Costarina mooreorum, 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 : 69

Costarina mooreorum , new species ( Figures 395–405 )

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from humus taken in a cacao/cordia/banana parcel on the farm of Alberto Moore at Hone Creek, Limón, Costa Rica (Oct. 21–23, 2005; C. Víquez), deposited in INBIO (1918, PBI_OON 27689) .

ETYMOLOGY: T he specific name is a patronym in honor of the Moore family, in recognition of their long-term support of a cacao spider project.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. nara (cf. figs. 177–187) and C. pity (cf. figs. 373– 383) but have a narrower tip on the distal embolar prong (figs. 395–400); females have fully fused ventral scuta and a long genital atrium with a sinuous posterior margin and sinuous posterior genitalic elements (figs. 404, 405).

MALE (PBI_OON 27689, figs. 395–400): Total length 1.95. Endite ventral process relatively short, wide; dorsal process with hooked, medially directed tip. Femur II p0-0-1, r0-1-0; metatarsus I v2-2-2. Embolus proximal prong narrow, tip directed dorsally; distal prong sinuous, with relatively narrow tip (N = 9).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 27689, figs. 401–405): Total length 2.02. Spination typical. Genital atrium relatively long, posterior margin sinuous (N = 4).

DISTRIBUTION: Limón.

Figures

FIGURES 395–405. Costarina mooreorum, new species, male (395–400) and female (401–405). 395. Left palp, prolateral view. 396. Same, ventral view. 397. Same, retrolateral view. 398. Left embolus, prolateral view. 399. Same, ventral view. 400. Same, retrolateral view. 401. Sternum, ventral view. 402. Abdomen, lateral view. 403. Same, ventral view. 404. Digested female genitalia, ventral view. 405. Same, dorsal view.