Scaphios puyo, Platnick & Duperre, 2010

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2010, The Andean Goblin Spiders Of The New Genera Niarchos And Scaphios (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (345), pp. 1-120 : 116

Scaphios puyo , new species Figs. 890–899

TYPE: Male holotype (missing abdomen) from Berlese sample of cloud forest litter taken at an elevation of 1000 m at a site 25 km N of Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador (July 13, 1976; S. Peck), deposited in FMNH (33724, PBI_OON 10226) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the very narrow, subbasally and subdistally bent embolus (figs. 895–899).

MALE (PBI_OON 10226, figs. 890–899): Carapace length 0.64 (abdomen missing). PME oval ; ALE separated by less than their radius; PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Endites with anterior projections situated distally, beaklike, directed laterally. Leg spination: tibiae IV v0-0- 1p. Embolus elongated, narrow, distally sinuous; bulb elongated (figs. 895–899).

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Pastaza province, Ecuador.

Figures

Figs. 890–899. Scaphios puyo, new species, male. 890. Cephalothorax, dorsal view. 891. Carapace, dorsal view. 892. Cephalothorax, ventral view. 893. Same, anterior view. 894. Carapace, lateral view. 895. Embolus, prolateral view. 896. Same, retrolateral view. 897. Palp, prolateral view. 898. Same, ventral view. 899. Same, retrolateral view.