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The goblin spider genus Simonoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae)

by: Platnick, Norman I

Publication date: 2011

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Topics: Simonoonops, Oonopidae, Spiders, Arachnida, Simonoonops -- Classification, Oonopidae -- Venezuela -- Classification, Oonopidae -- Guyana -- Classification, Oonopidae -- Grenadines (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada) -- Classification, Spiders -- Venezuela -- Classification, Spiders -- Guyana -- Classification, Spiders -- Grenadines (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada) -- Classification, Arachnida -- Venezuela -- Classification, Arachnida -- Guyana -- Classification, Arachnida -- Grenadines (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada) -- Classification

Publisher: [New York] : American Museum of Natural History

Collection: americanmuseumnaturalhistory; biodiversity

Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library

Language: English

Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions

Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library

Volume: no. 3724

30 p. : 26 cm

The goblin spider genus Simonoonops Harvey has been known only from its Venezuelan type species, but the group occurs also in Guyana and the Lesser Antilles. Most of its members have been misplaced in the genus Dysderina Simon; D. princeps Simon, D. spinigera Simon, D. craneae Chickering, D. globina Chickering, D. soltina Chickering, and D. zinona Chickering are transferred to Simonoonops. Members of Simonoonops resemble those of Dysderina in having three transverse ridges on the sternum, but differ in lacking a groove connecting the anterior spiracles and having a more complex embolic region on the male palp. Two specific names are newly synonymized: S. orghidani (Dumitrescu and Georgescu) with S. craneae, and S. zinona with S. soltina. Six new species are described: S. simoni, S. grande, and S. andersoni from Venezuela, S. lutzi from Guyana, S. etang from Grenada, and S. chickeringi from Saint Vincent

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30)

Abstract: The goblin spider genus Simonoonops Harvey has been known only from its Venezuelan type species, but the group occurs also in Guyana and the Lesser Antilles. Most of its members have been misplaced in the genus Dysderina Simon; D. princeps Simon, D. spinigera Simon, D. craneae Chickering, D. globina Chickering, D. soltina Chickering, and D. zinona Chickering are transferred to Simonoonops. Members of Simonoonops resemble those of Dysderina in having three transverse ridges on the sternum, but differ in lacking a groove connecting the anterior spiracles and having a more complex embolic region on the male palp. Two specific names are newly synonymized: S. orghidani (Dumitrescu and Georgescu) with S. craneae, and S. zinona with S. soltina. Six new species are described: S. simoni, S. grande, and S. andersoni from Venezuela, S. lutzi from Guyana, S. etang from Grenada, and S. chickeringi from Saint Vincent.