Aschnaoonops Makhan and Ezzatpanah
Creators: name: Platnick, Norman I.
name: Dupérré, Nadine
name: Berniker, Lily
name: Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oonopidae
Aschnaoonops

description: KEY TO SPECIES FROM VENEZUELA
1. Males (those of A. simoni unknown).... 2
– Females (those of A. aquada and A. masneri unknown)....................... 14
2. Embolus complex, with numerous processes, accompanied by triangular projection on cymbium (as in figs. 440, 441)........ 3
– Embolus simpler, cymbium without projection........................... 9
3. Embolus with blunt tip (figs. 503, 504) trujillo
– Embolus with sharp tip............. 4
4. Embolus relatively short (figs. 490, 492).......................... masneri
– Embolus longer................... 5
5. Embolus with broad subdistal process (fig. 474).................... merida
– Embolus otherwise................ 6
6. Embolus with three processes (figs. 439, 441)........................ tariba
– Embolus with four processes......... 7
7. Embolus with broad distal process (fig. 430)......................... tachira
– Embolus otherwise................ 8
8. Dorsalmost process of embolus sharply bent (fig. 452)................... teleferico
– Dorsalmost process of embolus not sharply bent (fig. 480)................ aquada
9. Cymbium deeply invaginated at base of embolus (fig. 537).......... margaretae
– Cymbium not deeply invaginated...... 10 10. Prolateral surface of embolus with numerous narrow processes (figs. 417, 524)....... 11
– No such narrow processes........... 12
11. Dorsal prong of embolus with narrow sub-distal spur (fig. 417)............. indio
– Dorsal prong of embolus without subdistal spur (fig. 524)................ bocono
12. Embolus terminating in three sharp, parallel prongs (fig. 408)............... chorro
– Embolus otherwise................ 13
13. Median process on embolus much larger than dorsal and ventral processes (fig. 515)........................... cristalina
– Median process on embolus smaller (fig. 463)........................ jaji
14. Anterior genitalic process with distinct anterior expansion (as in fig. 410)......... 15
– Anterior genitalic process without such an expansion (as in fig. 421)............ 20
15. Anterior expansion T-shaped or Y-shaped... 16
– Anterior expansion otherwise......... 18
16. Anterior expansion Y-shaped (fig. 539)........................ margaretae
– Anterior expansion T-shaped......... 17
17. Anterior expansion relatively wide (fig. 410)...................... chorro
– Anterior expansion relatively narrow (fig. 432)....................... tachira
18. Anterior expansion nearly round (fig. 495)....................... simoni
– Anterior expansion angular.......... 19
19. Anterior expansion conifer shaped (fig. 517)..................... cristalina
– Anterior expansion with posterolateral extensions (fig. 465).................. jaji
20. Anterior genitalic process long (figs. 443, 506, 528)........................... 21
– Anterior genitalic process short (figs. 421, 454, 476)....................... 23
21. Anterior genitalic process narrow throughout its length (fig. 528)............ bocono
– Anterior genitalic process otherwise.... 22
22. Anterior genitalic process much longer than basal sclerite (fig. 443)........... tariba
– Anterior genitalic process not much longer than basal sclerite (fig. 506)....... trujillo
23. Median sclerite semicircular (fig. 421).... indio
– Median sclerite otherwise............ 24
24. Anterior genitalic process slightly widened at tip (fig. 454)................ teleferico
– Anterior genitalic process not widened (fig. 476).................... merida
description: Published as part of Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), pp. 1-102 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373) on page 61, DOI: 10.1206/822.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5400226