Scaphiella napo, 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 : 78

Scaphiella napo , new species Figures 649–667; map 5

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from a Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 250 m at Limoncocha, Napo, Ecuador (June 25, 1976; S. Peck), deposited in FMNH ( PBI _ OON 324 ) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of S. pich but have a larger, more basally situated protrusion on the palpal bulb (figs. 657, 658); females have a shorter, narrower anterior epigynal sclerite (figs. 665–667).

MALE (PBI_OON 324, figs. 649–658). Total length 1.47. Carapace with granulation reaching halfway up sides of pars cephalica, reaching apex of pars thoracica. Sternum smooth. Endites with spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur greatly enlarged; bulb with large, basal protrusion; embolus long, thin, set on basal half of bulb.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 324, figs. 659–667). Total length 1.68. Endites unmodified. Epigastric scutum with small, oval ridge just above pedicel. Epigynal atrium oval, with dark, large anterior sclerite; apodemes short.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: ECUA- DOR: Napo: Limoncocha, June 18, 1976, Berlese, Ficus litter with fruits, elev. 250 m (S. Peck, FMNH 33718, PBI_OON 10220), 1 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Napo, Ecuador (map 5).