Aschnaoonops marshalli, new species

Figures 269–273

TYPES: Female holotype taken by sifting rainforest litter 20–30 yards from the edge of a lake at Limoncocha, near Río Negro, Sucumbios, Ecuador (Dec. 18, 1984; S. Marshall), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 37875).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector of the type, Sam Marshall.

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of A. ramirezi, A. merida, and A. trujillo in having a ventrally notched pedicel tube (fig. 270), but have a very small, unsclerotized atrial area (figs. 271–273).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 37875, figs. 269– 273): Total length 1.60. ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum surface coarsely reticulate, microsculpture everywhere but front. Dorsal scutum covering full length of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, not fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum short, almost rectangular, extending to about 2/3 of abdomen length. Leg spination: femora: I p0-0-2, r1-1-1; II p0-0-2, r0-1-1; tibiae: I v4-4-1p; II v4-4-0; metatarsi: I v2-2-1p; II v2-2-0. Anterior genitalic process short, with expanded, procurved anterior tip.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Ecuador (Sucumbios).