Scaphiella vito, 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 : 29

publication ID	0003-0090
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C6987C7-C87F-222B-7982-85F527DCFA9A
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Scaphiella vito
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Scaphiella vito View in CoL , new species Figures 219–228; map 1

TYPE: Female holotype taken at an elevation of 4000 ft at Las Cruces, near San Vito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (July 31, 1976; C. Goodnight), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29649) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females can easily be recognized by their distinctive, W-shaped anterior epigynal sclerite (figs. 226–228).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29649, figs. 219–228). Total length 1.33. Carapace with sides smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Epigynal atrium oval, with W-shaped anteri- or sclerite; apodemes long, curved.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: One female taken with the holotype (AMNH PBI_OON 29649).

DISTRIBUTION: Puntarenas, Costa Rica (map 1).