Pelicinus penang, 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 : 33-34

Pelicinus penang , new species

Figures 261–267

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 150–330 m on Penang Hill , above Botanical Garden, Penang Island , Penang, Malaysia (Dec. 2, 1991; P. Schwendinger), deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 12651) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the dorsal projection on the squiggled anterior receptaculum, which reaches almost to the arms of the T-shaped anterior process (figs. 266, 267).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 12651, figs. 261–267): Total length 1.93. Carapace pale orange, elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides finely reticulate. Sternum pale orange, surface finely reticulate. Mouthparts pale orange. Abdomen dorsum with scattered, large, dark markings visible through dorsal scutum. Scutopedicel region with about four transverse ridges, all medially interrupted. 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. Squiggled portion of anterior duct with dorsal projection reaching almost to arms of T-shaped sclerite.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Northern Malaysia (Penang).

Figures

FIGURES 250–267. Pelicinus raveni, new species, male (250–260) and P. penang, new species, female (261– 267). 250, 261. Habitus, dorsal view. 251. Same, lateral view. 252, 263. Abdomen, anterior view. 253, 264. Sternum, ventral view. 254, 256. Left palp, prolateral view. 255, 258. Same, retrolateral view. 257. Same, ventral view. 259. Left embolus, retrolateral view. 260. Right embolus, dorsal view. 262. Abdomen, ventral view. 265, 266, Genitalia, ventral view. 267. Same, dorsal view.