Scaphiella kartabo, 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 : 107-112

Scaphiella kartabo , new species Figures 827–845; map 15

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a Berlese sample of litter from a rotten tree stump at Kartabo, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana (July 6, 1982; K., R. Schmidt), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29612) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of S. manaus but lack microsculpture on the carapace and have a slightly expanded embolus base (fig. 835); females have distinctively triangular apodemes extending from the lateral margins of the epigynal atrium (figs. 843–845).

MALE (PBI_OON 29613, figs. 827–836). Total length 1.31. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites with small, spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur slightly expanded; embolus short, set medially on palpal bulb.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29603, figs. 837–845). Total length 1.37. Endites unmodified. Epigynal atrium with short, narrow anterior sclerite and thick lateral sclerotizations; apodemes short, thick.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: GUYA- NA: Cuyuni-Mazaruni: Kartabo, July 3–12, 1982, Berlese , litter from leaf pile (K., R. Schmidt, AMNH PBI _OON 29613), 3 -; 0.5 mi up Whyape Creek on Río Cuyuni , June 19–28, 1986, pitfall trap in lowland riverine forest (K., R. Schmidt, AMNH PBI _OON 29603), 1 U .

DISTRIBUTION: Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana (map 15).