Triaeris moca, Platnick & Dupérré & Ubick & Fannes, 2012

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, Got Males?: The Enigmatic Goblin Spider Genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2012 (3756), pp. 1-36 : 30-31

Triaeris moca , new species

Figures 41–46

TYPE: Female holotype taken by sifting leaf litter at an elevation of 1400 m at Moca , 3°21′46″N, 8°39′52″E, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (Oct. 3–6, 1998; D. Dabney, D. Ubick), deposited in CAS (9029516, PBI_OON 2495) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Female can be recognized by the long, straight posterior receptaculum, which has only a tiny “squiggle” at its posterior end (figs. 45, 46).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 2495, figs. 41–46): Total length 1.86. Carapace pale orange, sides finely reticulate. ALE largest; separated by their radius to diameter; posterior eye row procurved from front. Sternum, mouthparts pale orange. Dorsal scutum pale orange, covering half to 3/4 of abdomen length, more than half to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, with short, posteriorly directed lateral apodemes. Legs pale orange, without color pattern. Leg spination: patella I v1p-1r-1r; tibiae: I v1p-2-2; II v1r-1r-0; IV v0-0-2. Ovoid atrium present between medially invaginated edges of epigastric and postepigastric scuta, that atrium with transverse sclerotization; anterior receptaculum short, distally rounded, posterior receptaculum long, with tiny distal squiggle.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Bioko.

Figures

FIGURES 41–46. Triaeris moca, new species, female. 41. Habitus, dorsal view. 42. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 43. Abdomen, ventral view. 44, 45. Epigastric area, ventral view. 46. Same, dorsal view.