Stenoonops kochalkai, Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010

Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genera Stenoonops And Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes On Related Taxa, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (340), pp. 1-111 : 31-35

publication ID	0003-0090
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5465263
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3025AC39-9C41-EF39-C58C-4537FE612C72
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Stenoonops kochalkai
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Stenoonops kochalkai View in CoL , new species Figures 222–235

TYPE: Male holotype taken in sifted leaf litter from an elevation of 1563 m at a site between San Pedro and San Javier, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, La Guajira, Colombia (Mar. 29, 1975; J. Kochalka), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 37063) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of John Kochalka, collector of this and many other uncommon oonopids.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the triangular dorsal portion, and sinuous ventral portion, of the embolus (figs. 229– 235).

MALE (PBI_OON 37063, figs. 222–235): Total length 1.60. Elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Endites with long, oblique, longitudinal ridge. Embolus with dorsal portion short, triangular, ventral portion longer, twisted (figs. 229–235).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia.