Taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of Neotropical spider genus Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with description of eleven new species Author Gonçalves, Ricardo Antonio Author Brescovit, Antonio Domingos text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-30 4886 1 1 77 journal article 9453 10.11646/zootaxa.4886.1.1 c50d2a91-7b34-472c-bbdb-e5d16a21d14e 1175-5326 4297333 E8FBC153-BDE4-4404-9167-20B2DB1DCB14 Epicratinus petropolitanus (Mello-Leitão, 1922) Figs 10–11 . Storena petropolitana Mello-Leit „o, 1922: 209, fig. 1. (Female holotype from Petrópolis , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , deposited in MNRJ 952 , examined). Epicratinus petropolitanus : Candiani et al ., 2008: 138 . Additional material examined: BRAZIL , Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , Estaç „o Ecológica da UFMG, 19º 52’ S , 43º 58’ W , 30♁, 10♀ , IX/1999 - II/2001 , E.S.S. Álvares , E.O. Machado & C.S. Azevedo ( IBSP 32347 ); Viçosa, Mata do Paraíso, 20º48’09.0”S , 42º51’31.1”W , 1♁, 11/XI/2009 , Alice S. Pereira ( IBSP 159615 ); 1♀ , Rio de Janeiro , Paraíba do Sul, Fazenda Maravilha, 22º 12’ S , 43º 16’ W , 16-18/VIII/2001 , Equipe Biota ( IBSP 54084 ); S„o Paulo , Jacareí , Campus Vila Branca , Univap , 23º16’13.4”S , 45º56’36.7”W , 1♁, 2007, N.M.C. Velho et al . ( IBSP 141733 ); 3♁ ( IBSP 143879 ); Parque Estadual da Cantareira , 23º25’S , 46º37’W , 1♀ , 29/IV/2001 , R. Pinto da Rocha et al . ( IBSP 127755 ); Itapevi , 23º35’35.7”S , 46º58’33.9”W , 1♀ , 29/I/1999 , V. Onófrio & C.R. Bertim ( IBSP 54120 ); Mi-racatu, Fazenda Itereí , 24º03’00.0”S , 47º13’00.0”W , 1♁, 20-26/IX/2001 , Equipe Biota ( IBSP 54127 ) . Diagnosis. Males of E. petropolitanus are easily recognized by the long RTA with the tip facing inward resem-bling the head and beak of a hummingbird. Females have the bulb-shaped epigynum and three visible chambers within each spermathecae ( Figs 10 , 11 ). Description. Male (IBSP 141733). Color: carapace dark brown uniform with few short bristles, dark orange sternum, reddish brown chelicerae, pale yellow coxae, dark yellow legs; dorsal abdomen predominantly dark brown with 5 large white spots (2-2-1) and numerous small pale yellow dots; median dorsal shield (half of abdomen in length) yellow burnt hyaline and few short bristles; ventrally brown with light yellow, slightly sclerotinized and orange bands above the epigastric furrow. Total length 5; carapace length 2.4; width 1.6; abdomen length 2; maximum length of spinnerets 0.3; chelicerae length 0.77; clypeus height 0.62. Eyes. diameters: AME 0.07, ALE 0.1, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12. Interdistances: AME-AME 0.03, AME-ALE 0.11, PME-PME 0.06, PME-PLE 0.27, ALE-PLE 0.05. Spinulation: I: Fe v0, d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0; Pa v0, d0, p0, r0; Ti v1-1-2, d0, p0, r0; Me v2-1-3, d0, p0, r0. II: Fe v0, d1-1-1, p0-1-1, r0; Pa v0, d0, p0, r0; Ti v1-1-2, d0, p0, r0; Me v2-0-3, d0, p0-0-1, r0. III: Fe v0, d1-0-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1; Pa v0, d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0; Ti v1-1-2, d1-1-0, p1-0-1, r1-0-1; Me v2-2-3, d0-1-0, p0-1-1, r1-1-1. IV: Fe v0, d1-2-1, p0-0-1, r1-0-1; Pa v0, d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0; Ti v1-1-2, d1-1-0, p1-0-1, r1-0-1; Me v2-2-2, d0-1-0, p1- 1-2, r1-1-2. Formula: 4123. Measurements of legs:

