Scaphiella virgen, 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 : 29-33

Scaphiella virgen , new species Figures 254–278; map 3

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken at an elevation of 1050–1150 m at a site 16 km SSE of La Virgen, 10u169N, 84u059W, Heredia, Costa Rica (male, Feb. 20–23, 2001, female Apr. 9, 2001), deposited in INBIO (male, PBI_OON 29428, female PBI_OON 29429).

DIAGNOSIS: Males have a long, ridged anterior spine on the endites (figs. 266–268), deep sternal furrows (fig. 265), a greatly enlarged palpal femur (fig. 264) and a basally wide, distally bent embolus (figs. 262–264); females share the deep sternal furrows and

(squares), S. incha (circle), and S. gracia (triangle).

have a large anterior epigynal sclerite that fills most of the epigynal atrium (fig. 276).

MALE (PBI_OON 29579, figs. 254–268). Total length 1.44. Carapace sides with scattered granules on margins of posterior declivity. Sternum finely punctuate, covered with small round pits everywhere except middle. Endites with strong, toothlike anteromedian projection. Abdomen with scattered dark markings visible under scuta; scuta smooth. Palpal femur greatly expand- ed; embolus long, basally widened; bulb protruding ventrally.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29574, figs. 269–278). Total length 1.61. Endites unmodified. Anterior epigynal sclerite enlarged, round; apodemes short, narrow.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: COSTA RICA: Alajuela: San Carlos, El Tanque, 10u 49.5229N, 84u 58.5359W, Berlese, riparian forest (C. Víquez, AMNH PBI _OON 29433), 1 -. Cartago: Parque Nacional Barbilla, Apr. 28, 2001, litter (W. Arana, INBIO PBI _OON 26352), 1 U. Heredia: Estación Biólogica La Selva , 10u269N, 84u019W, June 1, 1993, elev. 50–150 m ( INBIO PBI _OON 29558), 1 U (without abdomen) ; 16 km SSE of La Virgen, 10u169N, 84u059W, Mar. 22, 2001, elev. 1050– 1150 m ( INBIO PBI _OON 29430), 1 -, 1 U. Limón: Hone Creek, Finca Alberto Moore, all leaf litter extraction (C. Víquez): Jan. 5–9, 2004 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29427, 29580 ), 2 -, Mar. 12–15, 2004 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29565), 1 -, Apr. 5–8, 2004 ( AMNH PBI _OON 26362, 29575 ), 2 -, May 14–17, 2004 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29577, 29590 ), 2 -, June 4–7, 2004 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29564, 29579 ), 4 -, July 9–11, 2004 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29562), 1 U, Aug. 3, 2004 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29585), 1 U, Oct. 8–11, 2004 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29426), 1 U, Jan. 6–7, 2005 ( INBIO PBI _OON 29569), 1 -, 1 U, July 8–11, 2005 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29563, 29571 , 29584 ), 2 -, 3 U, Oct. 21–23, 2005 ( AMNH PBI _OON 29434, 29574 , 29988 ), 2 -, 1 U. Puntarenas: Cerro Nara , 9u299030N, 84u009120W, Aug. 2002, under rocks, elev. 900 m (C. Víquez, AMNH PBI _OON 29431), 2 -; La Lucha, Cerro Amuo, base camp for INBIO Darwin Project , 9.114388uN, 83.093422uW, Feb. 19–27, 2008, rock outcrop, elev. 1500 m (C. Víquez, AMNH PBI _OON 29432), 1 U ; Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio , June 18, 1976 (C. Goodnight, AMNH PBI _OON 29647), 1 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in Costa Rica, where sometimes sympatric with S. hitoy and S. hone (map 3).