Scaphiella almirante, 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 : 40-42

Scaphiella almirante , new species Figures 426–443; map 9

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in a Berlese sample of floor litter at Almirante, Bocas del Toro, Panama (Mar. 27, 1959; H. Dybas), deposited in FMNH ( PBI _ OON 314 ) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a narrow, basally pale embolus, bent at about two-thirds its length, with the tip directed almost transversely (fig. 433); females have the posterior portion of the anterior epigynal sclerite forming a broad oval (fig. 441).

MALE (PBI_OON 314, figs. 426–434). Total length 1.17. Carapace with sides smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites without anteromedian modifications. Abdomen with scattered dark markings visible under scuta, scuta smooth. Palpal femur moderately expanded; embolus basally pale, narrow.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 314, figs. 435–443). Total length 1.37. Posterior portion of anterior epigynal sclerite broadly oval; apodemes short, narrow.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: PANA- MA: Bocas del Toro: Almirante, Mar. 26, 1959, Berlese, decaying palm fruit stalk and sublitter on ground (H. Dybas, FMNH PBI_OON 315), 1 U, Berlese, thatch on ground under ant nest in log (H. Dybas, FMNH 34870, PBI_OON 10587), 1 U.

DISTRIBUTION: Panama (map 9).