Femur	Patella	Tibia	Metatarsus	Tarsus	Total
I	1.5	0.5	1.2	1.15	0.9	5.25
II	1.2	0.55	0.85	1.2	0.9	4.7
III	1.15	0.5	0.85	1.2	0.7	4.4
IV	1.5	0.6	1.2	1.9	0.9	6.1

FIGURE 35. A. Epicratinus dookan sp. nov. (IBSP 62518) Male palp, dorsal view. B. (IBSP 62518) Pro lateral view. C. (IBSP 62518) and D. (IBSP 62386) Ventral view. E. (IBSP 62512) Epigynum, ventral view. F. (IBSP 18123) Vulva. G. Vulva. Seta: dorsal tibial apophysis. (Scale in A, B, C = 0.5; D = 0.4; E, F, G = 0.2 mm). Palp. Femur with 2 dorsal spines (0-1-1); tibia with a long bristle tuft along the retrolateral margin, near the base of the RTA; long RTA with turned inwards tip, resembling a head and beak of a hummingbird; cymbium with concavity that accommodates RTA, three distal spines; tegulum with visible spermatic duct, distal end of the guttershaped conductor; ventral tegular apophysis lanceolate; conspicuous and slender embolus. Female. ( IBSP 127755). Color: carapace dark brown uniform with few short bristles, dark orange sternum, reddish brown chelicerae, yellow coxae, dark yellow legs; abdomen: dorsally as in male, except 7 large spots (2-2-2-1). Total length 5.1; carapace length 2.55; width 1.6; abdomen length 2.5; maximum length of spinnerets 0.4; chelicerae length 0.95; clypeus height 0.7. Eyes. diameters AME 0.06, ALE 0.11, PME 0.09, PLE 0.11. Interdistances AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.33, ALE-PLE 0.09. Spinulation: I: Fe v0, d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0; Pa v0, d0, p0, r0; Ti v1-1-0, d0, p0, r0; Me v0-0-2, d0, p0, r0. II: Fe v0, d1-1-0, p0, r0; Pa v0, d0, p0, r0; Ti v1-1- 0, d0, p0, r0; Me v2-0-3, d0, p0-0-1, r0. III: Fe v0, d1-1-1, p0, r0; Pa v0, d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0; Ti v1-1-2, d1-1-0, p1-0-1, r1-0-1; Me v2-0-2, d0-1-0, p0-1-2, r1-1-2. IV: Fe v0, d1-2-1, p0, r1-0-1; Pa v0, d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0; Ti v1-1-2, d1-1-0, p1-0-1, r1-0-1; Me v1-1-2, d0-1-0, p1-1-2, r1-1-1. Formula: 4123. Measurements of legs:

Femur	Patella	Tibia	Metatarsus	Tarsus	Total
I	1.5	0.6	1.2	1	0.9	5.2
II	1.2	0.55	0.9	0.9	0.8	4.35
III	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.1	0.7	4.3
IV	1.6	0.65	1.2	1.8	0.9	6.15

Epigynum. Epigynal plate oval longer than wide. Atrium in a lamp bulb shape, with inconspicuous hood in the central area. Internally with copulatory ducts elongated, encapsulated (coiled) in the spermathecae, with reniform shape. Fertilization ducts short ( Fig. 11 D-F). Variation. Males (n = 10): total length 4.7‾5.2, carapace 1.81‾2.0, femur I 1.3‾1.5. Females (n = 10): total length 4.8‾5.31, carapace 2.4‾2.58, femur I 1.40‾1.52. Distribution. East of Bahia and southeast region of Brazil ( Fig. 42 ).