Scaphiella bordoni Dumitrescu and Georgescu, 1987

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 : 117-120

Scaphiella bordoni Dumitrescu and Georgescu Figures 878–896; map 3

Scaphiella bordoni Dumitrescu and Georgescu, 1987: 102 , pl. 7, figs. 1–5 (male holotype from Rancho Grande, Aragua, Venezuela, in the Institut de Spéologie ‘‘Emile Racovitza,’’ Bucarest, Romania, not available on loan, not examined).

DIAGNOSIS: Males closely resemble those of S. simla but lack the anterior projections at the base of the chelicerae; females also resemble those of S. simla but lack the elevated anterior margins of the epigastric scutum and the accompanying microsculpture. Both sexes have reduced eyes (figs. 882, 892).

MALE (PBI_OON 334, figs. 878–887). Total length 1.50. Carapace sides with extensive granulation in triangular patches opposite coxae and on sides of posterior declivity; eyes reduced, ALE separated by their radius to diameter. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur slightly expanded; bulb tapering apically, produced ventrally and proximally, with small knob near embolus base; embolus subdistally widened.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 334, figs. 888–896). Total length 1.53. Anterior epigynal sclerite posteriorly widened, invaginated; apodemes wide, directed laterally.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: VENEZUELA: Aragua: Parque Nacional Rancho Grande , 1960, epiphytes in cloud forest, elev. 1100 m (J. Ojasti, MCZ PBI _OON 29602), 1 -; Rancho Grande , 15 km N Maracay, Feb. 9–27, 1971, Berlese, forest litter, elev. 1000 –

1400 m ( FMNH PBI _OON 334), 1 -, 3 U, same ( AMNH PBI _OON 29611), 3 U.

DISTRIBUTION: Aragua, Venezuela (map 3).