Scaphiella ayacucho, 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 : 131

Scaphiella ayacucho , new species Figures 1002–1012; map 12

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a primary forest 1.5 km E of Caño Tigre, Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas, Venezuela (Jan. 7, 1996; I. Netuzhilin), deposited in MACN ( PBI _OON 31061) .

DIAGNOSIS: This male from southwestern Venezuela differs from the other known Venezuelan males, and resembles instead the species from Ecuador, in having an extremely long embolus, originating near the posterior end of the palpal bulb (fig. 1011); it differs from the Ecuadorean species with long emboli ( S. pich , S. napo , and S. tena ) in lacking a pronounced knob near the base of the embolus. As in S. icabaru , the wide geographic separation makes it unlikely that this could be the male of any of the northern Venezuelan species known only from females ( S. scutiventris , S. gracia , S. cata , and S. valencia ).

MALE (PBI_OON 31061, figs. 1002–1012). Total length 1.29. Carapace with granulations on sides, heaviest at sides of posterior declivity. Sternum smooth. Endites with strong, spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur greatly expanded; bulb without knob: embolus long, originating in basal third of cymbial length, extending most of that length.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Amazonas, Venezuela (map 12).