Noonops furtivus Platnick &amp; Berniker 2013, new combination
Creators: name: Platnick, Norman I.
name: Berniker, Lily
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oonopidae
Noonops
Noonops furtivus

description: <i>Noonops furtivus</i> (Gertsch), new combination Figures 97–110 <i>Oonops furtivus</i> Gertsch, 1936: 6, figs. 19–21 (male holotype from Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., Texas, in AMNH; examined). – Gertsch and Davis, 1942: 3. DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of <i>N. willisi</i> but the palpal bulb is smaller and the opening of the embolus is oriented transversely (figs. 97–105); females have a rounded anterior receptaculum and posterior wide ducts (figs. 109, 110). Males and females have not been collected together, and could be mismatched. MALE (PBI_ OON 49939, figs. 97–107): Total length 1.39. Anterior portion of endites without processes; serrula present. Leg spination: tibiae: III d1-0-0, p0-0-1, v1p-1p-2, r0-1-1; IV d1-0-0, p1-0-1, v1p-0-2, r0-0-1; metatarsi: III v1p-1p-0, r0-1-0; IV d1-0-0, p0-2-1, v1p-0-2, r1-0-2. Embolus distally widened, with apical protrusion. FEMALE (PBI_OON 1593, figs. 108–110): Total length 1.61. Leg spination: tibiae: III p0-1- 1, v0-0-2; IV p0-1-0, v1p-1p-2, r1-1-1; metatarsi: III v1p-0-0, r0-0-1; IV p1-1-0, v1p-0-2, r0-1- 0. Anterior receptaculum rounded; posterior receptaculum with wide ducts. MATERIAL EXAMINED: UNITED STATES: <b>Texas:</b> <i>Caldwell Co.:</i> 4 mi N Lockhart, Apr. 13, 1963 (W. Gertsch, W. Ivie, AMNH PBI_OON 1593), 4&amp;female;; Lockhart State Park, Apr. 13, 1963 (W. Gertsch, W. Ivie, AMNH PBI_OON 1590), 1&amp;female;. <i>Cameron Co.:</i> no specific locality, Jan.–Mar. 1936 (L. Davis, AMNH PBI_OON 1744), 1&amp;male;, Sept. 1936 (L. Davis, AMNH PBI_OON 1580), 1&amp;male;; most southern palm grove, Apr. 1941 (A., L. Davis, AMNH PBI_OON 1582), 1&amp;female;. <i>Hidalgo Co.:</i> Edinburg, June 1935 (S. Mulaik, AMNH PBI_OON 1745), 2&amp;male; (paratypes), Sept. 24, 1938 (O. Mulaik, AMNH PBI_OON 1591), 1&amp;male;; 7 mi E Edinburg, Feb. 17, 1935, sifting in dry irrigation ditch (S. Mulaik, AMNH PBI_ OON 49939), 1&amp;male; (holotype). MEXICO: <b>Tamaulipas:</b> Villagrán, Dec. 4, 1943 (F. Bonet, AMNH PBI_ OON 31171), 1&amp;male;. DISTRIBUTION: Texas and Tamaulipas. <i>Noonops ocotillo,</i> new species Figures 111–137 TYPE: Female holotype from Ocotillo, Maricopa County, Arizona (Apr. 26, 1961; W. Gertsch), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 1060). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males have a long, narrow embolus, with a basal projection and the apical portion sharply bent (figs. 111–118, 120–124); females resemble those of <i>N. tarantula</i> in having the anterior portion of the genitalia arched, but have the posterior elements much more elaborated, with a pair of distinct lobes (figs. 126–137). MALE (PBI_OON 2938, figs. 111–125): Total length 1.28. Anterior portion of endites with two processes, both pointed, directed posteriorly; serrula absent. Leg spination: femora III, IV d1-0-0; tibiae: III p1-0-1, v0-0-2; IV p1-0-1, v0-1p-2, r0-1-0; metatarsi: III v0-0-2; IV p0-0-1, v0-1p-0. Embolus with long, narrow basal projection; apical portion abruptly narrowed, bent; tip broad. FEMALE (PBI_OON 1060, figs. 126–137): Total length 1.44. Leg spination: tibiae: III p1-0- 1, v0-1p-2, r0-0-1; IV p1-0-0, v0-1p-2, r1-0-0; metatarsi: III v1p-0-0; IV p0-0-1, v0-1p-0. Anterior receptaculum triangular; posterior receptaculum with pair of anterior lobes. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: UNITED STATES: <b>California:</b> <i>Riverside Co.:</i> Coachella Valley, W side of Snow Creek Road off Highway 111, 33.9095°N, 116.6729°W, Apr. 28, 2004, creosote bush scrub on stable sand dune system, elev. 1185 ft (T. Prentice, CAS 39724, PBI_OON 2938), 2&amp;male;, 1&amp;female;; Coachella Valley, W side of Snow Creek Road off Highway 111, 33.9096°N, 116.6733°W, Apr. 28, 2004, creosote bush scrub on stable sand dune system, elev. 1190 ft (T. Prentice, CAS 39725, PBI_OON 2927), 1&amp;male;; Coachella Valley, W side of Snow Creek Road off Highway 111, 33.9104°N, 116.6757°W, Apr. 28, 2004, creosote bush scrub on stable sand dune system, elev. 1195 ft (T. Prentice, CAS 39915, PBI_OON 2949), 2&amp;female;; Coachella Valley, W side of Snow Creek Road off Highway 111, 33.9104°N, 116.6783°W, Apr. 28, 2004, creosote bush scrub on stable sand dune system, elev. 1200 ft (T. Prentice, CAS 39723, PBI_OON 2939), 1&amp;female;; Coachella Valley Preserve, 33.7739°N, 116.3259°W, Apr. 9, 2004, sand dune system, elev. 140 ft (T. Prentice, CAS 39716, 39720, PBI_OON 2933, 2947), 2&amp;female;. <i>San Diego Co.:</i> Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, W boundary at S-22, Apr. 17, 1981, under granite float (D. Ubick, CDU PBI_OON 3666), 1&amp;female;; Mountain Springs, near Desert View Tower, Mar. 29, 1960 (W. Gertsch, W. Ivie, R. Schrammel, AMNH PBI_OON 1600), 1&amp;male;, 1&amp;female;. DISTRIBUTION: Arizona and southern California.
description: Published as part of <i>Platnick, Norman I. &amp; Berniker, Lily, 2013, The soft-bodied goblin spiders of the new genus Noonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), pp. 1-48 in American Museum Novitates 2013 (3776)</i> on pages 17-19, DOI: 10.1206/3788.1
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