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C bickering — Genus Oonops 
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Oonops endicus sp. nov. 
Figures 21-25 
Holotype. The male holotype is from So. Bimini, Bahama Islands, 
May, 1951 ; collected by W. J. Gertsch and M. A. Cazier. It will 
be deposited in the American Museum of Natural History, New 
York City. The name of the species is an arbitrary combination of 
letters. 
Description. Total length 1.89 mm. Carapace 0.88 mm long; 
0.65 mm wide; 0.26 mm tall; rises just behind PME and then 
continues with a slight depression about midway to steep posterior 
declivity; surface with a sparse covering of dark hairs; with no 
median fovea or groove. Eyes: six as usual, in a moderately compact 
group; posterior row recurved and occupies a little more than two- 
thirds of width of carapace at that level (Fig. 21). Ratio of eyes 
ALE : PME : PLE = nearly 8 : 7.5 : 6.25. ALE separated from 
one another by nearly seven-eighths of their diameter and separated 
from PME by nearly one-fourth of their diameter and from PLE 
by slightly less than this distance. PME contiguous for nearly one- 
third of their circumference and separated from PLE by slightly 
more than one fourth of their diameter. Clypeus with several spini- 
form bristles; height nearly equal to one-fourth the diameter of ALE. 
Chelicerae : vertical ; parallel ; with numerous long, spiniform bristles 
projecting from medial halves; with no special modifications. Max- 
illae: convergent; narrowed distally and with a terminal cluster of 
bristles. Lip: wider at base than long; distal end bluntly pointed; 
without special modifications. Sternum: convex; not grooved or 
lobed; surface smooth and shining; with numerous bristles; sternal 
suture procurved ; longer than wide in ratio of nearly 4:3; bluntly 
rounded posterior end extended between fourth coxae which are 
separated by nearly four-fifths of their width. Legs: 4123 in order 
of length; spines are almost absent on first and second legs; occa- 
sional spines have been observed on third and fourth. Palp: only 
tarsus with distinctive features (Figs. 22-23) ; other palpal segments 
typical of males in the genus. Abdomen: essentially typical of males 
of the genus; region of the epigastric scutum and genital area very 
lightly chitinized; genital region, so prominent in the female, is 
barely indicated here. Color in alcohol: carapace, sternum, legs and 
mouth parts yellowish with variations ; ocular region with a moderate 
amount of pigment essentially as shown in Figure 21 ; abdomen nearly 
white but with scutal regions slightly yellowish. 
Female paratype. Total length 2.2 mm, exclusive of the extended 
spinnerets. Carapace 0.88 mm long; 0.62 mm wide opposite pos- 
terior border of second coxae where it is widest; 0.33 mm tall; other- 
