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Stenoonops jara, new species Figures 316–328 TYPE: Male holotype taken in a flight intercept trap at an elevation of 550 m at Hotel Montana, 10 km NE Jarabacoa, La Vega, Dominican Republic (July 18–Aug. 4, 1995; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 1777). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the small bulb bearing a distally widened embolus (figs. 323–328). MALE (PBI_OON 1777, figs. 316–328): Total length 1.84. Elevated portion of pars cephalica finely reticulate; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Endites abruptly narrowed anterior of coxal insertion, anterior portion short. Embolus long, sinuous, with arched retrolateral and distally expanded prolateral lobes (figs. 323– 328). FEMALE: Unknown. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None. DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola., Published as part of Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genera Stenoonops And Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes On Related Taxa, pp. 1-111 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (340) on page 45

Australoonops haddadi, new species Figures 821–843 TYPE: Male holotype taken in a pitfall trap in coastal woodland at Inhaca, Maputo, Mozambique (Apr. 30–May 14, 1994; T. Steyn), deposited in MRAC (209751, PBI_ OON 29087). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of Charles Haddad, collector of this and many other rare South African oonopids. DIAGNOSIS: The elevated portion of the pars cephalica is smooth (figs. 825, 839); males have a dorsally curved embolus tip (figs. 828–833), and females have the posterior portion of the anterior receptaculum relatively wide and squared (figs. 842, 843). MALE (PBI_ OON 29087, figs. 821–833): Total length 1.91. Elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth. Endites with oblique depression. Embolus with curved tip, secondary process long (figs. 828–833). FEMALE (PBI_OON 8945, figs. 834– 843): Total length 2.56. Posterior receptaculum short, anterior receptaculum basally wider than posterior receptaculum, with anterior projection about as long as basal portion (figs. 842, 843). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Ophathe Game Reserve, 4X4 trail near Imfolozi River, 28 ° 22.555 9 S, 31 ° 23.993 9 E, July 5, 2007, under rocks (C. Haddad, R. Fourne, PPRI PBI_OON 8945), 2♀. DISTRIBUTION: Natal and Mozambique; the two known localities are linked by coastal forest (Ophathe is about 30 km inland, but close to the coastal belt, whereas Inhaca is an island only a few km offshore; C. Haddad, in litt.)., Published as part of Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genera Stenoonops And Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes On Related Taxa, pp. 1-111 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (340) on page 105

Stenoonops belmopan, new species Figures 94–103 TYPE: Female holotype from a Berlese sample of limestone forest litter taken 2.5 mi S of Belmopan, Cayo, Belize (Aug. 4, 1972; S., J. Peck), deposited in FMNH (33616, PBI_ OON 10123). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by the Y-shaped anterior genitalic projection (figs. 102, 103). MALE: Unknown. FEMALE (PBI_ OON 10123, figs. 94– 103): Total length 2.46. Elevated portion of pars cephalica reticulate; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Anterior genitalic projection Y-shaped (figs. 102, 103). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None. DISTRIBUTION: Belize.

Stenoonops cabo, new species Figures 81–93 TYPE: Male holotype taken under granite in a thorn forest 6 mi W of San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico (Jan. 7, 1982; D. Ubick), deposited in CAS (PBI_ OON 36357). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the relatively narrow, ventrally projecting embolus (figs. 88–93). MALE (PBI_ OON 36357, figs. 81–93): Total length 1.25. Elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Endites with lateral margins abruptly narrowed at about two-thirds their length. Embolus originating subdistally, tip incised dorsally (figs. 88–93). FEMALE: Unknown. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One male taken with the holotype (CDU). DISTRIBUTION: Mexico., Published as part of Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genera Stenoonops And Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes On Related Taxa, pp. 1-111 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (340) on page 20

Stenoonops kochalkai, new species Figures 222–235 TYPE: Male holotype taken in sifted leaf litter from an elevation of 1563 m at a site between San Pedro and San Javier, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, La Guajira, Colombia (Mar. 29, 1975; J. Kochalka), deposited in AMNH (PBI_ OON 37063). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of John Kochalka, collector of this and many other uncommon oonopids. DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the triangular dorsal portion, and sinuous ventral portion, of the embolus (figs. 229– 235). MALE (PBI_ OON 37063, figs. 222–235): Total length 1.60. Elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Endites with long, oblique, longitudinal ridge. Embolus with dorsal portion short, triangular, ventral portion longer, twisted (figs. 229–235). FEMALE: Unknown. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None. DISTRIBUTION: Colombia., Published as part of Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genera Stenoonops And Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes On Related Taxa, pp. 1-111 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (340) on pages 31-35

Stenoonops kochalkai, new species Figures 222–235 TYPE: Male holotype taken in sifted leaf litter from an elevation of 1563 m at a site between San Pedro and San Javier, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, La Guajira, Colombia (Mar. 29, 1975; J. Kochalka), deposited in AMNH (PBI_ OON 37063). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a patronym in honor of John Kochalka, collector of this and many other uncommon oonopids. DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the triangular dorsal portion, and sinuous ventral portion, of the embolus (figs. 229– 235). MALE (PBI_ OON 37063, figs. 222–235): Total length 1.60. Elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Endites with long, oblique, longitudinal ridge. Embolus with dorsal portion short, triangular, ventral portion longer, twisted (figs. 229–235). FEMALE: Unknown. OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None. DISTRIBUTION: Colombia.

