Escaphiella cidades, Platnick & Dupérré, 2009

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2009, The American Goblin Spiders Of The New Genus Escaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2009 (328), pp. 1-151 : 97-103

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/679.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F887FC-FFBC-FFF1-FCEF-F20708F7FB65
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Escaphiella cidades
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Escaphiella cidades View in CoL , new species Figures 618–645 View Figs View Figs View Figs ; map 13

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from the Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, Brasileira e Piracurucu , 04 ° 03923.00S, 41 ° 44909.70W, Piauí, Brazil (Jan. 26, 2007; L. Carvalho and collaborators), deposited in MPEG (11741, PBI_OON 29912) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: This species resembles E. itys but has symmetrical male palps with a longer embolus (figs. 627–630), an unpatterned abdomen (fig. 635), and a more posteriorly situated anterior epigynal sclerite (fig. 644).

MALE (PBI_OON 29908): Total length 1.25 (figs. 618, 619, 622). Carapace pale orange, surface of elevated portion of pars cephalica smooth, sides granulate, microsculpture obvious, granulate along side but not reaching apex of carapace; lateral margins without denticles (figs. 620, 624). Eyes: ALE circular, PME squared; ALE touching, ALE-PLE touching, PME touching throughout most of their length, PLE-PME touching (fig. 621). Sternum pale orange, without radial furrows between coxae I–II, II–III, III–IV, surface smooth, microsculpture absent (fig. 631). Chelicerae, endites, and labium pale orange. Abdomen ovoid; book lung covers large, ovoid; pedicel tube medium, ribbed, scutopedicel region unmodified, scutum extending far dorsal of pedicel (figs. 623, 625, 632); dorsal scutum pale orange, covering more than 3/4 of abdomen, no soft tissue visible from above, middle surface smooth, sides smooth; postepigastric scutum pale orange, sides smooth (figs. 633, 634). PMS present (compound microscope). Legs pale orange. Right and left palps symmetrical, proximal segments pale orange; embolus dark, long (figs. 627–630); femur enlarged (fig. 626); cymbium and bulb pale orange.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29909): Total length 1.54 (figs. 637, 641, 645). Abdomen with soft portions of dorsum white (figs. 635, 636, 638, 639, 642); epigastric scutum reticulate anteriorly (figs. 640, 643). Anterior sclerite extending about 2/3 of epigynal length (fig. 644).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: BRAZIL: Ceara´: Crateús, Serra das Almas, 2003 (M. Carvalho, IBSP 63537 View Materials , 63626 View Materials , PBI_OON 27757, 27758), 28. Maranhão: Barreirinhas, Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses , 02 ° 449490S, 42 ° 499390W, Oct. 12–18, 2001 ( IBSP 67964–67969 View Materials , PBI_OON 27748– 27753), 78 ; São Luís, Feb. 7, 1959 (A. Nadler, AMNH PBI_OON 265), 1♀. Piauí: Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades , 04 ° 03945.90S, 41 ° 43925.30W, Jan. 26, 2007 (L. Carvalho, MPEG 11736 View Materials , PBI_OON 29909), 1♀ ; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades , 04 ° 05939.90S, 41 ° 43953.30W, Jan. 26, 2007 (L. Carvalho, MPEG 11713 View Materials , 11714 View Materials , PBI_ OON 266, 267), 2♀ ; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades , 04 ° 05945.10S, 41 ° 43955.80W, Feb. 2, 2007 (L. Carvalho, M. Avelino, M. Albuquerqe, MPEG 11738 View Materials , PBI_OON 29905), 1♀ ; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades , 04 ° 05957.50S, 41 ° 42909.70W, June 24, 2007 (L. Carvalho, MPEG 11744 View Materials , 11745 View Materials , PBI_OON 29908–29910), 18, 2♀ ; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades , 04 ° 05957.50S, 41 ° 43902.70W, Jan. 26, 2007 (L. Carvalho, MPEG 11732 View Materials , 11733 View Materials , 11737 View Materials , 11739 View Materials , PBI_OON 29907, 29913, 29915, 29917), 48, June 24, 2007 (L. Carvalho, MPEG 11747 View Materials , PBI_OON 29914), 18, 1♀ ; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades , 04 ° 05958.10S, 41 ° 42959.50W, Dec. 13, 2007 (D. Candiani, MPEG 11735 View Materials , PBI_OON 29920), 1♀ ; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades , 04 ° 06905.00S, 41 ° 42909.70W, June 24, 2007

(circles) and E. isabela (stars).

(L. Carvalho, MPEG 11742, PBI_OON 29918), 18; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, 04 ° 06905.00S, 41 ° 42952.50W, Dec. 6, 2006 (L. Carvalho, MPEG 11743 View Materials , PBI_OON 29919), 1♀ ; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, 04 ° 07935.40S, 41 ° 42909.70W, June 24, 2007 (L. Carvalho, MPEG 11746 View Materials , PBI_OON 29911), 18 ; Brasileira e Piracurucu: Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades, 04 ° 07948.30S, 41 ° 42938.80W, Jan. 26, 2007 (L. Carvalho, MPEG 11734 View Materials , PBI_OON 29906), 18 .