Camptoscaphiella nepalensis Baehr, 2010

Baehr, Barbara C., Harvey, Mark S. & Smith, Helen M., 2010, A Review of the Asian Goblin Spider Genus Camptoscaphiella (Araneae: Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2010 (3697), pp. 1-66 : 12-13

Camptoscaphiella nepalensis Baehr , new species

Figures 176–178 , 198–199 , 277–290 ; map 3

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype, from Nepal, Parbat Dist., forêt de Goropani entre la vallée de Kali Gandaki et Pokhara in 3100 m, 27.66666°N, 84.41666°E, (8 Oct 1983, I. Loebl, A. Smetana) deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 15375). ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality .

MAP 3. Records of Camptoscaphiella nepalensis (circle), C. panchthar

(square) and C. paquini (triangles).

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of C. tuberans in having a prolateral rim at the distal part of the bulb and those of C. loebli in having a broad fusion of the dorsal scute with the epigastric scutum but can easily be recognized by the bulbal tip that is very narrow. Females can be separated from all other species by the large, drop-shaped median plate occupying about 2 ⁄ 3 of epigastric area and the long copulatory duct with spatulate tip reaching well beyond posterior groove.

MALE (PBI_OON 15375, figs. 277–283): Total length 1.82. Carapace pale orange. Eyes: ALE 0.082, PME 0.046, PLE 0.046; ALE largest; ALE-PLE touching, PME touching throughout most of their length. Sternum, yellow, heart shaped with pointed anterolateral process. Chelicerae, endites, and labium pale orange. Chelicerae straight. Abdomen oval, scutae pale orange. Dorsal scutum covering 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 ⁄ 4 of abdomen, more than 1 ⁄ 2 to most of abdomen width, broadly fused to epigastric scutum. Postepigastric scutum only around epigastric furrow. Epigastric region with large circular sperm pore. Palp (figs. 176–178, 281–283) orange-brown; patella: L, 0.66 mm; P, 0.48 mm; PR = 0.72; H, 0.20 mm; L/H, 3.3; cymbium narrow in dorsal view; bulb distal part with semcircular, prolateral rim, bifurcate ventral appendices and retrolaterally directed fold.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 23385, figs. 284–290): Total length 1.86. As in male except as noted. Eyes: ALE 0.081, PME 0.060, PLE 0.060. Epigastric area with a large, drop-shaped median plate occupying about 2 ⁄ 3 of epigastric area, a conical anterior sclerite, and a long copulatory duct reaching well beyond posterior groove (figs. 198–199, 289–290).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: NEPAL: Forêt de Goropani entre la vallée de Kali Gandaki et Pokhara , 27.66666°N, 84.41666°E, 3100 m, 9 Oct 1983, I. Loebl, A. Smetana, 1♀ (PBI_OON 15378) ( MHNG) .

DISTRIBUTION: West Nepal, subtropical broadleaf forest (map 3).

Figures

FIGURES 173–178. Camptoscaphiella schwendingeri, new species (PBI_OON

FIGURES 194–199. Camptoscaphiella species, female epigyna. 194. C. panchthar, new species (PBI_OON 15771), ventral view. 195. Same, dorsal view. 196. C. paquini, new species (PBI_OON 03059), ventral view. 197. Same, dorsal view. 198. C. nepalensis, new species (PBI_OON 23385), ventral view. 199. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 277–283. Camptoscaphiella nepalensis, new species, male (PBI_OON 15375). 277. Habitus, dorsal view. 278. Carapace, frontal view. 279. Same, dorsal view. 280. Habitus, lateral view. 281. Palp, prolateral view. 282. Palp, dorsal view. 283. Palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars, habitus = 0.5 mm, palp = 0.35 mm.

FIGURES 284–290. Camptoscaphiella nepalensis, new species, female (PBI_OON 23385). 284. Habitus, dorsal view. 285. Same, ventral view. 286. Carapace, dorsal view. 287. Same, anterior view. 288. Habitus, lateral view. 289. Epigynum, ventral view. 290. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars, habitus = 0.5 mm, epigynum = 0.1 mm.