Scaphiella campeche, 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 : 9-13

Scaphiella campeche , new species Figures 30–48; map 2

TYPE: Male holotype and female allotype from Berlese of evergreen tropical forest fungi and litter at an elevation of 110 m at El Tormento, 6 km W Escárcega , Campeche, Mexico (July 23, 1983; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29853) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a subdistally widened embolus (fig. 38); females have a

DISTRIBUTION: Campeche and Chiapas, Mexico (map 2).

(circle), S. bonda (star), and S. simla (squares).

distinctively shaped epigynum, with greatly enlarged lateral sclerotizations (fig. 47); in both sexes, the carapace has microsculpture only along the lateral margins of the pars cephalica and on the pars thoracica, and both the sternum and abdominal scuta are smooth.

MALE (PBI_OON 29853, figs. 30–39). Total length 1.37. Carapace with granulations present only along margins and on posterior declivity. Sternum smooth. Endites without anteromedian modifications. Abdomen with scattered dark markings visible under scuta, scuta smooth. Palpal femur slightly expand- ed; embolus relatively short, subdistally widened.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29852, figs. 40–48). Total length 1.77. Bulk of epigynal atrium sclerotized; apodemes largely fused with lateral epigynal margins.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Campeche: El Tormento, 6 km W Escárcega, July 23, 1983, Berlese evergreen tropical forest fungi, litter, elev. 110 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI _OON 29852), 1 U. Chiapas: Ocosingo Valley , Finca El Real, July 1–7, 1950 (C., M. Goodnight, L. Stannard, AMNH PBI _OON 29861), 1 -; Villa Corso, Ejido Sierra Moreno, Reserva Biosfera La Sepultura , base of Cerro Bola , 16.13661uN, 93.59858uW, May 14, 2008, dry oak forest litter, elev. 1776 m (LLAMA 2008-006, MCZ 80295, PBI _ OON 289 ), 1 -.