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 amazonicus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 Figs 3–7 . Epicratinus amazonicus Jocqué & Baert, 2005: 120 , fig. 1‾6, 11‾22. ( Holotype male from Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke , 2º57’58”S , 59º55’19”W , Manaus , Amazonas , BRAZIL , 2/X/1991 , M. Paarman , deposited in SMNK, not examined. Paratypes : 1♀ , same locality, 14/X/1991 , Höfer & Gasnier , deposited in SMNK, not examined; 3♀ , same locality, 21/X/1991 , 23/III/1992 and 1/VI/1992 , not examined; 1♁, same locality, 23/III/1992 , H. Höfer , deposited in IBSP 10689, examined. 1♀ , same locality, 17/II/1994 , M. Christofer , deposited in IBSP 44458 , examined). Additional material examined: BRAZIL , Paraíba , Areia , Reserva da Mata do Pau de Ferro , 6º57’S , 35º44’W , 1♁, 23-29/IX/1999 , A.D. Brescovit et al. ( IBSP 44621 ) ; 1♁ ( IBSP 44633 ) ; Pernambuco , Recife , Horto Dois Irmãos , 8º00’37”S , 34º56’43”W , 1♁, 30/V - 02/VI/2001 , Equipe Biota ( IBSP 54193 ) ; 1♁ ( IBSP 54262 ) ; Ipojuca , Mara-caípe, Mata do Oiteiro , 8º31’29.0”S , 35º00’53”W , ♁, 16/II/2008 , A. Costa ( IBSP 133603 ) ; 1♁ ( IBSP 133607 ) ; 1♁, Araçoiaba , 7º47’50”S , 35º05’29”W , 2009, A. Costa ( IBSP 168184 ) ; 5♁ ( IBSP 168159 ) ; Alagoas , Murici , Estação Ecológica de Murici , 09º15’S , 35º51’W , 1♀ , 13-22/IX/2003 , N.F. Lo Man-Hung ( IBSP 44535 ) ; Sergipe , Itabaiana , Estação Ecológica da Serra de Itabaiana , 10º46’58.5”S , 37º20’53.6”, 1♀ , 14-20/IX/1999 , A.D. Brescovit et al . ( IBSP 54145 ) ; 2♀ ( IBSP 54147 ) ; 2♀ ( IBSP 54152 ) ; 2♀ ( IBSP 54153 ) ; 1♁, 1♀ ( IBSP 54166 ) . Diagnosis. Males of Epicratinus amazonicus can be recognized by the RTA shape with a triangular distal part with a tip directed towards the center of the cymbium. The females are characterized by a central depression transversally oval in the epigynum and the copulation ducts with three turns within the spermathecae ( Figs 7 A–E). FIGURE 32. A. Epicratinus zelda sp. nov. (IBSP 211847) Habitus male, dorsal view. B. Male, ventral view. C. (IBSP 211848) Female, dorsal view. D. Female, ventral view. (Scale = 1 mm). Description. Male and female described by Jocqué & Baert, 2005 . Supplementary information: Male (IBSP 44621). Clypeus height 0.72, Eyes: diameters AME 0.08, ALE 0.1, PME 0.1, PLE 0.14; Interdistances AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.12, PME-PME 0.1, PME-PLE 0.32, ALE-PLE 0.08. Palp: tibia with a lateral transversal line of six macrosetae; two apophyses: a lateral dorsal, short and rounded (PTA) and a large retrolateral (RTA), that ends in a flat tip like a ridge in lateral view, and triangular in dorsal view; cymbium broad and flat with basal prolateral projection extended backwards well developed; part basal dorsal retrolateral with deep concavity, accommodating RTA; distal tip with three spines; tegulum with a projection covering the embolus base; subtegulum visible in part, sclerotinized and globular; spermatic duct horseshoe-shaped; thin and flexible embolus; conductor with a very thin, membranous and hyaline appendix, slightly enlarged and rounded at the tip ( Figs 3–7 ). Female (IBSP 44458). Clypeus height: 0.86. Eyes: diameters AME 0.1, ALE 0.1, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12; Interdistances AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.16, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.42, ALE-PLE 0.1. Epigynum: Flat. Epigynal plate oval, longer than wide with oval atrium and oval narrow border; reniform spermathecae, with coiled CD; Fertilization ducts very short. Variation. Males (n = 10): total length 4.7‾5.1, carapace 1.73‾2.0, femur I 1.3‾1.5. Females (n = 10): total length 4.9‾5.2, carapace 2.3‾2.5, femur I 1.38‾1.5. Distribution. Brazil (east of Amazonas and northeast region) ( Fig. 42 ).