Scaphios jatun, Platnick & Duperre, 2010

Platnick, Norman I. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2010, The Andean Goblin Spiders Of The New Genera Niarchos And Scaphios (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (345), pp. 1-120 : 112

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/727.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6217B027-FFAE-C53A-E3A0-FD52A08AFE8F
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Scaphios jatun
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Scaphios jatun View in CoL , new species Figs. 857–866 View Figs

TYPE: Female holotype taken in litter at an elevation of 410 m at the Jatun Sacha Biological Station , 1u03957.50S, 77u37900.20W, Napo, Ecuador (Dec. 1, 2009; A. Santos, C. Rheims, Niarchos Exped. ), deposited in QCAZ (PBI_OON 427) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Females resemble those of S. wagra in having a T-shaped tip on the anterior genitalic projection, but have a distinct epigynal atrium (figs. 865, 866).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 427, figs. 857–866): Total length 1.65. PME oval; posterior eye row recurved from above, straight from front; ALE separated by less than their radius, PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Leg spination: tibiae: III, IV v0- 0-1p; metatarsi IV v0-0- 1p. Anterior genitalic projection relatively wide, with thickened, Tshaped tip, separated by atrium from laterally angular transverse bar (figs. 865, 866).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: Ecuador: Napo: Jatun Sacha Biological Station , 1u03957.50S, 77u37900.20W, Dec. 1–5, 2009, pitfall, elev. 410 m (A. Santos, C. Rheims, Niarchos Exped., IBSP PBI _OON 428), 1 U ; 20 km S Tena , July 11, 1976, Berlese, forest litter, elev. 600 m (S. Peck, FMNH 33715 View Materials , PBI_OON 10217), 1 U, same, Berlese, broken termite nests (S. Peck, FMNH 33727 View Materials , PBI_OON 10229), 1 U .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from relatively lowland sites in Napo province, Ecuador.