Scaphiella ceiba, 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 : 21-23

Scaphiella ceiba , new species Figures 171–181; map 9

TYPE: Male holotype from rotten wood on steep forest slope at an elevation of 130 m 14 km S of La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras (Mar. 23, 1979; W. Brown), deposited in MCZ (72949, PBI _OON 29854) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of S. tuxtla in having well-developed granulation on the sides of the pars cephalica, pitted surfaces on the sternum and abdominal scuta, and a basally twisted embolus (fig. 180), but have a wider dorsal abdominal scutum (fig. 171) and a basally more prolonged palpal bulb (fig. 181).

MALE (PBI_OON 29854, figs. 171–181). Total length 1.49. Carapace with granulations covering most of sides and back. Sternum surface covered with small round pits everywhere except middle. Endites without anteromedian modifications. Abdomen unpatterned; scuta punctate, with shallow pits. Palpal femur moderately expanded; embolus basally twisted, narrow beyond twist.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None. DISTRIBUTION: Atlántida, Honduras (map 9).