Scaphiella meta, 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 : 65-66

Scaphiella meta , new species Figures 589–608; map 2

TYPE: Male holotype from a Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 1000 m at Quebrada Susumuco, 23 km NW Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia (Mar. 5, 1972; S., J. Peck), deposited in FMNH ( PBI _OON 10111) .

DIAGNOSIS: The male palp has a small, prolaterally directed protrusion adjacent to the base of the embolus (figs. 598, 599); the female epigynum has a distinctive pair of lateral sclerotizations (figs. 606–608).

MALE (PBI_OON 10111, figs. 589–599). Total length 1.76. Carapace with sides of pars thoracica with obvious granulations reaching apex. Sternum smooth. Endites with spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, epigastric scutum with small, curved transverse ridge just above pedicel. Palpal femur greatly enlarged; embolus long, uniform, bulb with small knob near base of embolus.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29614, figs. 600–608). Total length 2.13. Endites unmodified. Anterior margin of postepigastric scutum with obvious granulations. Epigynal atrium triangular, with small anterior sclerite and lateral sclerotizations; apodemes short, curved.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: COLOM- BIA: Meta: Quebrada Susumuco, 23 km NW

Villavicencio, Mar. 2, 1972, Berlese, forest litter, elev. 1000 m (S. Peck, AMNH PBI_OON 29614), 1 U, Mar. 5, 1972, same (FMNH PBI_OON 10111), 1 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Colombia (map 2).