Oonopoides mitchelli (Gertsch) Platnick & Berniker, 2013

Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2013, The goblin spider genus Oonopoides in North and Central America (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2013 (3788), pp. 1-38 : 22

Oonopoides mitchelli (Gertsch) , new combination

Figures 137–147

Oonops mitchelli Gertsch, 1977: 122 , figs. 72, 75, 76 (female holotype from Grutas Xpukil , Yucatán, Mexico, in AMNH; examined).

DIAGNOSIS: Males have the tip of the hyaline conductor elongated and sharply pointed (figs. 144, 145), females have a somewhat squared posterior receptaculum (figs. 146, 147).

MALE (PBI_OON 1735, figs. 137–145): Carapace length 0.59 (abdomen missing). Posterior eye row procurved from front; ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Endites distally not excavated, in poor condition but apparently with single, anteromedially situated protuberant ledge and posterolaterally protuberant knob. Leg spination unknown (legs III, IV missing). Distal portion of hyaline conductor elongated, sharply pointed.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 1736, figs. 146, 147): Total length 1.66. Posterior eye row straight from front. Leg spination: femur IV d1-0-0; tibiae: III d0-1-0, p1-0-1, v0-1p-2, r1-0-1; IV d1-0-1, p1-0-1, v0-2-2, r1-0-1; metatarsi: III v0-1p-2, r0-1-0; IV p1-0-1, v1p-2-2, r1-0-1. Anterior receptaculum with rounded tip on long, narrow stalk; transverse sclerite at anterior margin of posterior receptaculum deeply invaginated.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Yucatán: Grutas Xpukil , Mar. 18–19, 1973, Berlese, dry guano (J. Reddell, AMNH PBI_OON 1615), 1♀ (holotype), same, entrance sink (J. Reddell et al., AMNH PBI_OON 1059), 1♀ ; Hoctún , Aug. 12, 1973 (J. Reddell, AMNH PBI_OON 1736), 1♀ ; pyramid at Izamal , Aug. 10, 1973 (J. Reddell, AMNH PBI_OON 1737), 1♀ ; 1 km S Muna , July 31–Aug. 4, 1973 (M. Canul, E. González, AMNH PBI_OON 1735), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Mexico (Yucatán).

Figures

FIGURES 137–147. Oonopoides mitchelli (Gertsch), male (137–145) and female (146, 147). 137. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 138. Labium and endites, same. 139. Tip of endite, same. 140. Left palp, prolateral view. 141. Same, ventral view. 142. Same, retrolateral view. 143. Left embolus, prolateral view. 144. Same, ventral view. 145. Same, retrolateral view. 146. Genitalia, ventral view. 147. Same, dorsal view.