Scaphiella saba, 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 : 142

publication ID	0003-0090
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5464188
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C6987C7-C8EE-22BA-79A5-82492348FE1C
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Scaphiella saba
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Scaphiella saba View in CoL , new species Figures 1081–1090; map 15

TYPE: Female holotype taken by beating, sweeping, and sifting shrubs at an elevation of 191 m about 2 km along the trail to Spring Bay, 17.633uN, 63.224uW, Saba Island, Lesser Antilles (Mar. 10, 2008; J. Slowik), deposited in UAM (15559, PBI _ OON 332 ) .

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of S. agocena but have a more triangular epigynal atrium (figs. 1088–1091).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 332, figs. 1081–1090). Total length 1.34. Carapace smooth. Sternum smooth. Endites unmodified. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Epigynal atrium triangular, with narrow anterior sclerite narrow and pair of hook-shaped posterior sclerotizations; apodemes short, posteriorly directed.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Saba Island (map 15).