Stenoonops mandeville, new species Figures 269–278 TYPE: Female holotype from Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica (Apr. 14, 1959; Sanderson), deposited in AMNH (PBI_OON 1849). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of S. dimotus in having a distinctly recurved posterior eye row (fig. 274) and darkened anterior femora (fig. 269), but differ in the shape of the median portion of the genitalia (figs. 277, 278). MALE: Unknown. FEMALE (PBI_OON 1849, figs. 269– 278): Total length 2.00. Elevated portion of pars cephalica finely reticulate; posterior eye row recurved from above, straight from front. Posterior genitalic margin rectangular, anterior elements protruding posteriorly at middle, with narrow anterior projection (figs. 277, 278). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None. DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica., Published as part of Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genera Stenoonops And Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes On Related Taxa, pp. 1-111 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (340) on page 40

Stenoonops belmopan, new species Figures 94–103 TYPE: Female holotype from a Berlese sample of limestone forest litter taken 2.5 mi S of Belmopan, Cayo, Belize (Aug. 4, 1972; S., J. Peck), deposited in FMNH (33616, PBI_ OON 10123). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. DIAGNOSIS: Females can be recognized by the Y-shaped anterior genitalic projection (figs. 102, 103). MALE: Unknown. FEMALE (PBI_ OON 10123, figs. 94– 103): Total length 2.46. Elevated portion of pars cephalica reticulate; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front. Anterior genitalic projection Y-shaped (figs. 102, 103). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None. DISTRIBUTION: Belize., Published as part of Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genera Stenoonops And Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), With Notes On Related Taxa, pp. 1-111 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (340) on page 20

Wydundra, new genus TYPE SPECIES: Wydundra osbourne, new species. ETYMOLOGY: The generic name is an arbitrary combination of letters considered feminine in gender. DIAGNOSIS: Members of this genus can easily be recognized by the greatly enlarged and widely separated anterior lateral spinnerets, which are separated at their base by more than their diameter. DESCRIPTION: Medium-sized spiders, total length of males 2.7–6.0, of females 3.7–7.5. Carapace rounded, narrowed in front to less than half its maximum width, with rebordered lateral margins, tiny denticles, reflexed posterior margin; surface coated with recumbent, dark setae, without tubercles, several long, dark, erect setae present in ocular area and on clypeus; thoracic groove long, longitudinal, deeply depressed, cephalic groove not pronounced. Eight eyes in two rows, anterior medians largest, circular, dark, posterior median eyes almost as large, light, irregularly triangular or egg-shaped, flat, laterals oval, light; from above and front, both eye rows strongly procurved, such that anterior medians are almost equidistant from anterior and posterior laterals (fig. 6); anterior medians separated by less than their radius, closer to anterior laterals; posterior medians separated by much less than their width, much farther from posterior laterals; anterior and posterior laterals separated by less than their radius; median ocular quadrangle about as wide in back as in front and as long. Chelicerae vertical, paturon with low boss, scattered erect setae, promargin with row of long, curved setae, most basal seta not elongated or widened; promargin with three closely spaced teeth, middle tooth largest, retromargin with two smaller, more widely separated teeth; chilum small, unipartite, triangular, apparently fused to carapace, accompanied by second, short, posterior chilum (narrow sclerite separating bases of chelicerae posteriorly). Labium wider than long, posteriorly depressed, evenly narrowed toward rebordered, medially shortened anterior margin. Endites rectangular, convergent, with oblique depression; serrula present, curved; anteromedian edges bearing wide patch of long, stiff, light setae. Clypeus low about M–L diameter of ALE, curved downwards. Sternum shield-shaped, slightly depressed opposite intercoxal spaces, with rebordered, slightly depressed lateral margins, not expanded anteriorly, with only indistinct extensions between coxae but with long, triangular extensions to coxae; surface smooth, with few long setae, posterior margin rebordered, widely separating coxae IV. Four weakly sclerotized epimeric sclerites on each side (one above palpi, fused one above coxae III and IV), not extending between coxae, not fused to carapace. Pedicel composed of two dorsal sclerites (anterior sclerite without posterior invagination) and narrow, triangular ventral sclerite with anteriorly unexpanded head almost reaching posterior tip of sternum, accompanied laterally by larger, triangular sclerites. Abdominal dorsum with anterior scutum in males (sometimes obscured by scales); cuticle coated with dark, recumbent scales; epigastric scutum weakly sclerotized, with well-marked booklung openings at sides but without postepigastric sclerites, booklung covers not ridged; colulus apparently absent but wide, recurved posterior spiracle apparently present just anterior of posterior median spinnerets. Six spinnerets, anterior laterals greatly elongated, equal to roughly half of total abdominal length, greatly advanced anteriorly, originating at position about onefourth of distance between epigastric furrow and anal tubercle, point of origin marked by heavily sclerotized transverse strip bearing strong macrosetae, where separating right and left spinnerets by at least their diameter (fig. 13); posterior medians small, narrow, situated anterior of posterior laterals, laterally compressed posteriorly, where separating posterior laterals, those of females apparently with two enlarged cylindrical gland spigots in longitudinal row; posterior laterals bisegmented, about twice as long as posterior medians. Legs elongate, leg formula 4123, coated with recumbent, dark setae; coxae and trochanters without dorsal tubercles, fourth coxae and trochanters slightly elongated; anterior coxae without protuberant posterolateral corners; trochanters distinctly notched; femora I, II long, dorsoproximal part slightly incrassate; metatarsi and tarsi with weak scopula composed of short, straight setae; posterior metatarsi without distal preening brushes; tarsi elongated, on onychium, with two tiny claws bearing few strong ventral peg-shaped teeth, divided claw tufts consisting of few spatulate setae (fig. 20); tarsi I–III without, IV with cuticular cracks at about half their length, tarsi IV distinctly bent at that point; dorsal surface of tarsi with modified proximal margin consisting of patch of unsclerotized cuticle followed by strong cuticular ridge, that ridge opposing distinct distal extensions situated at distal edge of metatarsi; trichobothria present, in two rows on tarsi, one on metatarsi and tibiae. Female palpal femur with three dorsodistal spines, row of very long midventral spines (fig. 246), tibia, tarsus with very long spines; tarsus with long claw bearing few ventral teeth, without ventral scopula or dorsal pad of setae. Typical leg spination pattern (counts refer to morphological surfaces, only surfaces bearing spines listed): tibiae III, IV v0-0-2; metatarsi III, IV v0-0- 1p. Male palpal tibia laterally flattened, with distal, retrolateral apophysis and distal lateroventral clump of long setae; cymbium long, at least 2.2 times longer than wide, tip conical; embolus situated prolaterally, tip accompanied by translucent, spatulate, distally situated conductor, median apophysis large, ventrally excavated. Epigynum with large protuberances, spermathecae complex., Published as part of Platnick, N. I. & Baehr, B., 2006, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Family Prodidomidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2006 (298) on page 106

