Predatoroonops stani Pereira & Labarque 2021, sp. nov.

Predatoroonops stani sp. nov.

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Type material. Male holotype from Parque Nacional da Serra do Gandarela (-20.09975, -43.69151), Conceição do Rio Acima, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10.XII.2017, Polotow, Labarque & Arizala coll., deposited in IBSP 256079.

Etymology. The specific name honors Stanley “Stan” Winston, responsible for the visual effects in the movie “Predator” of 1987, a category in which the movie was nominated for an Oscar in 1988. Name is a noun in the genitive case.

Diagnosis. Males of Predatoroonops stani sp. nov. resemble those of Predatoroonops anna Brescovit, Rheims & Bonaldo, 2012, by the presence of the subdistal apophysis of chelicerae (sa) slightly curved dorsally at its distal end (Fig. 3; Brescovit et al. 2012b: fig. 19), but can be distinguished by the presence of basal condyle apophysis of chelicerae (cb) (Fig. 3), absent in P. anna (Brescovit et al. 2012b: fig. 19), large and long triangular subdistal furrow (sf) (Fig. 1A), narrow in P. anna (Brescovit et al. 2012b: figs 203–205), and the short, strongly curved retrolaterally, distal apophysis of chelicerae (da) (Fig. 3), that is elongated and narrow in P. anna (Brescovit et al. 2012b: fig. 19).

Description. Male (IBSP 256079). Total length: 2.14. Carapace: length 0.93, width 0.79. Eyes diameter: ALE 0.10, PLE 0.09, PME 0.11, ALE–ALE 0.10. Carapace pale orange, with brown stripes along the margin of cephalic area (Fig. 1B), anterolateral corners with sclerotized triangular projections (Figs 1A, 3A). Chelicerae brown with lighter and darker regions (Fig. 1A). Sternum, endites and labium yellow (Fig. 2E). Clypeus with tiny setae. Chelicerae anterior face with large triangular median and subdistal furrows (Figs 1A, 3A), subdistal apophysis squared, bifurcated at the retrolateral margin and rounded at the prolateral margin (Figs 1A, 3A). Opisthosoma dorsum white (Fig. 2A). Legs yellow, femur I 0.8 long. Leg spination: femur I v2-2, II v1-1-2; tibia I v2-2-2-2-2, II r1; v2-2-2-2-2, III v1-2, IV d1; r1; v1-1-1-1; metatarsi: I v2-2-2-2, II v2-2-2-2, III–IV v1-2. Male palp slightly sclerotized, cymbium fused with bulb presenting a clear suture in between, bulb burly, shorter than cymbium, subdistal laminar and hyaline process prolaterally, distal slender hyaline process retrolaterally, embolus absent (Fig. 2D). Coloration, proximal segments yellow; cymbium yellow, bulb whitish-yellow, prolateral process base whitish-yellow, retrolateral process base reddish-brown (Fig. 2D).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the city of Conceição do Rio Acima, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Fig. 4).