Scaphiella longkey, 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 : 9

Scaphiella longkey , new species Figures 1–29; map 1

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype taken by deep soil washing in a hammock forest on sand in Long Key State Recreation Area , Monroe Co., Florida (Dec. 12, 1986; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29867) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of S. tuxtla and S. ceiba in having a basally twisted embolus (figs. 8–10), but the portion of the embolus distal to the twist is more convex than in S. tuxtla and neither the palpal femur nor bulb are as expanded as they are in S. ceiba . Females also resemble those of S. tuxtla in the shape of the anterior epigynal sclerite (fig. 18), but the sclerite is shorter than in that species.

MALE (PBI_OON 29867, figs. 1–10). Total length 1.26. Carapace with granulations reaching halfway up pars thoracica. Sternum smooth. Endites without anteromedian modifications. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur slightly expanded; embolus basally twisted.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29867, figs. 11–29). Total length 1.41. Epigynal atrium broadly oval, anterior sclerite surrounding horseshoeshaped opening, extending about half of epigynal length; apodemes widest at about half their length.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Florida Keys (map 1).