Molycria quadricauda group 18. Palpal femur ventrally incrassate... 19 – Palpal femur ventrally straight.... 20 19. Embolus twisted, with long, basal embolar projection (fig. 228)... M. vokes – Embolus not twisted, without embolar projection (fig. 238)...... M. taroom 20. Conductor long, narrow (fig. 223)................ M. quadricauda – Conductor broad, with greatly expanded tip (fig. 233)............ M. amphi, Published as part of Platnick, N. I. & Baehr, B., 2006, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Family Prodidomidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2006 (298) on page 28

Molycria stanisici group 28. Legs pale; conductor greatly expanded, distal part hood-shaped (fig. 104)................... M. stanisici – Legs grayish orange; conductor distally not expanded or if expanded then not hood-shaped (fig. 124).......... 29 29. Median apophysis short, only 0.10 of cymbium length (fig. 124)........ 30 – Median apophysis longer, at least 0.20 of cymbium length (fig. 114)........ 31 30. Retrolateral tibial apophysis rectangular, conductor tip arrow-shaped (figs. 124, 125)............ M. thompsoni – Retrolateral tibial apophysis triangular, conductor otherwise, base of conductor with two projections (figs. 119, 120)................... M. burwelli 31. Conductor greatly expanded (fig. 129).......................... 32 – Conductor narrow, distal part hoodshaped (fig. 114)........ M. mcleani 32. Conductor tip scythe-shaped (fig. 129).............. M. bulburin – Conductor tip only with retrolaterally bent tip (fig. 109)...... M. monteithi, Published as part of Platnick, N. I. & Baehr, B., 2006, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Family Prodidomidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), pp. 1-287 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2006 (298) on page 28

Pseudanapis domingo,new species Figure 53 Type: Male holotype from Berlese sample of forest litter taken 16 km. southeast of Santo Domingo Tinalandia, Pichincha,Ecuador (June 15, 1975; S. B. Peck), deposited in FMNH. Etymology: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. Diagnosis: Males of P. domingo may be recognized by the medially situated embolus and uninvaginated tegulum (fig. 53). Male: Total length 0.67. Carapace 0.43 long,0.29 wide, 0.22 high. Abdomen 0.47 long, 0.40 wide. Patellae lighter than other leg segments. Palpal patella with small ventral apophysis; tegulum not invaginateci distally (fig. 53). Female: Unknown. Material Examined: Only the holotype., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on page 19

Pseudanapis wilsoni Forster Pseudanapis wilsoni Forster, 1959, p. 316,figs. 111-117, 154 (male holotype from New Guinea, in MCZ, not seen). Diagnosis: Males of P. wilsoni may be recognized by the presence of spines on the first tibia (Forster, 1959, fig. 114),females by the reduction of the pedipalp to the coxa only. Male: Described by Forster (1959). Female: Described by Forster (1959). Material Examined: None; known only from the type series taken in leafmould in a lowland rain forest at the Lower Basu River, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, by E. O. Wilson in 1955., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on page 18

