Camptoscaphiella gunsa Baehr, 2010

Baehr, Barbara C., Harvey, Mark S. & Smith, Helen M., 2010, A Review of the Asian Goblin Spider Genus Camptoscaphiella (Araneae: Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2010 (3697), pp. 1-66 : 10

Camptoscaphiella gunsa Baehr , new species

Figures 184–185 , 228–237 ; map 1

TYPE: Female holotype, from India, Taplejung Distr., Gunsa , 3100 m, 27°40′ N, 87°56′ E (11 Sep 1983, Martens, Daams), deposited in SMF (PBI_OON 15715) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be separated from all other Camptoscaphiella females by their tiny circular median plate and a copulatory duct that is long, narrow, straight, posteriorly directed, and internally convoluted.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 15715, figs. 228–237): Total length 2.82. Eyes: ALE 0.098, PME 0.081; PLE 0.093. Abdomen oval, dorsal scutum yellow-brown, covering less than 1 ⁄ 2 of abdomen and less than 1 ⁄ 4 abdomen width. Legs: femur I with 2 prolateral spines additionally. Postepigastric scutum, epigynal area wide oval; with small anterior sclerite and small oval median plate; copulatory duct long, narrow, straight, posteriorly directed, internally convoluted with sharp tip just reaching posterior groove; apodemes thin, not reaching posterior groove (figs. 184, 185).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, Dalhousie , 1950 m, 32°53′N, 75°59′E, 20 Oct 1988, S. Vit, 2♀ ( MHNG PBI_OON 12766); 2♀ ( MHNG PBI_OON 12863) .

NEPAL: Gorkha Dist. , Chuling Khola , Djinshi Kharka , 3400 m, 28°26′N, 84°48′E, 4–5 Aug 1983, Martens , Schawaller, 2♀ ( SMF PBI_OON 15732); Gorkha Dist., Chuling Khola, Djongshi Kharka, mixed forest, 3050 m, 28°26′ N, 84°47′ E, 5 Aug 1983, Martens, Schawaller, 1♀ ( SMF PBI_OON 15741) .

DISTRIBUTION: Himalayan mountains in North India and Nepal (map 1).

Figures

FIGURES 182–187. Camptoscaphiella species, female epigyna. 182. C. fulva Caporiacco (PBI_OON 12527), ventral view. 183. Same, dorsal view. 184. C. gunsa, new species (PBI_OON 15715), ventral view. 185. Same, dorsal view. 186. C. loebli, new species (PBI_OON 15718), ventral view. 187. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 228–237. Camptoscaphiella gunsa Brignoli, female (PBI_OON 15715). 228. Habitus, dorsal view. 229. Same, ventral view. 230. Carapace, dorsal view. 231. Same, anterior view. 232. Habitus, lateral view. 233. Leg I, prolateral view. 234. Sternum, ventral view. 235. Abdomen, anterior view. 236. Epigynum, ventral view. 237. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars, habitus = 1.0 mm, epigynum = 0.1 mm.