Scaphiella cymbalaria Simon Figures 1050

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 : 137-142

Scaphiella cymbalaria Simon Figures 1050 –1069; map 13

Scaphiella cymballaria Simon, 1891: 561 (male lectotype, here designated, from St. Vincent, in BMNH; examined).

Scaphiella cymbalaria: Simon, 1893a: 300 , figs. 257, 258; 1893b: 444. – Chickering, 1968: 143, figs. 5–9.

NOTE: Simon (1893a, 1893b) apparently regarded the original spelling, which appeared in only one place in Simon (1891), as a printer’s error, and the corrected spelling he supplied has been accepted by all subsequent workers.

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of S. simla in having conical anterior projections at the base of the chelicerae (figs. 1053–1056) and a small projection near the base of the embolus (fig. 1060), but the cheliceral projections are much larger in this species than in S. simla ; females also resemble those of S. simla in having elevated anterior margins, accompanied by microsculpture, on the epigastric scutum but have a smaller anterior epigynal sclerite (figs. 1067–1069).

MALE (PBI_OON 29851, figs. 1050–1060). Total length 1.60. Carapace with granulations reaching apex of sides; chelicerae with anterior swelling. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen with scattered dark markings visible under scuta, scuta smooth. Palpal femur moderately expanded; bulb produced ventrally, with knob situated retrolaterally from embolus origin; embolus narrow, evenly arched.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29851, figs. 1061– 1069). Total length 1.80. Epigynal atrium oval, with heavily sclerotized lateral margins, anterior sclerite posteriorly widened, invaginated; apodemes long, directed posterolaterally.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: LESSER ANTIL- LES: Dominica: Middleham Falls Trail, Cochrane, W Morne Macaque, 15u 20.8529N, 61u 20.6989W, Apr. 29, 2006, rainforest leaf litter, elev. 2300 ft (Z. Prusak, FSCA PBI _OON 29851), 1 -, 1 U. Martinique: near Le Diamant, Nov. 29, 1978 (Thibaud, MNHN PBI _OON 29849), 1 U. Montserrat: Cedar Gaut, Aug. 4, 2005, Berlese, leaf litter (I. Foley, AMNH PBI _OON 29651), 1 -. St. Vincent: no specific locality (H. Smith, BMNH 1894-10-17 -88-90, PBI _OON 327), 1 - (lectotype), same ( PBI _OON 328), 1 -, 1 U (paralectotypes), same ( MNHN 5686, PBI _OON 29543), 1 - (paralectotype).

DISTRIBUTION: Lesser Antilles ( Montserrat to St. Vincent, map 13); Simon’s record of this species from Venezuela was based on a misidentified female of S. valencia .

Scaphiella etang , new species

Figures 1070–1080; map 15

TYPE: Male holotype taken near Étang As de Pique, Guadeloupe (Jan. 30, 1980; Thibaud), deposited in MNHN ( PBI _OON 29850) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males are easily recognizable by the incrassate palpal femur, which bears a series of dorsal spikes (figs. 1078– 1080).

MALE (PBI_OON 29850, figs. 1070–1080). Total length 1.66. Carapace with obvious granulations not reaching apex of sides. Sternum finely reticulate, microsculpture covering entire surface. Endites with spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta reticulate. Palpal femur greatly expanded, with dorsal cusps; bulb ventrally produced anteriorly, touching embolus through much of its length; embolus relatively short, heavily sclerotized.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Guadeloupe (map 15).