Scaphiella vicencio, 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 : 66-69

Scaphiella vicencio , new species Figures 609–629; map 3

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from a Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 500 m at Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia (Mar. 1–4, 1972; S., J. Peck), deposited in FMNH ( PBI _ OON 320 ) .

DIAGNOSIS: The male palp has a short, basally twisted embolus that is widest at about half its length (figs. 617–619); the female epigynum has distinctively thickened lateral margins (figs. 627–629).

MALE (PBI_OON 320, figs. 609–619). Total length 1.42. Carapace with obvious granulations on sides of pars thoracica, granulations reaching apex. Sternum smooth. Endites with spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, epigastric scutum with small, curved, transverse ridge just above pedicel. Palpal femur slightly expanded; embolus short, basally twisted.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 320, figs. 620–629). Total length 1.56. Endites unmodified. Epigynal atrium oval, with heavily sclerotized anterior and lateral margins; anterior sclerite small, heavily sclerotized only anteriorly; apodemes short.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: COLOM- BIA: Amazonas: 7 km N Leticia, Feb. 20–25, 1972, Berlese, forest litter (S. Peck, AMNH PBI_OON 29607), 1 -. Quindío: 1 km S Calarcá, Mar. 8, 1974, Berlese, forest litter

with fleshy mushrooms, elev. 5000 ft (S. Peck, FMNH PBI_OON 321), 1 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (map 3).