Scaphiella guiria, 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 : 126-131

Scaphiella guiria , new species Figures 974–991; map 10

TYPE: Female holotype taken by soil washing in coastal thorn scrub at an elevation of 2 m at a site 10 km N of Güiria, Sucre, Venezuela (July 23, 1987; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29591) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by the posteriorly prolonged epigynal atrium with two, widely separated posterior margins (figs. 989–991); males can easily be recognized by the?-shaped embolus (fig. 981).

MALE (PBI_OON 331, figs. 974–982). Carapace 0.58 long (abdomen missing), granulations present on sides, heaviest along lateral and posterior margins plus sides of posterior declivity. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen missing. Palpal femur slightly expanded; embolus distinctive, shaped like question mark.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29591, figs. 983–991). Total length 1.45. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Anterior epigynal sclerite restricted to anterior one-fifth of atrial length, atrial margins strongly sclerotized; apodemes wide, sinuous.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: TRINI- DAD AND TOBAGO: no specific locality, no date (N. Weber, MCZ PBI_OON 331), 1 -, 2 U. Saint George: Saint Augustine, Nov. 16, 1943 – Feb. 23, 1944 (Strickland, AMNH PBI_OON 29845), 1 U.

DISTRIBUTION: Sucre, Venezuela, plus Trinidad (map 10).