Pseudanapis benoiti, new species Figures 51,56,57 Types: Male holotype and female paratype from Vallèe de Kiharo, Kambaila, Kivu, Zaire (June, 1973; M. Lejeune), deposited in MR AC. Etymology: Named for Dr. P. L. G. Benoit, who made these and other African anapids available for study. Diagnosis: Males of P. benoiti may be recognized by the large proximal apophysis on the palpal patella (fig. 51),females by the large, round spermathecae (figs. 56, 57). Male: Total length 0.81. Carapace 0.47 long, 0.41 wide, 0.26 high. Abdomen 0.48 long, 0.46 wide. Patellae lighter than other leg segments. Ratio of eyes, anterior lateral: posterior median: posterior lateral, 3:2:3. From above, posterior eye row slightly recurved. Posterior median eyes separated by twice their diameter from posterior laterals. Palpal patella with large proximal and small distal apophyses; embolus long, arising on prolateral side of bulb at about one-third its length, extending across and beyond tip of tegulum (fig. 51). Female: Total length 0.86. Carapace 0.47 long, 0.43 wide, 0.27 high. Abdomen 0.58 long, 0.58 high. Legs and eyes as in male, except posterior eye row slightly procurved. All palpal segments present but tibia and tarsus fused. Abdomen as in P. paroculus females. Spermathecae relatively large, rounded (figs. 56,57). Material Examined: Thirteen males and 19 females taken with the types (MRAC, AMNH, Otago Museum), plus the following: Zaire: Kivu: Forêt de Kasuo, Lubero, elevation 1600 m., Dec. 27-31,1966 (R. P. M. Y. Celis, MRAC), lc?, 3?; Ruiss. Musumusubu, Lubero, elevation 1420 m., Dec. 30,1966 (R. P. M. Y. Celis, MRAC), 12; Forêt de Visiki, Dec. 22, 1971 (M. Lejeune, MRAC), 12; Vallèe de Kalingolingo, Kambaila, June, 1973 (M. Lejeune,MRAC),1 c?,29; Vallèe de Vukaika,Kambaila, June, 1973 (M. Lejeune, MRAC), lcí.

ANAPISONA GERTSCH Anapisona Gertsch, 1941, p. 4 (type species by original designation Anapisona simoni Gertsch). Diagnosis: Specimens of Anapisona can be distinguished from other anapids by the single recurved distal apophysis on the male palpal femur (fig. 20), the dorsally elongated male palpal tibia (fig. 21), the presence of one or more stiff distal bristles on the cymbium (fig. 23),and posterior tracheae supplying the cephalothorax from a spiracle immediately in front of the spinnerets (Forster, 1958,figs. 24, 26). Description: See Gertsch (1941) and Forster (1958). Illustrations are presented here of the habitus (figs. 1-3), chelicerae (fig. 6),tarsal claws (fig. 7),and anterior labral spur (fig. 10). Species: Gertsch (1941) has supplied a detailed description of A. simoni which can be supplemented as follows: soft portions of abdomen with few sclerotizations; from above, posterior eye row slightly recurved; chelicerae with a retromarginal tooth and anterior knobs (fig. 2); femur I with ventral setae arising from tubercles; posterior spiracle precedes six spinnerets with tiny colulus. Only differences from A. simoni are noted in the descriptions below. KEY TO SPECIES OF ANAPISONA 1. Males..................................2 Females................................9 2. Embolus with three or more coils, cymbium with a long ventral extension (figs. 4,5; Gertsch, 1941, figs. 27, 28).............3 Embolus with fewer than three coils; cymbium without a long ventral extension..........6 3. Embolus with four coils (fig. 4; Gertsch, 1941, fig. 27); cymbial extension with two bristles at tip (figs. 16,17).......................4 Embolus with three coils (Gertsch, 1941, fig. 28); cymbial extension with one or three bristles at tip (figs. 18,19).................5 4. Bristles on cymbial extension subterminal (fig. 16); Panama......................simoni Bristles on cymbial extension terminal (fig. 17); Mexico south to Costa Rica........kethleyi 5. Cymbial extension with one bristle (fig. 18); Panama..........................furtiva Cymbial extension with three bristles (fig. 19); Ecuador........................ashmolei 6. Palpal patella with a dorsal apophysis (figs. 20, 22, 24)..............................7 Palpal patella without a dorsal apophysis (fig. 38); Guyana......................kartabo 7. Embolus relatively wide (figs. 8, 9, 25); Colombia and Venezuela.................aragua Embolus relatively narrow (figs. 21,23).....8 8. Tegulum with an apophysis (figs. 11,20,21); Panama east to St. Vincent.......hamigera Tegulum without an apophysis (figs. 22, 23); Virgin Islands...................bordeaux 9. Epigynal ducts with two or more coils (figs. 26-35)...............................10 Epigynal ducts with at most one coil......14 10. Spermathecae situated above pedicel (figs. 34, 35); Ecuador.......................pecki Spermathecae situated at or below pedicel..11 11. Spermathecae situated at pedicel (figs. 26-29). 12 Spermathecae situated below pedicel (figs. 30-33)...............................13 12. Epigynal openings relatively narrow (fig. 26); Panama...........................simoni Epigynal openings relatively wide (fig. 28); Mexico south to Costa Rica........kethleyi 13. Epigynal openings relatively short (fig. 30); Panama.............................furtiva Epigynal openings relatively long (fig. 32); Ecuador..........................ashmolei 14. Epigynum with wings (figs. 36,42).......15 Epigynum without wings (fig. 40); Colombia and Venezuela....................aragua 15. Six eyes; Panama east to St. Vincent.......................................hamigera Eight eyes; Brazil....................schuhi, Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on pages 6-7

