Ponsoonops bilzi, Bolzern, 2014

Bolzern, Angelo, 2014, The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genera Ponsoonops and Bipoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2014 (3803), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Ponsoonops bilzi , new species

Figures 112–126

NOTE: The male and female have not been collected together, show some somatic differences (e.g., leg spination), and may be mismatched.

TYPE: Male holotype from a transect sample (INBio-OET-ALAS) taken at an elevation between 1450–1550 m at a site 9 km northeast of Vara Blanca, 10.23333°N, 84.1°W, Heredia, Costa Rica (Apr. 15, 2005), deposited in INBIO (PBI_OON 31107) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Joanna Bilz, a “behind the scenes” supporter of different aspects of this work.

DIAGNOSIS: The male resembles those of P. duenas and P. tacana in having a distinctly enlarged conductor, broader and longer than the embolus. It differs from P. duenas in having a lamelliform, flat conductor (figs. 118, 119; rather than a distinct, longitudinal median rim), and differs from P. tacana in having a moderately spiral, distally truncated conductor (rather than straight, distally ragged). Females differ, except for those of P. sanvito , in having a relatively small, subspherical posterior genitalic process without distinct duct (with distinct duct in P.

Figures

FIGURES 112–126. Ponsoonops bilzi, new species, male (112–119) and female (120–126). 112. Habitus, dorsal view. 113. Abdomen, ventral view. 114. Cymbium tip with cymbial cone, dorsal view. 115. Palp, prolateral view. 116. Same, dorsal view. 117. Same, retrolateral view. 118. Embolus and conductor, dorsal view. 119. Same, prolateral view. 120. Habitus, dorsal view. 121. Carapace, anterior view. 122. Sternum, ventral view. 123. Abdomen, lateral view. 124. Same, ventral view. 125, 126. Genitalia, dorsal view.