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Camptoscaphiella gunsa Baehr & Harvey & Smith 2010, new species

Description

Camptoscaphiella gunsa Baehr, new species Figures 184–185, 228–237; map 1

TYPE: Female holotype, from India, Taplejung Distr., Gunsa, 3100 m, 27°40′ N, 87°56′ E (11 Sep 1983, Martens, Daams), deposited in SMF (PBI_OON 15715).

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

DIAGNOSIS: Females can be separated from all other Camptoscaphiella females by their tiny circular median plate and a copulatory duct that is long, narrow, straight, posteriorly directed, and internally convoluted.

MALE: Unknown.

FEMALE (PBI_OON 15715, figs. 228–237): Total length 2.82. Eyes: ALE 0.098, PME 0.081; PLE 0.093. Abdomen oval, dorsal scutum yellow-brown, covering less than 1 ⁄ 2 of abdomen and less than 1 ⁄ 4 abdomen width. Legs: femur I with 2 prolateral spines additionally. Postepigastric scutum, epigynal area wide oval; with small anterior sclerite and small oval median plate; copulatory duct long, narrow, straight, posteriorly directed, internally convoluted with sharp tip just reaching posterior groove; apodemes thin, not reaching posterior groove (figs. 184, 185).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, Dalhousie, 1950 m, 32°53′N, 75°59′E, 20 Oct 1988, S. Vit, 2♀ (MHNG PBI_OON 12766); 2♀ (MHNG PBI_OON 12863).

NEPAL: Gorkha Dist., Chuling Khola, Djinshi Kharka, 3400 m, 28°26′N, 84°48′E, 4–5 Aug 1983, Martens, Schawaller, 2♀ (SMF PBI_OON 15732); Gorkha Dist., Chuling Khola, Djongshi Kharka, mixed forest, 3050 m, 28°26′ N, 84°47′ E, 5 Aug 1983, Martens, Schawaller, 1♀ (SMF PBI_OON 15741).

DISTRIBUTION: Himalayan mountains in North India and Nepal (map 1).

Notes

Published as part of Baehr, Barbara C., Harvey, Mark S. & Smith, Helen M., 2010, A Review of the Asian Goblin Spider Genus Camptoscaphiella (Araneae: Oonopidae), pp. 1-66 in American Museum Novitates 2010 (3697) on page 10, DOI: 10.1206/667.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10108992

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MHNG , SMF
Event date
1983-08-04 , 1983-09-11 , 1988-10-20
Family
Oonopidae
Genus
Camptoscaphiella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Baehr & Harvey & Smith
Species
gunsa
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1983-08-04/05 , 1983-09-11 , 1988-10-20
Taxonomic concept label
Camptoscaphiella gunsa Baehr, 2010