Scaphiella arima, 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 : 137

Scaphiella arima , new species Figures 1041–1049; map 15

TYPE: Female holotype taken in leaf litter at Spring Hill, Arima, St. Georges Co., Trinidad (mid–late July, 1979; L. Sorkin), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29846) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of S. agocena in having a pair of sclerotizations situated posteriorly in the epigynal atrium, but the atrium is shorter and wider than in that species, the sclerotizations are more rounded, and the anterior epigynal sclerite is shorter (figs. 1047–1049).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29846, figs. 1041– 1049). Total length 1.60. Carapace with obvious granulations reaching halfway to apex of sides; eyes reduced, PME separated by less than their radius. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, epigastric scutum with small, curved ridge just above pedicel. Epigynal atrium oval, with small anterior sclerite and pair of

rounded posterior sclerotizations; apodemes long, posterolaterally directed.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Trinidad (map 15).