New additions to the Brazilian fauna of the genus Scytodes Latreille (Araneae: Scytodidae) with emphasis on the Atlantic Forest speciesAuthorRheims, Cristina A.AuthorBrescovit, Antonio D.textZootaxa20092116145journal article10.5281/zenodo.187984b29a7c01-615c-4ceb-b500-20f3eed6f2bd1175-5326187984Scytodes sincoranew speciesFigs. 22–27Type
material
.
Holotype
:
Male from Floresta Nacional Contendas do
Sincorá
[13°46'–
14°00' S
; 41°03'–
41°10' W
], Contendas do
Sincorá
, Bahia,
Brazil
,
October 2007
–
November 2008
, Y.G. Santos, deposited in
IBSP
116090.
Paratypes
:
BRAZIL
:
Bahia
:
Contendas do
Sincorá
(Floresta Nacional Contendas do
Sincorá
) [13°46'–
14°00' S
; 41°03'–
41°10' W
], 63 7Ƥ,
October 2007
–
November 2008
, Y.G. Santos (
IBSP
116079–116081, 116087, 116089,
MZSP
28953, 28954).
Other material examined.
BRAZIL
:
Bahia
:
Contendas do
Sincorá
(Floresta Nacional Contendas do
Sincorá
) [13°46'–
14°00' S
; 41°03'–
41°10' W
], 133 28Ƥ,
October 2007
–
November 2008
, Y.G. Santos (
IBSP
116091–116120)
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition that refers to the
type
locality.
FIGURES 22–31.
22–27.
Scytodes sincoran.sp.
22. Male habitus, dorsal view; 23–25. Left male palp (23 prolateral, 24 retrolateral, 25 detail of distal region, dorsal); 26–27. Female epigynum (26 ventral, 27 dorsal). 28–31.
Scytodes unan.sp.
28. Male habitus, dorsal view; 29–31. Left male palp (29 prolateral, 30 retrolateral, 31 detail of distal region, dorsal). (HL = hyaline lamina; K = keel; SA = sclerotized area; SP = sclerotized process). Scale lines: 0.5 mm.
by the distal region of the palp with a retrolateral,
slightly hyaline keel and a subdistal
sclerotized process
(
Fig. 23–25
). They are distinguished from
S. yssaiapari
and
S. tyaiamiri
by the longer sclerotized hook arising from a prominent hump (
Fig. 24
) and from
Scytodes tapacuran.sp.
by the very wide retrolateral keel (
Figs. 24–25
). The females resemble those of
Scytodes tapacuran.sp.
(
Fig. 6
),
S. yssaiapari
(
Rheims & Brescovit 2006: 302, fig. 26
) and
S. tyaiamiriRheims & Brescovit 2006
: 302
, fig. 30) by the vulva with small spermathecae on long stalks, adjacent to large hyaline pockets (
Fig. 27
). They are distinguished from
Scytodes tapacuran.sp.
and
S. yssaiapari
by the conical hyaline pockets and from
S. tyaiamiri
by the shorter spermathecae and larger hyaline pockets (
Fig. 27
).
Description
. Male (
Holotype
, IBSP 116090) Carapace pale orange with brown pattern as shown on
Fig. 22
. Chelicerae pale orange with dorsal, longitudinal brown stripe. Pedipalps pale orange. Labium and endites pale orange. Sternum cream colored with slightly darker margins. Legs pale orange. Femur I–IV with ventral pair of longitudinal brown stripes. Tibia I–IV with black distal extremities. Abdomen gray with black pattern (
Fig. 22
). Total length 3.5. Carapace slightly domed, 1.8 long, 1.4 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.12, ALE 0.12, PLE 0.12. Lateral eyes on a tubercle. Chelicerae with subapical hyaline keel and inconspicuous stridulatory ridges. Labium 0.18 long, 0.22 wide. Sternum 0.90 long, 0.70 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 3.0, patella 0.5, tibia 3.5, metatarsus 3.7, tarsus 0.5, total 11.2; II: 2.2, 0.5, 2.3, 2.7, 0.4, 8.1; III: 1.5, 0.4, 1.3, 1.5, 0.3, 5.0; IV: 2.2, 0.5, 2.1, 2.3, 0.5, 7.6. Palpal femur with stridulatory pick long and slender with triangular and projected socket. Cymbium with pair of strong distal spines (
Fig. 23–24
). Bulb 0.90 long, medially constricted and with a prominent hump. Distal area with large prolateral keel (
Fig. 23
) and retrolateral long and strong sclerotized hook and narrow retrolateral keel (
Figs. 24–25
). Abdomen 1.7 long, 1.1 wide, covered with slender hairs.
Female (
Paratype
, IBSP 116089). Coloration pattern as in male. Total length 4.1. Carapace domed, 2.1 long, 1.8 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.12, ALE 0.12, PLE 0.10. Lateral eyes on a tubercle. Chelicerae as in male. Labium 0.18 long, 0.22 wide. Sternum 0.90 long, 0.80 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.9, patella 0.5, tibia 2.2, metatarsus 2.5, tarsus 0.5, total 7.6; II: 1.5, 0.5, 1.7, 1.9, 0.4, 6.0; III: 1.1, 0.4, 1.0, 1.2, 0.4, 4.1; IV: 1.6, 0.5, 1.7, 1.7, 0.5, 6.0. Palpal femur as in male. Epigynum with irregular positioning ridges, separated from each other by their width (
Fig. 26
). Vulva with small spermathecae with long stalks adjacent to conical hyaline pockets with very small sclerotized areas just bellow the tip of the pocket (
Fig. 27
). Abdomen 2.0 long, 2.0 wide, as in male.
Variation
. Ten males: total length 2.6–3.4; carapace 1.4–1.8; femur I 2.6–3.2; bulb 0.8–0.9. Ten females: total length 3.4–4.5; carapace 1.9–2.2; femur I 1.8–2.2.
Distribution
. Caatinga. Only known from the
type
locality, in the northeastern state of Bahia.