Camptoscaphiella panchthar Baehr, 2010

Baehr, Barbara C., Harvey, Mark S. & Smith, Helen M., 2010, A Review of the Asian Goblin Spider Genus Camptoscaphiella (Araneae: Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2010 (3697), pp. 1-66 : 14

Camptoscaphiella panchthar Baehr , new species

Figures 194–195 , 291–300 ; map 3

TYPE: Female holotype, from Nepal, Panchthar District , Dhorpar Kharka, mature Rhododendron-Lithocarpus forest, 2700 m, 27°08′N, 87°54′E (13–16 Apr 1988, J. Martens, W. Schawaller) deposited in SMF (PBI_OON 15771) .

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be separated from all other species by the short, triangular lateral apodemes, a large inverted pear-shaped median plate, a circular anterior sclerite and a long, narrow copulatory duct extending posterior groove, with widened triangular tip (figs. 194–195).

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 15771, figs. 291–300): Total length 1.82. Carapace yellow-brown, lateral margin undulate. Eyes: ALE 0.073; PLE 0.071; PME 0.088; PME largest, ALE circular, PME squared, PLE oval; ALE-PLE separated by less than ALE radius, PME touching throughout most of their length, PLE-PME touching. Sternum, chelicerae, endites, and labium yellow. Abdomen oval, dorsal scutum weakly sclerotized, yellow-brown, covering 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 ⁄ 4 of abdomen, between 1 ⁄ 4 and 1 ⁄ 2 abdomen width, not fused to epigastric scutum. Epigastric scutum and postepigastric scutum weakly sclerotized, yellow-brown. Leg femur I with two prolateral spines. Epigastric area with large pear-shaped median plate and circular thornlike anterior sclerite; copulatory duct narrow, long, extending posterior groove, with widened triangular tip, apodemes short, triangular, not reaching posterior groove (figs. 194–195, 300).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

DISTRIBUTION: East Nepal (map 3).

Figures

FIGURES 194–199. Camptoscaphiella species, female epigyna. 194. C. panchthar, new species (PBI_OON 15771), ventral view. 195. Same, dorsal view. 196. C. paquini, new species (PBI_OON 03059), ventral view. 197. Same, dorsal view. 198. C. nepalensis, new species (PBI_OON 23385), ventral view. 199. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 291–300. Camptoscaphiella panchthar, new species, female (PBI_OON 15771). 291. Habitus, dorsal view. 292. Same, ventral view. 293. Carapace, dorsal view. 294. Habitus, anterior view. 295. Same, lateral view. 296. Leg I, prolateral view. 297. Sternum, ventral view. 298. Abdomen, ventral view. 299. Carapace, lateral view. 300. Epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars, habitus = 0.5 mm, epigynum = 0.1 mm.