Anapisona pecki, new species Figures 34, 35 Type: Female holotype from Berlese sample of moss and wet forest litter taken at an elevation of 4600 feet 20-30 km. east-northeast of Alluriquin on the Chiriboga road, Pichincha, Ecuador (June 19,1975; S. Peck), deposited in FMNH. Etymology: Named for the collector of the holotype. Diagnosis: Females of ��� pecki may be recognized by the spermathecae being situated above the pedicel (figs. 34, 35). Male: Unknown. Female: Total length 1.30. Carapace 0.54 long, 0.45 wide, 0.34 high. Abdomen 0.79 long, 0.76 wide. Carapace orange. Posterior median eyes separated by 1.5 times their diameter from posterior laterals. Metatarsus I with a distal prolateroventral cusp. Femur I without ventral tubercles. Diagnosis: Males of A. hamigera may be recognized by the tegular apophysis (figs. 11, 20,21), females by the large spermathecae (fig. 37). Male: Total length 1.22. Carapace 0.64 long, 0.48 wide, 0.52 high. Abdomen 0.65 long, 0.63 wide. Sternum darkest medially. Dorsal abdominal scutum invaginateci at top. Posterior median eyes separated by 1.5 times their diameter from posterior laterals. Embolus recurved, with expanded translucent rim; tegulum with stiff ventral apophysis (figs. 11,20,21). Female: Total length 1.58. Carapace 0.75 long, 0.50 wide,0.54 high. Abdomen 0.79 long, 0.81 wide. Sternum as in male. Posterior metatarsi darkened distally. Clypeal height twice the anterior lateral eye diameter. Metatarsus I with one or two median and one or two distal cusps. Epigynum with triangular wings (fig. 36); spermathecae large (fig. 37). Material Examined: British West Indies: Grenada: Chantilly, under decaying weeds on damp rock in second growth forest near stream, Mar. 14 (no collector, BMNH),\S, 19. St. Vincent (no collector, BMNH), 16, 79 (syntypes). Colombia: C��sar: Socorpa Mission, Sierra de Perij��, elevation 1300-1400 m., beaten from dry vegetation, Aug. 1-22, 1968 (B. Malkin, AMNH), 12. Magdalena: San Pedro, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, elevation 960 m., low-medium height miscellaneous vegetation, May 19,1975 (J. A. Kochalka, JAK), 29. Valle del Canea: Anchicay��, elevation 400 m., Oct. 26,1969 (W.G. Eberhard, MCZ), lc?, 32; 28 km. E Buenaventura, elevation 50 m., second growth forest, Jan. 20, 1970 (W. G. Eberhard, MCZ), \6; Cisneros, Rio Quebrada Descansion, Sept. 15, 1969 (W. G. Eberhard, MCZ), IS. Panama: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island, July, 1934 (A. M. Chickering, MCZ), 19. Venezuela: no specific locality (no collector, MNHN), \6, 19., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on pages 11-12

Pseudanapis aloha Forster Pseudanapis aloha Forster, 1959,p. 315, figs. 106-110 (male holotype from Hawaii, in AMNH, examined). Suman, 1967,p. 25, figs. 11-16. Gossiblemma yapensis Roewer, 1963, p. 129, figs. 9e-9i (male and female syntypes from Yap, in Bishop Museum, not seen); first synonymized by Shear, 1978,p. 8. Diagnosis: Males of P. aloha may be recognized by the small proximal apophysis on the palpal patella (Forster, 1959,figs. 108, 109; Palpal patella with distal dorsal apophysis; embolus wide (fig. 50). Female: Total length 0.83. Carapace 0.31 long, 0.32 wide, 0.22 high. Abdomen 0.58 long, 0.54 wide. Thorax and posterior eye row as in male. Pedipalp reduced to coxa and trochanter. Abdomen without dorsal scutum, with numerous small round sclerotizations and four large muscle impressions (figs. 48,49). Suman, 1967,fig. 16),females by the small spermathecae on short stalks (Suman, 1967,fig. 15). Male: Described by Forster (1959). Female: Described by Suman (1967). Material Examined: Hawaii: Oahu (Van Zwaluwenburg, AMNH), lc? (holotype). Yap: Colonia, under rocks in grassy field, May 31, 1973 (J. A. Beatty, J. W. Berry, JAB), IS, 1$., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on page 18

Anapisona bordeaux, new species Figures 22,23 Type: Male holotype from Bordeaux Mountain, St. John, United States Virgin Islands (December 17,1965), deposited in AMNH. Etymology: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality. Diagnosis: Males of A. bordeaux may be recognized by the narrow, terminal embolus (fig. 22). Male: Total length 2.27. Carapace 1.10 long, 0.81 wide, 0.68 high. Abdomen 1.09 long, 1.18 wide. Dorsal abdominal scutum invaginated at top. Clypeal height almost three times the anterior lateral eye diameter. Posterior median eyes separated by almost twice their diameter from posterior laterals. Tibia I with one prolateral and one retrolateral cusp at middle. Cymbium with dorsal projection at base and two strong bristles at apex (figs. 22,23). Female: Unknown. Material Examined: Only the holotype.

