Scaphios wagra, Platnick & Duperre, 2010

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2010, The Andean Goblin Spiders Of The New Genera Niarchos And Scaphios (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (345), pp. 1-120 : 108-112

Scaphios wagra , new species Figs. 847–856

TYPE: Female holotype taken in litter at an elevation of 665 m above the Sacha Wagra Lodge , Río Hollín, 0u579180S, 77u449510W, Napo, Ecuador (Nov. 29, 2009; Niarchos Exped. ), deposited in QCAZ (PBI_OON 426) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of S. jatun in having a T-shaped tip on the anterior genitalic process, but lack the distinct epigy- nal atrium found in that species (figs. 855, 856).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 426, figs. 847–856): Total length 1.83. PME squared; posterior eye row recurved from above, procurved from front; ALE separated by less than their radius; PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Leg spination: tibiae III, IV v0- 0- 1p. Anterior genitalic projection long, narrow, with T-shaped tip, apodemes shaped like tooth roots, no atrium present (figs. 855, 856).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from a relatively low elevation site in Napo province, Ecuador.

Figures

Figs. 847–856. Scaphios wagra, new species, female. 847. Habitus, dorsal view. 848. Same, ventral view. 849. Carapace, dorsal view. 850. Sternum and mouthparts, ventral view. 851. Habitus, lateral view. 852. Same, anterior view. 853. Carapace, lateral view. 854. Epigastric region, ventral view. 855. Genitalia, ventral view. 856. Same, dorsal view.