Predatoroonops Brescovit, Rheims 2012
Creators: name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
name: Bonaldo, Alexandre B.
name: Santos, Adalberto J.
name: Ott, Ricardo
name: Rheims, Cristina A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oonopidae
Predatoroonops

description: KEY TO SPECIES OF PREDATOROONOPS
1. Males.......................... 2
– Females (unknown in P. phillips)...... 18
2. Chelicerae with one or two frontal furrows...3
– Chelicerae without frontal furrow...... 13
3. Chelicerae with median furrow absent and distal dorsally curved apophysis (fig. 23)................................. P. vallarta
– Chelicerae with median furrow present.... 4
4. Chelicerae with subdistal furrow inconspicuous, presenting a group of setae (fig. 22)................................ P. dillon
– Chelicerae with well-developed subdistal furrow (figs. 13–21).................. 5
5. Chelicerae with distal dorsally curved apophysis (fig. 13)..................... 6
– Chelicerae without distal dorsally curved apophysis....................... 9
6. Chelicerae with distal dorsally curved apophysis long........................ 7
– Chelicerae with distal dorsally curved apophysis short (fig. 14)........... P. poncho
7. Chelicerae with long median furrow, occupying almost all anterior surface (fig. 16)... P. valverde
– Chelicerae with shorter median furrow occupying half of anterior surface (figs. 13, 15).... 8
8. Chelicerae with distal apophysis narrow, without apophysis on the basal condyle (fig. 13)............ P. schwarzeneggeri
– Chelicerae with distal apophysis wide, with apophysis on the basal condyle (fig. 15).............................. P. billy
9. Chelicerae with apophysis on basal condyle (figs. 18–21)..................... 10
– Chelicerae without apophysis on the basal condyle (fig.17)............... P. blain
10. Clypeus two times longer than diameter of the OMA; median furrow very small (fig. 20)............... P. rickhawkins
– Clypeus as long as diameter of OMA; median furrow conspicuous (fig. 18).......... 11
11. Chelicerae with distal apophysis elongated, very narrow and subdistal apophysis curved (fig. 19).................... P. anna
– Chelicerae with distal and subdistal apophysis short (figs. 18, 21)............... 12
12. Chelicerae with distal apophysis distally bifid, median furrow short (fig. 21).... P. dutch
– Chelicerae with distal apophysis area truncat- ed, median furrow triangular (fig. 18)........................... P. maceliot
13. Clypeus with distinct and robust needlelike setae (figs. 25, 29)................. 14
– Clypeus without robust needlelike setae (figs. 24, 26–28)................... 15
14. Subdistal apophysis curved dorsally (fig. 29)......................... P. olddemon
– Subdistal apophysis long, racket shaped at tip (fig. 25)................... P. yautja
15. Chelicerae with very large quadrate projection on the middle surface (fig. 28)............................. P. chicano
– Chelicerae without frontal projection... 16
16. Distal apophysis forming a slender sclerotized black branch with narrow tip (figs. 24, 335)..................... P. phillips
– Distal apophysis forming a slender sclerotized black branch with flattened tips (figs. 26– 27)............................ 17
17. Distal apophysis trifid on the distal area (figs. 27, 417–419)......... P. mctiernani
– Distal apophysis sinuous, sulcated at tip (figs. 26, 370–371).......... P. peterhalli
18. Anterior receptaculum larger than posterior receptaculum (figs. 64, 395).......... 19
– Anterior receptaculum smaller than or of similar size as posterior receptaculum (figs. 66, 68, 182).................. 20
19. Anterior receptaculum cordiform, apodema plate M-shaped (fig. 64)................................. P. schwarzeneggeri
– Anterior receptaculum subrectangular, apodema with coiled base (fig. 395).............................. P. peterhalli
20. Anterior and posterior receptaculum fused almost indistinguishable (figs. 397, 399)... 21
– Anterior and posterior receptaculum easily distinguishable (figs. 66, 177)......... 22
21. Receptaculum peanut shaped (fig. 399)............................ P. chicano
– Receptaculum rectangular (fig. 397).......................... P. mctiernani
22. Posterior receptaculum large, squared, with very short anterior receptaculum (figs. 278– 279)...................... P. dillon
– Posterior receptaculum not larger than the anterior receptaculum (figs. 68, 70, 282)... 23
23. Anterior receptaculum T-shaped distally (fig. 182)........................ 24
– Anterior receptaculum not T-shaped.... 26
24. Apodema process originating at the middle of the apodema plate (fig. 401)............................... P. olddemon
– Apodema process originating at the distal third of the apodema plate (figs. 182, 282)..... 25
25. Posterior receptaculum cordiform (fig. 182).................. P. rickhawkins
– Posterior receptaculum nose shaped (fig. 282)...................... P. yautja
26. Anterior receptaculum subtriangular (figs. 68, 70, 177).......................... 27
– Anterior receptaculum cylindrical (figs. 66, 179)........................... 29
27. Posterior receptaculum cylindrical, apodema plate flattened distally (figs. 68, 70)..... 28
– Posterior receptaculum globose, apodema plate coiled, slender in the distal area (fig. 177)................. P. maceliot
28. Apodema plate U-shaped, flattened, posterior receptaculum elongated distally (figs. 70– 71)..................... P. valverde
– Apodema plate narrow medially, posterior receptaculum U-shaped distally (figs. 68– 69)........................ P. billy
29. Apodema plate Z-shaped; posterior receptaculum large, rounded at tip (figs. 66–67)............................. P. poncho
– Apodema plate not Z-shaped, posterior receptaculum small, with variable tip (figs. 174, 179, 276)................ 30
30. Apodemaplate U-shaped in ventral view (figs. 174, 276, 280)................ 31
– Apodema plate long and crossed in the distal area in ventral view (fig. 179)..... P. anna
31. Posterior receptaculum with elongated distal area (figs. 174, 280)................ 32
– Posterior receptaculum not elongated in the distal area (fig. 276)........... P. dutch
32. Posterior receptaculum drop shaped; apodema plate with sinuous apodema process (figs. 280–281).............. P. vallarta
– Posterior receptaculum cylindrical, with elongated distal area, apodema plate with curved apodema process (figs. 174–176)... P. blain
description: Published as part of Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Santos, Adalberto J., Ott, Ricardo & Rheims, Cristina A., 2012, The Brazilian Goblin Spiders Of The New Genus Predatoroonops (Araneae: Oonopidae), pp. 1-68 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (370) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.1206/766.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4611317