Scaphiella tuxtla, 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 : 13

Scaphiella tuxtla , new species Figures 49–70; map 3

TYPE: Male holotype and female allotype from plateau 6 miles S of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 16u429N, 93u079W, Chiapas, Mexico (Aug. 21, 1966; J., W. Ivie), deposited in AMNH ( PBI _OON 29860) .

DIAGNOSIS: This species resembles S. campeche , but males have a basally twisted embolus (fig. 57), and females have a posteriorly forked anterior epigynal sclerite (fig. 65).

MALE (PBI_OON 29860, figs. 49–58). Total length 1.65. Carapace with granulations covering most of pars thoracica. Sternum finely reticulate, microsculpture covering entire surface. Endites without anteromedian modifications. Abdomen unpatterned, scuta smooth. Palpal femur moderately expanded; embolus basally twisted, abruptly narrowed distal of twist.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 29860, figs. 59–70). Total length 1.77. Epigastric scutum with transverse ridge above pedicel; anterior margins of epigastric scutum finely reticulate. Anterior epigynal sclerite surrounding long, horseshoe-shaped opening, occupying most of epigynal length; apodemes long, narrow.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: MEXICO: Chiapas: hillside, 5 mi NE Chiapa , 16u459N, 92u589W, Aug. 22, 1966 (J., W. Ivie, AMNH PBI _OON 29857), 5 U ; Coapilla, 2.5 km NW junction roads to Tapalapa and Ocotepec , 17.17602uN, 93.13293uW, May 26, 2008, dry oak forest litter, elev. 1960 m (R. Anderson, LLAMA 2008-032, MCZ 80279, PBI _ OON 291 ), 1 U ; 5 km NE Coapilla , 17.17565uN, 93.13221uW, May 25, 2008, sifted leaf litter, secondary mesophyll forest (LLAMA Wa-A- 04-1-all, MCZ 79784, PBI _ OON 290 ), 1 U ; plateau 6 mi S Tuxtla Gutiérrez , 16u429N, 93u079W, Chiapas, Mexico, Aug. 21, 1966 (J., W. Ivie, AMNH PBI _OON 29860), 1 -.

DISTRIBUTION: Chiapas, Mexico (map 3).