Oonopoides pallidulus (Chickering) Platnick & Berniker, 2013

Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2013, The goblin spider genus Oonopoides in North and Central America (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2013 (3788), pp. 1-38 : 33-37

Oonopoides pallidulus (Chickering) , new combination

Figures 192–202

Oonopinus pallidulus Chickering, 1951: 222 , figs. 10, 11 (female holotype from Canal Zone Biological Area [= Isla Barro Colorado], Panamá, Panama, in MCZ; examined).

Oonops pallidulus: Chickering, 1970: 496 , figs. 12, 13.

Oonops tenebus Chickering, 1970: 509 , figs. 43–46 (male holotype from Forest Preserve , Panamá, Panama, in MCZ; examined). NEW SYNONYMY.

Oonops donaldi (misidentification): Chickering, 1970: 499 (one female from Isla Barro Colorado, Panamá, Panama only).

Oonops anoxus (misidentification): Chickering, 1970: 502 (specimens listed from sites other than Isla Barro Colorado and Boquete, Panama).

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a greatly widened embolar base (figs.195, 198); females have an almost square tip on the anterior receptaculum (fig. 201).

MALE (PBI_OON 21107, figs. 192–200): Total length 1.55. Posterior eye row procurved from front; ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Endites distally not excavated, anterior portion with single, strongly protuberant ledge. Postepigastric scutum present. Leg spination: tibiae: III p0-0-1, v0-1p-1p, r1-0-1; IV p1-0-1, v0-0-2, r1-0-1; metatarsi: III v0-2-2, r1-0-1; IV p1-0-1, v0-1p-2, r1-0-1. Embolus with basal projection short, straight, embolar base greatly widened.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 27479, figs. 201, 202): Total length 1.83. Leg spination: tibiae: III d0-10, p1-0-1, v0-0-2, r1-0-1; IV d0-1-0, p1-0-1, v0-1p-2, r1-0-1; metatarsi: III v0-1p-2, r0-0-1; IV p1-0-1, v0-2-2, r1-0-1. Anterior receptaculum almost square, on extremely narrow stalk, posterior receptaculum with pair of large ducts.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: PANAMA: Colón: Parque Metropolitano, near canopy crane, 8.99483°N, 79.54366°W, Dec. 30, 2007, sweeping rainforest vegetation (M. Draney et al., FMNH 34877 , 44219 , PBI_OON 10590, 10696), 2♀ ; Pipeline Road, Parque Nacional Soberania, 0.5 km S Río Frijolito , 9.14793°N, 79.72935°W, Jan. 8, 2008, rainforest leaf litter (B. Butterfield, M. Draney, FMNH 34879 , PBO_OON 10592), 1♂ . Panamá: Balboa, Aug. 1936 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71508, PBI_OON 5694), 1♂ ; Isla Barro Colorado, June–July 1934 ( MCZ PBI_OON 1629), 1♀ (holotype), July–Aug. 1954 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71568, PBI_OON 27476), 2♀ , June 1950 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI_OON 31080), 1♀ , May 6–18, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71571, 71572 , PBI_OON 27464, 27478), 2♀ , Feb. 19–Mar. 9, 1975, rotten flowers of Pseudobombax ( AMNH PBI_OON 21108), 1♀ , Aug. 17, 1975, Berlese, leaf litter (S. Levings, USNM PBI_OON 27804), 1♀ , Aug. 24–Sept. 13, 1975, Berlese, leaf litter (S. Levings, USNM PBI_ OON 27808, 27813), 2♂ , Feb. 17, 1976, Berlese, leaf litter (S. Levings, USNM PBI_OON 27801), 1♀ , Feb. 22–June 20, 1976, Berlese, leaf litter (S. Levings, USNM PBI_OON 27803, 27811), 2♂ , Dec. 12, 1976, Berlese, leaf litter (S. Levings, USNM PBI_OON 27806), 2♀ , Jan. 30, 1977, Berlese, leaf litter (S. Levings, USNM PBI_OON 27807), 1♂, 1♀ , June 27, 1977, Berlese, leaf litter (S. Levings, USNM PBI_OON 27809), 2♀ , July 25, 1977, Berlese, leaf litter (S. Levings, USNM PBI_OON 27812), 1♂, 1♀ ; Madden Forest Preserve , Jan. 8, 1958 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71509, 71511 , 72233 , PBI_OON 5685, 5696, 5697), 2♂, 1♀ , Jan. 21, 1958 (A. Chickering, MCZ 66781, PBI_OON 21107), 1♂ , Jan. 29, 1958 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71588, PBI_OON 27466), 3♀ , Feb. 14, 1958 (A. Chickering, MCZ 72227, 80955 , PBI_OON 5487, 5686), 1♂, 1♀ , same (A. Chickering, MCZ 23249, PBI_OON 1065), 1♂ (holotype) , Feb. 28, 1958 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71573, PBI_OON 27468), 1♀ ; Playa Corona, Aug. 8, 1983, litter (J., F. Murphy, AMNH PBI_OON 36768), 2♀ ; Summit Gardens, July 29, 1954 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71570, PBI_OON 27467), 1♀ , Aug. 12, 1954 (A. Chickering, MCZ 71569, PBI_OON 27479), 8♀ , May 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ 66780, 71506 , PBI_OON 5699, 21101), 2♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Panama (Colón, Panamá).

Synonymy: Numerous simultaneous collections indicate that O. tenebus is merely the male of O. pallidulus .

Figures

FIGURES 192–202. Oonopoides pallidulus (Chickering), male (192–200) and female (201, 202). 192. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 193. Labium and endites, same. 194. Tip of endite, same. 195. Left palp, prolateral view. 196. Same, ventral view. 197. Same, retrolateral view. 198. Left embolus, prolateral view. 199. Same, ventral view. 200. Same, retrolateral view. 201. Genitalia, ventral view. 202. Same, dorsal view.