Scaphios jatun, Platnick & Duperre, 2010
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1206/727.1 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6217B027-FFAE-C53A-E3A0-FD52A08AFE8F |
treatment provided by |
Tatiana |
scientific name |
Scaphios jatun |
status |
sp. nov. |
Scaphios jatun View in CoL , new species Figs. 857–866 View Figs
TYPE: Female holotype taken in litter at an elevation of 410 m at the Jatun Sacha Biological Station , 1u03957.50S, 77u37900.20W, Napo, Ecuador (Dec. 1, 2009; A. Santos, C. Rheims, Niarchos Exped. ), deposited in QCAZ (PBI_OON 427) .
ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of S. wagra in having a T-shaped tip on the anterior genitalic projection, but have a distinct epigynal atrium (figs. 865, 866).
MALE: Unknown.
FEMALE (PBI_OON 427, figs. 857–866): Total length 1.65. PME oval; posterior eye row recurved from above, straight from front; ALE separated by less than their radius, PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Leg spination: tibiae: III, IV v0- 0-1p; metatarsi IV v0-0- 1p. Anterior genitalic projection relatively wide, with thickened, Tshaped tip, separated by atrium from laterally angular transverse bar (figs. 865, 866).
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Ecuador: Napo: Jatun Sacha Biological Station , 1u03957.50S, 77u37900.20W, Dec. 1–5, 2009, pitfall, elev. 410 m (A. Santos, C. Rheims, Niarchos Exped., IBSP PBI _OON 428), 1 U ; 20 km S Tena , July 11, 1976, Berlese, forest litter, elev. 600 m (S. Peck, FMNH 33715 About FMNH , PBI_OON 10217), 1 U, same, Berlese, broken termite nests (S. Peck, FMNH 33727 About FMNH , PBI_OON 10229), 1 U .
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from relatively lowland sites in Napo province, Ecuador.
QCAZ |
Museo de Zoologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador |
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