Scaphiella buck, 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 : 147

publication ID	0003-0090
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464190
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C6987C7-C8F1-22A5-7A7A-86CC241AFB59
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Scaphiella buck
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Scaphiella buck View in CoL , new species Figures 1136–1145; map 13

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a Berlese sample of litter from Buck Island, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (June 12, 1972; W. Muchmore), deposited in FSCA ( PBI _OON 26887) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of S. kalunda but have a shorter, thicker embolus (figs. 1143–1145) and unmodified endites.

MALE (PBI_OON 26887, figs. 1136–1145). Total length 1.34. Carapace with few granulations restricted to margins. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur moderately expanded; bulb produced ventrally at level of embolar origin; embolus originating distally on bulb, very short.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One male taken with the type (FSCA PBI_OON 26887).

DISTRIBUTION: Virgin Islands (St. Croix, map 13).