Scaphiella kalunda Chickering Figures 1091

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 : 142-147

Scaphiella kalunda Chickering Figures 1091 –1116; map 14

Scaphiella kalunda Chickering, 1968: 145 , figs. 15– 21 (male holotype from St. John , Virgin Islands, in MCZ; examined).

DIAGNOSIS: This species is similar to S. septella ; males have a shorter embolus, originating higher on the palpal bulb, with a larger and more rounded tip (figs. 1103–1105) and distally widened endites (fig. 1098); females have narrower margins on the epigynal atrium (figs. 1114– 1116).

MALE (PBI_OON 29839, figs. 1091–1105). Total length 1.20. Carapace with few granules, restricted to margins. Sternum smooth. Endites with spiniform anteromedian tip. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur slightly expanded; bulb projected ventrally at level of embolus origin; embolus originating on distal portion of bulb, tip rounded.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29840, figs. 1106– 1116). Total length 1.12. Endites unmodified. Epigastric scutum with scattered denticles along anterolateral margins. Epigynal atrium wide, short, heavily sclerotized anteriorly, with short anterior sclerite; apodemes short, directed posteromedially.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: VIRGIN IS- LANDS: St. John : no specific locality, July 23, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI _OON 29551), 1 - (holotype), July 24, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI _OON 29839), 1 -, July 25, 1966 (A. Chickering, MCZ PBI _OON 29840), 1 U (paratype) ; Base Hill , Oct. 12, 1979, litter (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29657), 1 U ; Brown Bay , June 19, 1980, base of tree (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29652), 1 U, base of old stump (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29663), 1 -; hill above Butlers , June 5, 1974, Berlese, moist litter (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI _OON 29837), 1 -; Calabash Boom , Oct. 13, 1980, leaf litter on hillside (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29665), 1 -, Oct. 16, 1980, under rock (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29661), 1 -; Catherineberg Estate , July 20, 1975, debris along wall of mill (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI _OON 29838), 1 -; Cinnamon Bay Nature Trail, June 4–6, 1980, litter, base of trees, logs (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29664), 1 U ; Drunk Bay , June 18, 1980, June 18, 1980, litter under bushes, cacti (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 28653), 1 U ; Great Lameshur Bay , June 5, 1979, litter among rocks, above shore (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29662), 1 U ; Lameshur Bay , June 6, 1979, under large tamarind tree (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29658), 2 U ; Little Lameshur Bay , June 18, 1980, among rocks near shore (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29656), 1 -; Parforce Estate House, Reef Bay , 1975, litter along wall (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29659), 1 -; Ram Head , June 17, 1980, under low shrubs (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29660), 1 -; Reef Bay Trail, head, July 20, 1975, debris along old wall (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI _OON 29835), 1 -, petroglyphs, June 14, 1974, Berlese, debris in rock niches (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI _OON 29666), 1 U ; Salt Pond Bay , Oct. 10, 1979, litter (W. Muchmore, FSCA PBI _OON 29654), 1 U ; Trunk Bay , June 10, 1974, litter in moist stream bed (W. Muchmore, AMNH PBI _ OON 29836), 1 -, 1 U .

DISTRIBUTION: Virgin Islands (St. John, map 14).