Stenoonops murphyorum, 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 : 20-26

Stenoonops murphyorum , new species Figures 104–126

TYPE: Male holotype taken from litter at an elevation of 1500 m at Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (Aug. 28, 1983; J., F. Murphy), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 36764) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of John and Frances Murphy, collectors of this and many other intriguing oonopids.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the long, sinuous embolus (figs. 111–116), females by the wide anterior genitalic projection (figs. 125, 126).

MALE (PBI_OON 36764, figs. 104–116): Total length 1.41. Elevated portion of pars cephalica reticulate; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Endites with tip directed laterally. Embolus long, sinuous, apical one-third narrowed, seam between cymbium and bulb more obvious basally than distally (figs. 111–116).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 36758, figs. 117– 126): Total length 1.41. Anterior genitalic projection wide, extending beyond recurved anterior margin of dorsal portion (figs. 125, 126).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: Monteverde, Aug. 24, 1983, roadside scrub, elev. 1500 m (J., F. Murphy, AMNH PBI_OON 36758), 1♀, Aug. 26, 1983, scrub near hotel, elev. 1500 m (J., F. Murphy, AMNH PBI_OON 36765), 1♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.