Scaphios planada, 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 planada , new species Figs. 900–920

TYPE: Male holotype from Winkler sample of litter taken at an elevation of 1850 m at Parcela Olga, Reserva Natural La Planada, 1u159N, 78u159W, Nariño, Colombia (Apr. 4–6, 2001; G. Oliva), deposited in IAVH (108090, PBI_OON 466) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the medially widened embolus (figs. 906– 910), females by the laterally sinuous trans- verse bar at the base of the anterior genitalic projection (figs. 919, 920).

MALE (PBI_OON 466, figs. 900–910): Total length 1.54. PME oval; ALE separated by less than their radius; PLE-PME separat- ed by less than PME radius. Endites with anterior projection situated distally, short, directed laterally. Leg spination: tibiae: III v0-0-1p; IV v0-0-2; metatarsi IV v0-0- 1p. Embolus distinctly widened at about half its length; bulb elongated (figs. 906–910).

FEMALE (PBI_OON 467, figs. 911–920): Total length 1.76. Posterior eye row recurved from above, procurved from front. Leg spination: tibiae IV v0-0-2; metatarsi IV v0- 0- 1p. Transverse bar at base of anterior genitalic projection wide, sinuous (figs. 919, 920).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Colombia: Nariño: Parcela Permanente, Reserva Natural La Planada, 1u159N, 78u159W, Dec. 2–6, 2001, Winkler, elev. 1855 m (G. Oliva, IAVH 108087, PBI_OON 467), 1 U.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Nariño province in southwestern Colombia.

Figures

Figs. 900–910. Scaphios planada, new species, male. 900. Habitus, dorsal view. 901. Carapace, dorsal view. 902. Sternum, ventral view. 903. Abdomen, ventral view. 904. Cephalothorax, anterior view. 905. Carapace, lateral view. 906. Embolus, prolateral view. 907. Same, retrolateral view. 908. Palp, prolateral view. 909. Same, ventral view. 910. Same, retrolateral view.

Figs. 911–920. Scaphios planada, new species, female. 911. Habitus, dorsal view. 912. Same, ventral view. 913. Carapace, dorsal view. 914. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 915. Habitus, lateral view. 916. Same, anterior view. 917. Carapace, lateral view. 918. Epigastric region, ventral view. 919. Genitalia, ventral view. 920. Same, dorsal view.