Scaphiella tena, 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 : 78-79

Scaphiella tena , new species Figures 668–687; map 6

TYPES: Male holotype and female allotype from a Berlese sample of forest litter taken at an elevation of 600 m at a site 20 km S of Tena, Napo, Ecuador (July 11, 1976; S. Peck), deposited in FMNH ( PBI _ OON 329 ) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males resemble those of S. napo in having a basal protrusion on the palpal bulb but have a more sinuous embolus (fig. 676) and a stronger anterior spine on the endites (fig. 669); females have a posteriorly more angular anterior epigynal sclerite (figs. 684–687).

MALE (PBI_OON 329, figs. 668–677). Total length 1.35. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites with long, spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur greatly enlarged; embolus long, sinuous, set basally on bulb.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 329, figs. 678–687). Total length 1.39. Endites unmodified. Epigynal atrium oval, with short, semicircular

anterior sclerite; apodemes short, dorsal extension of anterior sclerite thick, curved.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One male taken with the types (FMNH).

DISTRIBUTION: Napo, Ecuador (map 6).