Pelicinus damieu Platnick & Dupérré & Ubick & Fannes 2012, new species
Creators: name: Platnick, Norman I.
name: Dupérré, Nadine
name: Ubick, Darrell
name: Fannes, Wouter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oonopidae
Pelicinus
Pelicinus damieu

description: Pelicinus damieu, new species
Figures 313–329
TYPES: Male holotype, female allotype, and two male paratypes taken in rainforest pitfall traps at an elevation of 480 m on the W slope of Col d’Amieu, 21°37′S, 165°49′E, New Caledonia (Dec. 6–30, 2004; G. Monteith), deposited in QMB (S79770, PBI_OON 22608).
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of P. koghis but have a smaller, more rounded embolar sail (figs. 317–323); females have a narrower posterior receptaculum (figs. 328, 329).
MALE (PBI_OON 22601, figs. 313–323): Total length 1.54. Carapace dark red-brown, elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides granulate. Sternum dark red-brown, smooth, microsculpture absent. Mouthparts dark red-brown, endites distally with narrowed, white projections with laterally directed tips. Abdomen dorsum with scattered dark markings visible through dorsal scutum. Scutopedicel region with three transverse ridges, middle ridge much thicker than others. Dorsal scutum dark red-brown, punctate, covering most of abdomen length, width. Postepigastric scutum dark red-brown, covering about ¾ of abdomen length. Embolar sail with small, triangular spur at base.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 22659, figs. 324–329): Total length 1.77. Postepigastric scutum short, almost rectangular. Posterior receptaculum narrow, squiggled portion of anterior duct relatively wide.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: New Caledonia: Col d’Amieu, W slope, 21°37′S, 165°49′E, Nov. 14, 2002, pyrethrum spraying of trees and logs, elev. 470 m (C. Burwell, G. Monteith, QMB S 79767, PBI _ OON 22573), 1♀, Nov. 25, 2003, pyrethrum spraying of trees and logs, elev. 470 m (G. Monteith, QMB S 79773, PBI _ OON 22633), 1♀, Jan. 27, 2004, Berlese, litter, elev. 470 m (G. Monteith, QMB S 79746, PBI _ OON 22601), 3♂, Apr. 18, 2005, Berlese, elev. 420 m (G. Monteith, QMB S 79804, PBI _ OON 22659), 1♀; 2 km W Col d’Amieu Forestry Station, May 26, 1987, elev. 430 m (N. Platnick, R. Raven, AMNH PBI _ OON 121), 2♂; Col de Roussettes, May 29, 1987, dry forest, elev. 490 m (N. Platnick, R. Raven, AMNH PBI _ OON 122), 1♂; 7 km S Gelima, 21°36′S, 165°58′E, Nov. 15, 2002, pyrethrum spraying of trees and logs, elev. 730 m (C. Burwell, G. Monteith, QMB S 79772, PBI _ OON 22599), 1♀; Ningua Reserve Camp, 21°45′S, 166°09′E, Nov. 12–13, 2001, Berlese, rainforest litter, elev. 1100 m (G. Monteith, QMB S 60486, PBI _ OON 7483), 1♂, Nov. 13–27, 2001, rainforest pitfall, elev. 1100 m (G. Monteith, QMB S 60502, PBI _ OON 812), 1♂.
DISTRIBUTION: Central New Caledonia.
description: Published as part of Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, The Goblin Spider Genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1, pp. 1-44 in American Museum Novitates 2012 (3741) on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.1206/3741.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5878576