus proximal prong narrow; distal prong with rounded retrolateral portion and long, narrow prolateral prolongation (N = 3).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 51271, figs. 205–209): Total length 1.92. Tibia I v4-4- 1p. Genital atrium with angular, recurved anterior margin (N = 3).

DISTRIBUTION: Central Puntarenas.

Figures

FIGURES 199–209. Costarina quepos, new species, male (199–204) and female (205–209). 199. Left palp, prolateral view. 200. Same, ventral view. 201. Same, retrolateral view. 202. Left embolus, prolateral view. 203. Same, ventral view. 204. Same, retrolateral view. 205. Sternum, ventral view. 206. Abdomen, lateral view. 207. Same, ventral view. 208. Digested female genitalia, ventral view. 209. Same, dorsal view.