The Goblin Spider Genus Scaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae)
Author
Platnick, N.
Author
Dupérré N.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2010
2010-03-15
2010
332
1
156
journal article
0003-0090
Scaphiella bonda
,
new species
Figures 570–588
; map 1
TYPES:
Male
holotype
and female
allotype
taken in
pitfall
trap in dry zone at
Villa Culebra
, near
Bonda
, ca.
10 km
east of
Santa Marta
,
Magdalena
,
Colombia
(
Nov.–Dec. 1985
;
H. Müller
), deposited in
MHNG
(
PBI
_OON 15480)
.
DIAGNOSIS: The male palp has a slightly enlarged femur (fig. 579) and a long, narrow embolus that is bent laterally much nearer the base than typical, at about one-fourth its length (fig. 578); the female epigynum has a very short anterior sclerite and a distinctive pair of medially directed extensions on the lateral margins (figs. 586–588).
MALE (PBI_OON 15480, figs. 570–579). Total length 1.44. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites with spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, smooth. Palpal femur moderately enlarged; embolus long, gradually narrowing apically.
Figs. 364–374.
Scaphiella hone
,
new species
, male.
364.
Habitus, dorsal view.
365.
Same, ventral view.
366.
Same, lateral view.
367.
Carapace, lateral view.
368.
Habitus, anterior view.
369.
Carapace, dorsal view.
370.
Abdomen, anterior view.
371.
Left palp, dorsal view.
372.
Same, prolateral view.
373.
Same, ventral view.
374.
Same, retrolateral view.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 15480, figs. 580–588). Total length 1.45. Epigynal atrium circular, with small anterior sclerite and paired poste-
rior sclerotizations; apodemes short, posterolaterally directed.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One male taken with the
types
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Colombia
(map 1).