Scaphiella irmaos, Platnick & Dupérré N., 2010

Platnick, N. & Dupérré N., 2010, The Goblin Spider Genus Scaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (332), pp. 1-156 : 100

Scaphiella irmaos , new species Figures 754–772; map 11

TYPE: Male holotype from Sitio Três Irmãos, Juruti, 02u27951.40S, 56u00908.60W, Pará, Brazil (N. Lo-Man-Hung and J. Barreiros, Feb. 6–13, 2007), deposited in MPEG (10096, PBI _OON 29479).

DIAGNOSIS: This is probably the sister species of S. manaus ; males have a longer, more angular embolus that originates more basally on the palpal bulb (fig. 762), and females have a transverse bar at the posterior end of the anterior epigynal sclerite (figs. 770–772).

MALE (PBI_OON 29477, figs. 754–763). Total length 1.45. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, epigastric scutum with small, faint ridge just above pedicel. Palpal femur slightly expanded; embolus short, set on distal half of palpal bulb, curving abruptly distally.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29478, figs. 764–772). Total length 1.54. Epigynal atrium triangular, with inverted T-shaped anterior sclerite; apodemes short, posteriorly directed.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRA- ZIL: Para´: Sitio Três Irmãos, Juruti, 02u27951.40S, 56u00908.60W, Aug. 8–15, 2006 (D. Candiani, N. Lo-Man-Hung, MPEG 10791–10796, 10803, PBI_OON 29477, 29480, 29481–29484, 29486), 7 -, Feb. 13, 2007 (N. Lo-Man-Hung, J. Barreiros, MPEG 10066, PBI_OON 29478), 1 U.

DISTRIBUTION: Pará, Brazil (map 11).