Triaeris moca, new species
Figures 41–46
TYPE: Female holotype taken by sifting leaf litter at an elevation of 1400 m at Moca, 3°21′46″N, 8°39′52″E, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (Oct. 3–6, 1998; D. Dabney, D. Ubick), deposited in CAS (9029516, PBI_OON 2495).
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Female can be recognized by the long, straight posterior receptaculum, which has only a tiny “squiggle” at its posterior end (figs. 45, 46).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 2495, figs. 41–46): Total length 1.86. Carapace pale orange, sides finely reticulate. ALE largest; separated by their radius to diameter; posterior eye row procurved from front. Sternum, mouthparts pale orange. Dorsal scutum pale orange, covering half to 3/4 of abdomen length, more than half to most of abdomen width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, with short, posteriorly directed lateral apodemes. Legs pale orange, without color pattern. Leg spination: patella I v1p-1r-1r; tibiae: I v1p-2-2; II v1r-1r-0; IV v0-0-2. Ovoid atrium present between medially invaginated edges of epigastric and postepigastric scuta, that atrium with transverse sclerotization; anterior receptaculum short, distally rounded, posterior receptaculum long, with tiny distal squiggle.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION: Bioko. Published as part of Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, Got Males?: The Enigmatic Goblin Spider Genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae), pp. 1-36 in American Museum Novitates 2012 (3756) on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.1206/3756.2,
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