Scaphiella muralla, 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 : 23

publication ID	0003-0090
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464176
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C6987C7-C875-2221-7A6B-85D525D6F9D6
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Scaphiella muralla
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Scaphiella muralla View in CoL , new species Figures 201–209; map 11

TYPE: Female holotype from a Winkler sample of sifted leaf litter taken at an elevation of 1541 m on the El Pizote trail, 15.10095uN, 86.74104uW, Parque Nacional La Muralla, La Unión, Olancho, Honduras (Oct. 4, 2008; C. Víquez, M. Branstetter), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _ OON 299 ) .

DIAGNOSIS: This female resembles those of S. lancetilla in abdominal shape, but has a much shorter anterior epigynal sclerite leading to a wide copulatory opening (fig. 207–209). The highly reduced eyes (figs. 204, 206) and smooth sternum make it unlikely that this could be the female of S. ceiba .

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 299, figs. 201–209). Total length 1.72. Carapace with sides of pars thoracica with obvious granulation reaching halfway up sides; eyes reduced (especially those of posterior row). Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Epigynal atrium circular, with large rounded anterior sclerite; apodemes long, posterolaterally directed.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Olancho, Honduras (map 11).