Scaphiella guatopo, 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 : 120

Scaphiella guatopo , new species Figures 916–935; map 5

TYPE: Male holotype taken in a flight intercept trap in a ravine at an elevation of 700 m at El Lucerno, 28 km N of Altagracia, Parque Nacional Guatopo , Miranda, Venezuela (June 7–14, 1987; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29600) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males of this dark orange species can easily be recognized by their relatively long and narrow palpal femur (fig. 923) and the ‘‘striped’’ appearance of the embolus (figs. 923–925), females by the narrow anterior epigynal sclerite and rebordered lateral margins of the epigynal atrium (figs. 933–935).

MALE (PBI_OON 29600, figs. 916–925). Total length 1.50. Carapace sides with few granulations, restricted to margins. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur slightly expanded, slightly elongated; embolus short, restricted to distal half of bulb, with twist at about half its length.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29595, figs. 926–935). Total length 1.52. Anterior epigynal sclerite narrow, arrow shaped; apodemes situated anterolaterally, short, wide.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: VENE- ZUELA: Miranda: Agua Blanca, Parque Nacional Guatopo, 35 km N Altagracia, May 31, 1987, Berlese , ravine litter, elev. 400 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI _OON 29598, 29617 ), 1 -, 2 U, June 7–14, 1987, flight intercept trap, forest streamside, elev. 400 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI _OON 29595), 1 U ; El Lucero, Parque Nacional Guatopo, 28 km N Altagracia, June 8, 1987, Berlese , rotted log litter, elev. 700 m (S., J. Peck, AMNH PBI _OON 29604), 1 -. Sucre: Las Melenis, 9.7 km NW Irapa, 10u419N, 62u379W, May 10, 1993, sifting leaf litter, elev. 800 m (J. Lattke, CAS 9026676 , PBI _ OON 2623 ), 1 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Miranda, and Sucre, Venezuela (map 5).