Scaphiella weberi Chickering Figures 1022

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 : 133-137

publication ID	0003-0090
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464186
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scientific name	Scaphiella weberi Chickering Figures 1022
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Scaphiella weberi Chickering Figures 1022 View in CoL –1040

Scaphiella weberi Chickering, 1968: 153 View in CoL , figs. 48–52 (male holotype from Trinidad, in MCZ; examined).

DIAGNOSIS: Males can be recognized by the sharp, ventrally produced projection near the base of the palpal embolus (figs. 1030, 1031), females by the reduced eyes (fig. 1036) and rebordered posterolateral margins of the epigynal atrium (figs. 1038– 1040).

MALE (PBI_OON 29553, figs. 1022–1031). Total length 1.39. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur moderately expanded; bulb with acute knob near base of embolus; embolus long, thin, set medially on bulb.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29847, figs. 1032– 1040). Total length 1.79. Carapace with obvious granulations on side, reaching halfway to apex; eyes reduced. Epigastric scutum with small, straight ridge just above pedicel. Epigynal atrium diamond shaped, with small anterior sclerite and paired posterior sclerotizations; apodemes short, posterolaterally directed.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: no specific locality, no date (N. Weber, MCZ PBI _OON 29553), 1 - (holotype), 1 U (paratype), same (N. Weber, MCZ PBI _OON 29847), 1 U.

DISTRIBUTION: Trinidad.