Scaphoides econotus (Chickering)

Platnick, Norman I., Berniker, Lily & Kranz-Baltensperger, Yvonne, 2012, The Caribbean Goblin Spider Genera Scaphioides and Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2012 (3751), pp. 1-64 : 38

Scaphoides econotus (Chickering)

Figures 211–219

Stenoonops econotus Chickering, 1969a: 5 , figs. 7–9 (female holotype from University Farm , Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, in MCZ; examined).

Scaphioides econotus: Platnick and Dupérré, 2010: 9 .

DIAGNOSIS: Members of this species resemble those of S. irazu , S. phonetus , and S. nitens in having many tubercles on the carapace, arrayed in triangular patches opposite the coxae (fig. 211), but have a patterned abdomen, with distinct anterior and posterior light brown markings on the dorsum; the dark markings are separated by transverse white ridge, and the anterior one includes a pair of white spots near the anterolateral edges (fig. 215).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 374, figs. 211–219): Total length 1.45. Elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides granulate. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface smooth, covered with large round pits, microsculpture everywhere but middle, furrows smooth, anterior margin with interrupted transverse groove. Anterior genitalic process with short, wide tip on long, triangular base.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: WEST INDIES: Puerto Rico: University Farm, N University Campus, Mayagüez, Jan. 31, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI_OON 374), 1♀ (holotype) ;

DISTRIBUTION: Puerto Rico.

Figures

FIGS. 211–219. Scaphioides econotus (Chickering), female. 211, 214. Carapace, dorsal view. 212, 213. Sternum, ventral view. 215. Abdomen, dorsal view. 216. Same, ventral view. 217. Epigastric region, ventral view. 218. Genitalia, ventral view. 219. Same, dorsal view.