Oonopoides endicus (Chickering), new combination

Figures 12–92

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the abruptly bent tip of the embolus (figs. 43, 46), females by the hypertrophied posterior receptaculum (figs. 89, 90).

MALE (PBI_OON 37975, figs. 12–53): Total length 1.72. Posterior eye row straight from front; ALE separated by more than their diameter. Endites distally excavated, anterior portion with single, strongly protuberant ledge. Postepigastric scutum absent. Leg spination: femora III, IV d1-0-1; tibiae: III p1-1-0, v0-0-2, r1-1-0; IV d1-1-0, p1-0-1, v0-2-2, r1-0-0; metatarsi: III v0-0-1p, r1-1-0; IV p1-1-0, v2-0-2, r1-1-0. Embolar base with long, narrow projection; embolus abruptly bent.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 37975, figs. 54–92): Total length 2.63. Leg spination: femora: III d1-01; IV d1-0-0; tibiae: III p1-1-0, v0-1p-2, r1-1-0; IV d1-1-0, p1-0-1, v0-1p-2, r1-0-0; metatarsi: III v0-0-1p, r1-1-0; IV p1-1-1, v1p-0-2, r1-1-0. Anterior receptaculum small, anteriorly widened, globular; posterior receptaculum hypertrophied, ducts with anterior pair of large, longitudinal loops anteriorly, numerous smaller, transverse loops posteriorly.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: UNITED STATES: Florida: Monroe Co.: 2 mi SE Marathon, 24°37′N, 81°06′W, Dec. 15, 1962 (W. Ivie, AMNH PBI_OON 1101, 37975, 37977), 33♂, 17♀. WEST INDIES: Bahama Islands: South Bimini, May 1951 (W. Gertsch, M. Cazier, AMNH PBI_OON 37319), 1♂ (holotype), same (AMNH PBI_OON 1667, 37316), 14♂ (paratypes), June 1951 (M. Cazier, C., P. Vaurie, AMNH PBI_OON 1832), 2♂ (paratypes).

DISTRIBUTION: Far southern Florida and the Bahama Islands.

Oonopoides iviei, new species

Figures 93–103

Oonops balanus (misidentification): Chickering, 1971: 204 (some males from South Bimini only). Oonops endicus (misidentification): Chickering, 1971: 209, figs. 24, 25 (females only).

TYPE: Male holotype taken on South Bimini, Bahama Islands (May 1951; W. Gertsch, M. Cazier), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 51291)

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Wilton Ivie, who was the first person to collect specimens of Oonopoides in Florida.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those from Bimini described (but probably misidentified) as “ Oonops balanus ” by Chickering (1971: figs. 1–11), but have a longer, more evenly curved embolus (figs. 97, 100); females have a distally narrow anterior receptaculum and a heavily sclerotized, W-shaped anterior margin of the posterior receptaculum (figs. 102,103).

MALE (PBI_OON 37348, figs. 93–101): Total length 1.83. Posterior eye row straight from front; ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Endites distally not excavated, anterior portion with single, rounded, protuberant ledge. Postepigastric scutum absent. Leg spination: femur IV d1-0-0; tibiae: III p0-0-1, v0-1p-2; IV d0-1-0, p1-0-1, v0-1p-2, r0-0-1; metatarsi: III v0-0-2; IV p1-0-1, v0-0-1p, r1-0-1. Embolus gently arched, with basal projection reduced to tiny spur no longer than tiny projections on hyaline conductor.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 1719, figs. 102, 103): Total length 1.97. ALE separated by more than their diameter. Leg spination: femur III d1-0-0; tibiae: III p1-0-0, v1p-0-2, r1-0-0; IV p0-1-1, v0-1r-2; metatarsi: III v0-1p-2; IV p1-0-0, v0-1p-2, r0-0-1. Anterior receptaculum narrow, tubular, posterior receptaculum with heavily sclerotized, W-shaped anterior margin.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: UNITED STATES: Florida: Monroe Co.: Big Pine Key, E end, 24°40′N, 81°22′W, Dec. 13, 1962 (W. Ivie, AMNH PBI_OON 37348), 2♂; Big Pine Key, Jack Watson Nature Trail, off Key Deer Boulevard, Nov. 8, 2007, buttonwood leaf litter (P. Sierwald, FMNH 44208, PBI_OON 10687), 1♀; Long Key State Recreation Area, July 31, 1981, leaf litter, xeric scrub (D. Ubick, CDU PBI_OON 35673), 1♂. WEST INDIES: Bahama Islands: Andros Island: Pigeon Cay, May 1–6, 1994, Berlese, coastal coppice litter (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 1768), 1♂, 2♀, same, Berlese, buttonwood coppice litter (R. Anderson, AMNH PBI_OON 1767), 1♀; North Bimini, Dec. 31, 1952 (E. Hayden, AMNH PBI_OON 1465), 1♂; South Bimini, May 1951 (W. Gertsch, M. Cazier, AMNH PBI_OON 1608, 1625, 1718, 1719, 1823, 37323), 16♂, 31♀, June 1951 (M. Cazier, C., P. Vaurie, AMNH PBI_OON 1601), 2♀.

DISTRIBUTION: Far southern Florida and the Bahama Islands.