Scaphioides phonetus (Chickering)

Platnick, Norman I., Berniker, Lily & Kranz-Baltensperger, Yvonne, 2012, The Caribbean Goblin Spider Genera Scaphioides and Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2012 (3751), pp. 1-64 : 37-38

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scientific name	Scaphioides phonetus (Chickering)
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Scaphioides phonetus (Chickering) View in CoL

Figures 201–210

Stenoonops phonetus Chickering, 1969a: 16 , figs. 43–46 (male holotype from Cidra, Treasure Island , Puerto Rico, in AMNH; examined).

Scaphioides phonetus: Platnick and Dupérré, 2010: 9 View in CoL .

DIAGNOSIS: Members of this species resemble those of S. irazu , S. econotus , and S. nitens in having many tubercles on the carapace, arrayed in triangular patches opposite the coxae (fig. 201), but have an iridescent, unpatterned abdomen, a relatively short embolus (figs. 204–207), and a long base of the anterior genitalic process (figs. 209, 210).

MALE (PBI_OON 21021, figs. 201, 202, 204–207): Total length 1.16. Elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides granulate. ALE separated by less than their radius. Sternum surface smooth, covered with large round pits, microsculpture only around furrows, furrows with rows of small pits, anterior margin with interrupted transverse groove. Endite tip with tiny rounded protrusions. Distal portion of embolus with basal grooves on both prolateral and retrolateral sides.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 21021, figs. 203, 208–210): Total length 1.35. Anterior genitalic process long, narrow, situated on triangular base.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: WEST INDIES: Puerto Rico: Cidra, Treasure Island, Feb. 26–27, 1955 (A. Nadler, AMNH PBI_OON 373), 1♂ (holotype); Maricao State Forest , Sept. 10–11, 1959 (A. Nadler, AMNH PBI_OON 21028), 1♂ ; Mayagüez, Jan. 19, 1955 (A. Nadler, AMNH PBI_OON 21021), 1♂, 1♀ ; 5 km from Mayagüez on Rt. 106, Jan. 30, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ 72086, PBI_OON 26444), 1♀ ; Ranger Station, Guanica Dry Forest , 17.971472°N, 66.867958°W, July 19–22, 2011 (I. Agnarsson et al., USNM 782032, PBI_OON 43636, 43637), 2♂ GoogleMaps ; Río Piedras, Humacao Co. , Mar. 2, 1955 (A. Nadler, AMNH PBI_OON 21027), 2♂ , Mar. 14, 1959 (A. Nadler, AMNH PBI_OON 21020), 1♀ ; University Farm , E of Nuclear Center, Mayagüez, Jan. 18, 1964 (A. Chickering, MCZ 72084, PBI_OON 26490), 1♀ .

DISTRIBUTION: Puerto Rico.