Pelicinus lachivala, 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 : 24

Pelicinus lachivala , new species

Figures 173–179

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 650 m in the Lachivala Forest , 13 km E of Dehra Dun, Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, India (Oct. 17, 1979; I. Löbl), deposited in MHNG (PBI_ OON 12513) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females have the squiggled anterior receptaculum forming a rectangle; the T-shaped anterior process has an enlarged base and elongated arms (figs. 178, 179).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 12513, figs. 173–179): Total length 2.08. Carapace pale orange, elevated portion of pars cephalica finely reticulate, sides finely reticulate. Sternum pale orange, finely reticulate. Mouthparts orange. Abdomen without dark markings. Scutopedicel region with three faint ridges at sides only. Dorsal scutum pale orange, reticulate, covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, short, almost rectangular, covering about ¾ of abdomen length. Squiggled portion of anterior duct forming rectangle; T-shaped process with widened base, long branches.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Northern India (Uttar Pradesh).

Figures

FIGURES 162–179. Pelicinus madurai, new species, male (162–172) and P. lachivala, new species, female (173–179). 162, 173. Habitus, dorsal view. 163. Same, lateral view. 164, 175. Abdomen, anterior view. 165, 176. Sternum, ventral view. 166, 168. Left palp, prolateral view. 167, 170. Same, retrolateral view. 169. Same, ventral view. 171. Left embolus, ventral view. 172. Right embolus, dorsal view. 174. Abdomen, ventral view. 177, 178. Genitalia, ventral view. 179. Same, dorsal view.