Ogulnius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2017, On some minuscule spiders (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae, Symphytognathidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of ten new species, Zootaxa 4341 (3), pp. 375-399 : 382

Ogulnius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882

Type species: Ogulnius obtectus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882

Diagnosis. THE MAlE pAlp WItH MESAl ApOpHySIS Of EMbOlUS fOrkED AND tHE lAtErAl ArM tHAt IS prOlONgED INtO A lONg tApErINg brIStlE tHAt ENcIrclES tHE pAlp ( FIg. 9 ). FEMAlES ArE DIAgNOSED by tHEIr rAtHEr flAt EpIgyNUM, WItH A trANSvErSE grOOvE SOMEtIMES INtErrUptED by A lONgItUDINAl MEDIAN rIDgE ON tHE pOStErIOr MArgIN Or DISjUNct ( FIgS 11 , 13).

Composition in America. Ogulnius clarus KEySErlINg, 1886, O. cubanus ArcHEr, 1958, O. fulvus BryANt, 1945, O. gertschi ArcHEr, 1953, O. gloriae ( PEtrUNkEvItcH, 1930), O. hayoti LOpEZ, 1994, O. infumatus SIMON, 1897, O. laranka n. sp., O. latus BryANt, 1948, O. obscurus KEySErlINg, 1886, O. obtectus O. PIckArD-CAMbrIDgE, 1882, O. pallisteri ArcHEr, 1953, O. paku n. sp., O. tetrabunus ( ArcHEr, 1965).

Distribution. PANAMA, MArtINIqUE, PUErtO RIcO, JAMAIcA, HISpANIOlA, St. VINcENt, CUbA, COlOMbIA, EcUADOr, BrAZIl AND PErU.

Note. PArt Of tHE DIAgNOSIS prOpOSED by CODDINgtON (1986: 52) bASED ON bODy prOpOrtIONS (fOUrtH lEgS lONgEr tHAN tHE fIrSt IN fEMAlES; AbDOMEN grEAtly OvErbAlANcINg cEpHAlOtHOrAx AND ObScUrINg tHE EyE grOUp) DOES NOt cOrrESpOND WItH SOME SpEcIES. MIllEr et al. (2009: 23) MENtIONED tHAt Ogulnius yaginumai BrIgNOlI, 1981 AND tHEIr NEW SpEcIES Ogulnius barbandrewsi MIllEr et al., 2009 HAD tHE fIrSt AND SEcOND lEgS lONgEr tHAN tHE fOUrtH.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 12. Ogulnius laranka n. sp. 9. Palp, prolateral view. 10. Palp, retrolateral view. 11. Epigynum, ventral view. 12. Internal genitalia, dorsal view. FIGURES 13 - 14. Ogulnius puku n. sp. 13. Epigynum, ventral view. 14. Internal genitalia, dorsal view.