Neoxyphinus trujillo Moss & Bonaldo, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Moss, Daniella F.
name: Feitosa, Níthomas M.
name: Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
name: Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oonopidae
Neoxyphinus
Neoxyphinus trujillo

description: Neoxyphinus trujillo Moss & Bonaldo, sp. nov.
Figs 9, 16, 168 –188; Map 3
Type material: Holotype: male from 27.7 km N from Boconó, Trujillo, Venezuela (9°15'8.54"N, 70°14'52.29"W), dry litter, 2.040 m, 31 March 1992, L. Herman leg. (AMNH, PBI _OON 140). Paratype: one female, same data as holotype (AMNH, PBI _OON 44358).
Etymology. The specific name is a toponym in apposition, referring to the type locality.
Diagnosis. Males resemble those of N. hispidus (See Abrahim et al. 2012, figs 201, 202), N. furtivus (See Abrahim et al. 2012, figs 297, 299) and N. yekuana sp. nov. (Figs 139, 141) by presenting both carapace and abdominal dorsal scutum texturized (Figs 171, 175). They differ from those of N. yekuana sp. nov. (Figs 145, 146) and N. furtivus (See Abrahim et al. 2012, figs 284, 285) by the presence of denticles on the dorsal abdominal scutum and from those of N. hispidus (See Abrahim et al. 2012, figs 208) by having a basal prong on the prolateral margin of embolus (Fig. 177). Females resemble those of N. hispidus (See Abrahim et al. 2012, figs 201, 213), N. furtivus (See Abrahim et al. 2012, figs 305, 309), N. coca sp. nov. (Figs 66, 68) and N. yekuana sp. nov. (Figs 161, 163) by presenting both carapace and abdominal dorsal scutum texturized (Figs 183, 187). They differ from those of N. yekuana sp. nov. (Fig. 162) by the low clypeus, slightly more than one AME diameter in height (Fig. 184); from those of N. furtivus (Fig. 308) by the presence of enlarged setal sockets on the carapace posterior surface (Figs 183, 185); from those of N. hispidus (See Abrahim et al. 2012, fig. 216) by the median element without accessory prongs (Fig. 16) and from those of N. coca sp. nov. (Fig. 70) by the deep pockets on laterals of the groove connecting posterior spiracles (Figs 16, 186).
Description. Male (holotype): total length 2.85. Cephalothorax: carapace orange-brown, broadly oval, pars cephalica slightly elevated, posterolateral surface without spikes, surface of elevated portion and sides strongly reticulate (Fig. 171); lateral margin with small denticles; posterior pars with one pair of small tubercles (Fig. 171); recurved set of setae on posterior surface with eight small tubercles (Fig. 171). Clypeus margin slightly reborded, straight in front view; high. Sternum as long as wide, orange-brown, without pits (Fig. 172). Chelicerae, endites and labium pale orange. Abdomen: book lung covers large and round (Fig. 173). Dorsal scutum orange-brown, middle surface and sides reticulate, anterior half with projecting denticles (Fig. 175). Epigastric and postepigastric scutum orange-brown. Legs: pale orange. Leg spination: tibia I v2-4 -0; metatarsus I v2-2 -0. Genitalia: epigastric region with sperm pore small and circular (Fig. 174). Palp proximal articles, bulb and cymbium pale orange; embolus with stout apical projection (Figs 9, 176–178).
Female (paratype): total length 3.21. Cephalothorax: carapace posterior part with one pair of small tubercles (Fig. 183). Abdomen: dorsal scutum anterior half without projecting denticles (Fig. 187); with groove connecting the posterior spiracles bearing pockets (Figs 186, 188). Legs spination: femora: I v0-0-2; tibiae: I v6-4 -0; II v4-4 -0; metatarsi: I v2-2 -2; II v2-2 -0. Genitalia: atrium large (Figs 16, 186).
Other material examined. None.
Distribution. Known only from Trujillo, Venezuela.
description: Published as part of Moss, Daniella F., Feitosa, Níthomas M., Bonaldo, Alexandre B. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2016, Description of eleven new species of the goblin spider genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae, Oonopidae), pp. 95-133 in Zootaxa 4098 (1) on pages 119-121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/255215