Scaphiella bocas, 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 : 40

Scaphiella bocas , new species Figures 403–425; map 8

TYPE: Male holotype taken at an elevation of 500 m in a tropical wet forest at 8u479N, 82u119W, Bocas Del Toro, Panama (July 16– 18, 1987; D. Olson), deposited in MCZ (72899, PBI _OON 29641) .

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized easily by the basally originating embolus (fig. 411), females by the triangular anterior epigynal sclerite (fig. 420) and opening (fig. 424).

MALE (PBI_OON 29641, figs. 403–412). Total length 1.47. Carapace with granulations on sides opposite intercoxal areas and along lateral margins of posterior declivity. Sternum smooth. Endites without anteromedian modifications. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur greatly expand- ed; embolus extremely long, originating near base of bulb, extending past tip of bulb.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29879, figs. 413–425). Total length 1.62. Anterior epigynal sclerite triangular, surrounding triangular opening; apodemes very long, directed posteriorly.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: PANA- MA: Bocas del Toro: Fortuna-Chiriquí Grande road, 8u479N, 82u129W, July 14, 1987, elev. 1050 m (D. Olson, MCZ 72887, PBI_OON 29879), 1 U. Veraguas: Isla de Coiba, Río Amarillo, Aug. 13, 1983, in dead leaves (J. Cuadra, MIUP PBI_OON 311), 1 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Panama (map 8).