Pelicinus duong, Platnick & Dupérré & Ubick & Fannes, 2012

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, The Goblin Spider Genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1, American Museum Novitates 2012 (3741), pp. 1-44 : 33

Pelicinus duong , new species

Figures 226–232

TYPE: Female holotype taken in an evergreen gallery forest at an elevation of 70 m at the Suoi (= Waterfall) Tranh, 10°10′52.8″N, 104°00′51.0″E, SE of Duong Dong , Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang, Vietnam (Aug. 13, 2003; P. Schwendinger), deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 15466) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the elongated posterior receptaculum (figs. 231, 232).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 15466, figs. 226–232): Total length 1.93. Carapace pale orange, elevated portion of pars cephalica finely reticulate, sides finely reticulate. Sternum pale orange, finely reticulate. Mouthparts pale orange. Abdomen dorsum with scattered dark markings visible through dorsal scutum. Scutopedicel region with five transverse ridges, only dorsalmost ridge not interrupted medially. Dorsal scutum pale orange, reticulate, covering most of abdomen length, width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, short, almost rectangular, covering about 2/3 of abdomen length. Posterior receptaculum elongated, T-shaped anterior sclerite with short arms.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Vietnam (Kien Giang).

Figures

FIGURES 215–232. Pelicinus sayam, new species, male (215–225) and P.duong, new species, female (226–232). 215, 226. Habitus, dorsal view. 216. Same, lateral view. 217, 228. Abdomen, anterior view. 218, 229. Sternum, ventral view. 219, 221. Left palp, prolateral view. 220, 223. Same, retrolateral view. 222. Same, ventral view. 224. Left embolus, ventral view. 225. Right embolus, dorsal view. 227. Abdomen, ventral view. 230, 231. Genitalia, ventral view. 232. Same, dorsal view.