Scaphiella icabaru, 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 : 131

Scaphiella icabaru , new species Figures 992 –1001; map 11

TYPE: Male holotype from a Berlese sample of humid forest litter with fungi taken at an elevation of 700 m at a site 10 km E of Icabarú, Bolívar, Venezuela (July 5, 1987; S., J. Peck), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29594) .

DIAGNOSIS: This male from southeastern Venezuela can be distinguished from geographically adjacent males as follows: from S. kartabo by the basally thinner embolus, from S. manaus by the much longer embolus, from S. cymbalaria by the lack of projections at the base of the chelicerae, from S. bordoni and S. miranda by the normal, rather than reduced eyes, from S. guatopo by the thicker palpal femur and longer embolus, and from S. guiria by the longer, straighter embolus (figs. 999–1001). The wide geographic separation makes it unlikely that this could be the male of any of the northern Venezuelan species known only from females ( S. scutiventris , S. gracia , S. cata , and S. valencia ).

MALE (PBI_OON 29594, figs. 992–1001). Total length 1.22. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur slightly expanded; bulb expanded ventrally, without knob; embolus originating at about half of bulb length, basally narrow, evenly arched.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Bolívar, Venezuela (map 11).