Scaphiella hitoy, 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 : 29

Scaphiella hitoy , new species Figures 229–253; map 2

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken in litter at an elevation of 160 m at the Estación R.B. Hitoy Cerere, Limón, Costa Rica (May 12, 1993; E. Rojas), deposited in INBIO (50908, PBI _OON 26355) .

DIAGNOSIS: This species is similar to S. hone in having microsculpture on the sides of the pars thoracica, but both sexes have a flatter carapace with smaller eyes (as in figs. 233, 234). Females have a narrower anterior epigynal sclerite (fig. 245); males have the tip of the embolus shorter than in S. hone (fig. 237).

MALE (PBI_OON 26355, figs. 229–238). Total length 1.17. Carapace with granulations in triangular patches on sides and back. Sternum smooth. Endites without anteromedian modifications. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur moderately expanded; embolus narrowed, angled near base, relatively short, tip relatively short.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29646, figs. 239–253). Total length 1.35. Anterior epigynal sclerite long, anterior and posterior portions subequal in length, posterior portion widened; apodemes narrow, directed dorsolaterally.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: COSTA RICA: Heredia: Estación Biólogica La Selva, 10u269N, 84u019W, Apr. 2, 1993, secondary forest, elev. 50–150 m (INBIO 227002, PBI_OON 29557), 1 -, (INBIO 245630, PBI_OON 29559), 1 U, Jan. 3, 1994, primary forest, elev. 50–150 m (INBIO 241614, PBI_OON 29560), 1 U. Limón: Estación R. B. Hitoy Cerere, May 12, 1998, litter, elev. 160 m (E. Rojas, AMNH PBI_OON 305), 1 U, Aug. 29–Sept. 30, 2000 (W. Arana, AMNH PBI_OON 26366), 1 U, Feb. 26, 2002, litter, elev. 160 m (W. Arana, AMNH PBI_OON 29646), 1 U. Puntarenas: Cerro Nara, 9u299030N, 84u009120W, Aug. 2002, under rocks, elev. 900 m (C. Víquez, AMNH PBI_OON 26364), 1 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Heredia, Limón, and Puntarenas, Costa Rica (map 2).