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 almirante
,
new species
Figures 426–443
; map 9
TYPES:
Male
holotype
and female
allotype
taken in a
Berlese
sample of floor litter at
Almirante
,
Bocas del Toro
,
Panama
(
Mar. 27, 1959
;
H. Dybas
), deposited in
FMNH
(
PBI
_
OON 314
)
.
DIAGNOSIS: Males have a narrow, basally pale embolus, bent at about two-thirds its length, with the tip directed almost transversely (fig. 433); females have the posterior portion of the anterior epigynal sclerite forming a broad oval (fig. 441).
Figs. 201–209.
Scaphiella muralla
,
new species
, female.
201.
Habitus, dorsal view.
202.
Same, ventral view.
203.
Same, lateral view.
204.
Same, anterior view.
205.
Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view.
206.
Carapace, dorsal view.
207.
Epigastric region, ventral view.
208.
Epigynum, ventral view.
209.
Same, dorsal view.
Map 11. Records of
S. muralla
(square),
S. williamsi
(circles),
S. irmaos
(triangle), and
S. icabaru
(star).
MALE (PBI_OON 314, figs. 426–434). Total length 1.17. Carapace with sides smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites without anteromedian modifications. Abdomen with scattered dark markings visible under scuta, scuta smooth. Palpal femur moderately expanded; embolus basally pale, narrow.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 314, figs. 435–443). Total length 1.37. Posterior portion of anterior epigynal sclerite broadly oval; apodemes short, narrow.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: PANA- MA:
Bocas del Toro
:
Almirante,
Mar. 26, 1959
, Berlese, decaying palm fruit stalk and sublitter on ground (H. Dybas, FMNH PBI_OON 315), 1
U
, Berlese, thatch on ground under ant nest in log (H. Dybas, FMNH 34870, PBI_OON 10587), 1
U
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Panama
(map 9).