Anapisona ashmolei, new species Figures 19,32, 33 Types: Male holotype and female paratype taken on a rock in the terminal sump of the main cave at Los Tayos, latitude 3��10' S, longitude 78��12' W, Morona-Santiago,Ecuador (July 12,1976; N. P. Ashmole), deposited in AMNH courtesy of Dr. Ashmole. Etymology: Named for the collector of the type specimens. Diagnosis: Males of A. ashmolei may be recognized by the three bristles on the cymbial extension (fig. 19),females by the long epigynal openings and moderately coiled ducts (figs. 32,33). Male: Total length 1.98. Carapace 0.90 long, 0.79 wide, 0.43 high. Abdomen 1.15 long, 1.12 wide. Pars cephalica and margins of pars thoracica brownish orange, remainder of pars thoracica dark brown. Sternum uniformly orange. Clypeal height more than three times the anterior lateral eye diameter. Posterior median eyes separated by twice their diameter from posterior laterals. Legs, setae, and tarsal claws elongated. Tibia I with one or two prolateroventral cusps at middle. Embolus with three coils; cymbial extension with one thin subterminal and two thick terminal bristles (fig. 19). Female: Total Length 1.94. Carapace 0.86 long, 0.61 wide, 0.46 high. Abdomen 1.22 long, 1.26 wide. Sternum with pale margins. Clypeal height more than twice the anterior lateral eye diameter. Posterior median eyes separated by 1.5 times their diameter from posterior laterals. Tibia I with or without prolateroventral cusp at middle; metatarsus I with median and two distal, median and one distal, or only distal cusps. Epigynal openings long (fig. 32); posterior portion of ducts transverse (fig. 33). Material Examined: Ecuador: Morona-Santiago: Los Tayos, on wet wall of main cave, July 12,1976 (N. P. Ashmole, NPA), 1S; bottom of second (80,) pitch of Commando Cave, July 10,1976 (N. P. Ashmole, NPA), IS, 1$; 200 feet deep in Commando Cave, July 23, 1976 (N. P. Ashmole, NPA), 1$; July 10,1976 (G. T. Jefferson, NPA), 2$., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on pages 9-10

Anapisona simoni Gertsch Figures 1-3, 16,26, 27 Anapisona simoni Gertsch, 1941, p. 6,figs. 1-4,27 (male holotype from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama, in AMNH, examined). Forster, 1958, fig. 24. Diagnosis: Males of A. simoni may be recognized by the subterminal bristles on the cymbial extension (fig. 16),females by the narrow, triangular epigynal openings and highly coiled ducts (figs. 26,27). Male: Described by Gertsch (1941). Female: Described by Gertsch (1941). Variation: Because this is the only species of Anapisona for which an adequate sample from one locality is known, variability in the cusps on leg I was studied. In males, the first tibia usually bears a single cusp at about half its length, but it may be lacking on the right or left leg and is occasionally doubled; the first metatarsus usually has one median and two distal cusps but the median and one of the distal cusps may be lacking. In females, only a few specimens have a tibial cusp, and most have one median and one distal metatarsal cusp (although the median cusp may be missing and the distal cusp is rarely doubled). Material Examined: Panama: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island, no date (J. Zetek, AMNH),lc?,22; Feb. 12,1936 (W. J. Gertsch, AMNH), 19; Mar. 10,1936 (W. J. Gertsch, AMNH), 16, 19 (holotype, allotype); Berlese sample, July, 1943-Mar., 1944 (J. Zetek, MCZ),16; Berlese sample, June-Nov., 1946 (J. Zetek, MCZ), 3d, 59; Berlese sample, Nov., 1952-Mar., 1953 (J. Zetek, AMNH), lc?; Feb. 7,1958 (A. M. Chickering, MCZ), 36; May, 1964 (A. M. Chickering, MCZ), 19; elevation 50 m., Sept., 1975 (W. G. Eberhard, MCZ), 2c?,32. Panam��: Chilibrillo Cave, Buenos Aires, Apr. 3, 1945 (H. Trapido,AMNH), 12., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on page 7

Anapisona schuhi, new species Figures 42, 43 Type: Female holotype from an elevation of 120 m. at the Reserva Ducke, 25 km. northnortheast of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (July 21,1973; R. T. Schuh),deposited in the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de S��o Paulo. Etymology: Named with great pleasure for my good friend and colleague, Dr. R. T. Schuh, collector of the holotype. Diagnosis: Females of A. schuhi may be recognized by the presence of anterior median eyes. Male: Unknown. Female: Total length 1.48. Carapace 0.79 long,0.58 wide, 0.47 high. Abdomen 0.76 long, 0.68 wide. Carapace and sternum orange, legs yellow. Anterior median eyes present, contiguous, about one-fourth the diameter of other eyes; from above, both eye rows slightly procurved. Metatarsus I with or without median cusp, with distal prolateroventral cusp. Epigynum with triangular wings (fig. 42); ducts basally expanded (fig. 43). Material Examined: Only the holotype., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on pages 13-14

