Scaphiella cata, 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 : 126

publication ID	0003-0090
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C6987C7-C81E-224A-79A4-8171243DFCF7
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Scaphiella cata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Scaphiella cata View in CoL , new species Figures 955–963; map 8

TYPE: Female holotype taken by soil washing in coastal thorn scrub at an eleva- tion of 3 m at Cata, Aragua, Venezuela (Aug. 10, 1987; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29593) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the elongated epigynal atrium, with a posterior invagination, and the long, posterolaterally directed apodemes originating at about half the atrial length (figs. 961– 963).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29593, figs. 955–963). Total length 1.50. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, smooth. Epigynal atrium pentagonal, with small anterior sclerite bearing median posterior invagination; apodemes long, posterolaterally directed.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Aragua, Venezuela (map 8).