Predatoroonops Brescovit, Rheims & Ott, 2012

Pereira, Maria Paula & Labarque, Facundo Martín, 2021, A new species of the Goblin Spider genus Predatoroonops Brescovit, Rheims & Ott 2012 (Araneae, Dysderoidea: Oonopidae), with new records for the genus, Zootaxa 4964 (2), pp. 395-400 : 395-396

Predatoroonops Brescovit, Rheims & Ott, 2012

The schwarzeneggeri group ( Brescovit, Rheims & Ott 2012) ( Fig. 4 )

Diagnosis. Following Brescovit et al. (2012b), this group has a median and a subdistal furrows on the prolateral surface of the chelicerae ( Figs 1A , 3 ), and a sclerotized groove at the anterior lateral border of the carapace, with the cephalic area strongly elevated ( Fig. 1B ).

Composition. Predatorooonops schwarzeneggeri (type), P. poncho , P. billy , P. valverde , P. blain , P. maceliot , P. anna , P. rickhawkins , P. dutch , P. dillon , P. vallarta and P. stani sp. nov..

Figures

FIGURE 1A–C. Predatoroonops stani sp. nov. (IBSP 256079), carapace. A, anterior; B, anterolateral (arrows indicating sclerotized groove at the anterior lateral border of the carapace); C, ventrolateral. Abbreviations: cb, basal condyle apophysis of chelicerae; da, distal apophysis of chelicerae; e, endite; f, cheliceral fang; mf, median furrow of chelicerae; sa, subdistal apophysis of chelicerae; sf, subdistal furrow of chelicerae.

FIGURE 3A–B. Predatoroonops stani sp. nov. (IBSP 256079). A, carapace, anterior; B, chelicerae and endite, ventroanterior.Abbreviations: cb, basal condyle apophysis of chelicerae; da, distal apophysis of chelicerae; e, endite; f, cheliceral fang; mf, median furrow of chelicerae; sa, subdistal apophysis of chelicerae; sf, subdistal furrow of chelicerae.

FIGURE 4A–B. Geographic distribution of all species of the genus Predatoroonops along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. A, South America with demarcation of the Atlantic Forest; B, Expansion of the Atlantic Forest region where the species are distributed. Legend: colored circles, squares, triangles and hexagon, species described in Brescovit et al. 2012b; red star, Predatoroonops stani sp. nov.; bright green field, Brazilian Atlantic Forest region.