Anapisona furtiva Gertsch Figures 18,30,31 Anapisona furtiva Gertsch, 1941, p. 8,fig. 28 (male holotype from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, Panama, in AMNH, examined). Diagnosis: Males of A. furtiva may be recognized by the single bristle on the cymbial extension (fig. 18),females by the short epigynal openings and moderately coiled ducts (figs. 30,31). Male: Described by Gertsch (1941). Female: Described by Gertsch (1941). Material Examined: Panama: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island, July 21,1938 (E. G. Williams, Jr., AMNH), 2$ (including allotype); Aug. 4,1938 (E. G. Williams, Jr., AMNH), Id (holotype)., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on page 9

PSEUDANAPIS SIMON Pseudanapis Simon, 1905, p. 64 (type species by monotypy Anapis paroculus Simon). Gossiblemma Roewer, 1963, p. 129 (type species by monotypy Gossiblemma yapensis Roewer); first synonymized by Shear, 1978,p. 8. Diagnosis: Specimens of Pseudanapis can be distinguished from other anapids by the coarsely punctate carapace, sternum, and ventral abdominal scutum (figs. 44-49), by a pattern of two femoral, one or two patellar, and no tibial apophyses on the male palp (figs. 50-53),and by the subequally long legs I and IV. Description: Forster (1959) has provided a detailed description of P. aloha that (except, of course, for genitalic details) can also serve as a generic description. Only differences from P. aloha are noted in the species descriptions below (the trichobothriotaxy has not been checked in each species). KEY TO SPECIES OF PSEUDANAPIS 1. Males..................................2 Females................................7 2. Tibia I with spines (Forster, 1959, fig. 114); New Guinea......................wilsoni Tibia I without spines....................3 3. Both apophyses on palpal femur situated distally (fig. 51; Forster, 1959,figs. 108,109; Suman, 1967,fig. 16).........................4 One apophysis on palpal femur at about half its length (figs. 50,52, 53; Forster, 1958, fig. II)...................................5 4. Proximal apophysis on palpal patella relatively small (Forster, 1959, figs. 108, 109; Suman, 1967,fig. 16); Hawaii and Yap aloha Proximal apophysis on palpal patella relatively large (fig. 51); Zaire...............benoiti 5. Distal apophysis on palpal femur relatively long, embolus relatively wide (fig. 50); Java and Sumatra........................paroculus Distal apophysis on palpal femur relatively short, embolus relatively narrow (figs. 52, 53); America..........................6 6. Palpal bulb invaginated distally (fig. 52); Mexico and Central America...........gertschi Palpal bulb not invaginated distally (fig. 53); Ecuador.........................domingo 7. Pedipalp segments beyond trochanter absent..8 Pedipalp segments beyond trochanter present..9 8. Pedipalp trochanter present; thorax with pair of tubercles at shoulders (fig. 49); Java and Sumatra........................paroculus Pedipalp trochanter absent; thorax without pair of tubercles at shoulders (Forster, 1959, fig. III); New Guinea.................wilsoni 9. Spermathecae relatively large (figs. 56,57); Zaire............................benoiti Spermathecae relatively small (figs. 58,59;Suman, 1967,fig. 15).................10 10. Spermathecae on long stalks (figs. 58, 59); Mexico and Central America.......gertschi Spermathecae on short stalks (Suman, 1967,fig. 15); Hawaii and Yap................aloha, Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on pages 16-17

Pseudanapis paroculus (Simon) Anapis paroculus Simon, 1899,p. 97 (female holotype from Sumatra, should be in MNHN, unavailable). Pseudanapis paroculus: Simon, 1905, p. 64, figs. 3, 4. Diagnosis: Males of P. paroculus may be recognized by the wide embolus (fig. 50),females by the small, ovoid spermathecae (figs. 54,55) and absence of palpal segments beyond the trochanter. Male: Total length 0.72. Carapace 0.34 long, 0.36 wide, 0.23 high. Abdomen 0.47 long, 0.45 wide. Thorax with pair of tubercles at shoulders. From above, posterior eye row slightly recurved. Spermathecae small, ovoid (figs. 54, 55). Material Examined: Java: Buitenzorg, 1904 (K. Kraepelin, MNHN), 16, 12., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on pages 17-18

