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 bopal
,
new species
Figures 210–218
; map 12
TYPE:
Female
holotype
taken at an elevation of
350 m
in riparian forest at the approach to the bridge over the
Río Bopal
,
Finca Alvares
, Mun. San Dionicio, 12.7425uN, 85.82916uW,
Matagalpa
,
Nicaragua
(
Dec. 1, 2007
;
C. Víquez
,
J. Mata
), deposited in
AMNH
(
PBI
_
OON 300
)
.
Figs. 94–104.
Scaphiella cocona
,
new species
, male.
94.
Habitus, dorsal view.
95.
Same, ventral view.
96.
Same, lateral view.
97.
Cephalothorax, anterior view.
98.
Carapace, dorsal view.
99.
Same, lateral view.
100.
Abdomen, anterior view.
101.
Left palp, dorsal view.
102.
Same, prolateral view.
103.
Same, ventral view.
104.
Same, retrolateral view.
Figs. 105–113.
Scaphiella cocona
,
new species
, female.
105.
Habitus, dorsal view.
106.
Same, ventral view.
107.
Same, lateral view.
108.
Same, anterior view.
109.
Carapace, dorsal view.
110.
Same, lateral view.
111.
Epigastric region, ventral view.
112.
Epigynum, ventral view.
113.
Same, dorsal view.
Map 5. Records of
S. cocona
(triangle),
S. antonio
(stars),
S. napo
(circle), and
S. guatopo
(squares).
DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of
S. lancetilla
and
S. muralla
in abdominal shape but have a shorter anterior epigynal sclerite and a shorter epigynal atrium (figs. 216–218).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 300, figs. 210–218). Total length 1.48. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Epigynal atrium widely oval with short, narrow anterior sclerite; apodemes short, posteriorly directed.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.
DISTRIBUTION:
Matagalpa
,
Nicaragua
(map 12).