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 scutiventris
Simon
Figures 869–877
; map 2
Scaphiella scutiventris
Simon, 1893b: 443
(female
holotype
from
Caracas
,
Distrito Federal
,
Venezuela
, in MNHN; examined).
DIAGNOSIS: Females have a relatively long abdomen and a globular, posteriorly invaginated posterior extension on the anterior epigynal sclerite (figs. 875–877).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 2621, figs. 869– 877). Total length 1.47. Carapace sides smooth, granulations restricted to pair of paramedian small patches along posterior margin. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, smooth. Ante-
rior epigynal sclerite forming elongated triangle, invaginated posteriorly; apodemes short, angular.
MATERIAL EXAMINED:
VENEZUELA
:
Aragua
:
15 km
S
Las Tejerías
,
12 km
N Tiara
,
Aug. 8, 1987
, cloud forest litter, elev. 1300 (
S., J. Peck
,
AMNH
PBI
_OON 29597), 1
U
;
Tiara
, near
Cerro Niguel
,
Apr. 14, 1995
, elev.
1400 m
(
J. Lattke
,
CAS 9026678
,
PBI
_
OON 2621
), 1
U
.
Distrito Federal
:
Caracas
(
E. Simon
,
MNHN 5688
,
PBI
_OON 28544), 1
U
(
holotype
)
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Aragua
and Distrito Federal,
Venezuela
(map 2).