Stenoonops kochalkai Platnick N. I. & Dupérré N. 2010, new species

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