Anapisona kethleyi, new species Figures 4,5, 17,28,29 Anapisona gertschi (misidentification): Forster, 1958, p. 9 (in part; fig. 26 only); 1959, p. 326 (fig. 155). Types: Male holotype and female paratype taken in a Berlese sample of leaf litter in a stream bed at an elevation of 4000 feet at the Organization for Tropical Studies station at Finca Las Cruces, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (March 18,1973; J. Wagner and J. Kethley), deposited in FMNH. Etymology: Named for one of the collectors of the type specimens. Diagnosis: Males of A. kethleyi may be recognized by the two terminal bristles on the cymbial extension (fig. 17),females by the wide epigynal openings and highly coiled ducts (figs. 28,29). Male: Total length 0.94. Carapace 0.54 long, 0.46 wide, 0.42 high. Abdomen 0.47 long, 0.50 wide. Sternum with central dark patch, borders lighter. Leg cusps as in A. simoni or lacking. Embolus with four coils; cymbium with two terminal bristles (fig. 17). Female: Total length 1.19. Carapace 0.61 long, 0.48 wide, 0.40 high. Abdomen 0.65 long, 0.81 wide. Sternum as in male. Metatarsus I with median and distal prolateroventral cusp, or without median cusp, or without cusps. Epigynal openings wide (fig. 28); spermathecal ducts narrow, highly coiled (fig. 29). Material Examined: Costa Rica: Cartago: 10 km. S Tapanti, Rio Grande de Orosi, elevation 1500 m., Berlese of mixed forest floor litter, Apr. 14,1973 (J. Wagner, J. Kethley, FMNH), lc?. Heredia: Rio Toro Amarillo, near Guápiles ,rain forest litter, Mar., 1966 (W. L. Brown, MCZ), 1$. Puntarenas: La Fila, 5 km. SW Finca Las Cruces, elevation 4700 feet, Berlese of leaf litter from forest slope, Mar. 15, 1973 (J. Wagner, J. Kethley, FMNH), 1$; San Vito, elevation 4000 feet, Berlese of floor litter from slope above stream, Mar. 15,1973 (J. Wagner, J. Kethley, FMNH), 29. Mexico: Chiapas: Ruinas de Palenque, Berlese of stump litter, Apr. 6,1974 (C. Alteri, AMNH), 19; Mar. 2-24,1975 (C. Alteri, AMNH), 2$. Oaxaca: 6 mi. S Valle Nacional, elevation 2000 feet, Berlese of leaf litter, May 19,1971 (S. B. Peck,MCZ, FMNH, WAS), 6J, 29. Tabasco: Pico de Oro, Aug. 12,1966 (J. and W. I vie, AMNH), 1$.

Anapisona kartabo Forster Figures 38,39 Anapisona kartabo Forster, 1958, p. 11,figs. 9,12, 14,17, 22 (male holotype from Kartabo, Mazaruni-Putaro, Guyana, in AMNH, examined). Diagnosis: Males of A. kartabo may be recognized by the absence of an apophysis on the palpal patella (figs. 38, 39). Male: Described by Forster (1958). Female: Unknown. Material Examined: Only the holotype, taken by sifting in 1924., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on page 16

Pseudanapis gertschi (Forster), new combination Figures 52, 58, 59 Anapisona gertschi Forster, 1958, p. 9,figs. 8,10, 11, 13, 20, 23 (male holotype from Tenejapa, Chiapas,Mexico, in AMNH, examined); not fig. 26 (=Anapisona kethleyi). Diagnosis: Males of P. gertschi may be recognized by the medially situated embolus and invaginateci tegulum (fig. 52), females by the small spermathecae on long stalks (figs. 58, 59). Male: Described by Forster (1958). Female: Described by Forster (1958); the abdomen (missing in specimens available to Forster) is as in P. paroculus females. Material Examined: Costa Rica: Cartago: Rio Grande de Orosi, 10 km. S Tapanti,elevation 1500 m., Berlese of mixed forest floor litter, Apr. 14,1973 (J. Wagner, J. Kethley, FMNH), 39. Mexico: Chiapas: Palenque,July 6,1949 (C. and M. Goodnight, AMNH), lc?, 22; Berlese of rotten wood from cacao grove, Jan. 29,1976 (C. Alteri, AMNH), lc?; Berlese of leaves and humus from cacao grove, Jan. 29,1976 (C. Alteri, AMNH), IS, 19. Tenejapa ,July 22,1950 (C. Goodnight, AMNH), lc? (holotype). Veracruz'. Cueva Macinga, Tlilapan,Jan. 9,1977 (J. Reddell, A. Grubbs, S. McKenzie, C. Soileau, AMNH), lc?,12. Panama: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island, June, 1950 (A. M. Chickering,MCZ), 1$. Chiriqui: Boquete, Aug. 1-8,1950 (A. M. Chickering, MCZ), lcJ, 29; Aug. 4-11,1954 (A. M. Chickering,MCZ), lc?, 1$., Published as part of Platnick, N. I & M. U. Shadab, 1979, A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Psudanapis, pp. 1-20 in American Museum Novitates 2672 on page 19

The class Arachnida contains 11 recent orders: Acari, Amblypygi, Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones, Ricinulei, Schizomida, Scorpiones, Solifugae and Uropygi (Thelyphonida). In total, >570 families, >9165 genera and >93455 species are known world-wide. More than 136 families, >482 genera and >1547 described species occur in Amazonia. Data show, that almost one-fourth of the families presently known in the Arachnida and about 2% of the worlds described species are represented in Amazonia. In the forest reserve 'Reserva Ducke' near Manaus, the Acari-Oribatida represent 45 families, 72 genera and 35 described species, the Aranea 30 families, 143 genera and 295 described species, the Opiliones 5 families, 7 genera and 8 decribed species, the Scorpiones 2 families, 4 genera and 5 described species, the Pseudoscorpiones 6 families, 11 genera, and 15 described species, the Schizomida, 1 family, 2 genera and 2 described species, and the Amblypygi, Palpigradi, Solifugae and Uropygi (Thelyphonida) one species each. Most names are listed