Scaphiella bryantae Dumitresco and Georgesco

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 : 155

Scaphiella bryantae Dumitresco and Georgesco Map 14

Scaphiella bryanti Dumitresco and Georgesco, 1983: 108 , pl. 23, figs. 1–7 (female holotype from left bank of Río Baracoa , Oriente, Cuba, should be in Institut de Spéologie ‘‘Emile Racovitza,’’ Bucarest, unavailable; specific name is a patronym for Elizabeth Bryant).

DIAGNOSIS: We have seen no specimens of this species, but Dumitresco and Georgesco’s illustration of the female palp and chelicerae leave no doubt that their specimen belongs to the genus. Judging by their epigynal figure, the species is probably closest to S. curlena , as the two share a bipartite anterior epigynal sclerite; the posterior part of the sclerite is apparently much longer in S. bryantae .

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE: Described by Dumitresco and Georgesco (1983).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Cuba (map 14).