Six new species, complementary descriptions and new records from the Neotropical Region of the spider genus Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae) Author Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes text Zootaxa 2013 3750 1 1 25 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.1.1 e6de8423-e0e0-4ebb-9a73-060a7de3b7e1 1175-5326 285319 D24E1DA8-ADDA-4155-BE03-7A4ECBDD1654 Dipoena ericae new species ( Figures 6–9 ) Types . Holotype male from Brazil , state of São Paulo, Teodoro Sampaio, Parque Estadual do Morro do Diabo ( 22°31’S ; 52°18’W ), 31.III.2003 , Equipe Biota col., deposited in MCN 48903. Paratype female, same data as the holotype , deposited in MCN 49312. Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honour of the Brazilian arachnologist Erica Helena Buckup. FIGURES 6–9. Dipoena ericae new species : (6–8) Male: (6) palp, ventral, (7) body, dorsal, (8) body, lateral. (9) Epigynum: ventral (E, embolus; T, tegulum). Scale bars: 0.25 mm. Diagnosis. The male of Dipoena ericae new species resembles that of D. cordiformis Keyserling, 1886 (see Levi, 1963: 175, fig. 244) in the embolus filiform ( Fig. 6 ) with pointed apex, but differs by the embolus shorter, with a less prominent distal end and in the trajectory of the sperm duct in the tegulum ( Fig. 6 ). The female of Dipoena ericae is close to D. cordiformis (see Levi, 1963: 175, figs. 245-247), but differs from it in the colour pattern and shape of the abdomen and epigynum in ventral view by having an anterior, sclerotized area on the epigynum ( Fig. 9 ). Description. Male ( Holotype , MCN 48903): Total length 1.70. Carapace length 0.84, width 0.67. Clypeus height 0.52. Sternum length 0.39, width 0.35. Abdomen length 0.81, width 0.86, height 0.79. Leg segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 0.58/0.54/0.44/0.52; patellae + tibiae 0.60/0.54/-/-; metatarsi + tarsi 0.54/0.56/-/-. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06 and PLE 0.05; AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.04, PME–PLE 0.08. Eyes margined with black. Carapace high ( Fig. 8 ), with grooves ( Fig. 7 ), brown, covered with setae. Chelicerae, endites and sternum brown. Legs pale orange, except coxae and tarsi yellow. Femur I and II swollen proximally. Abdomen circular ( Fig. 7 ), dorsum dark brown with grey and white pattern; venter dark brown. Spinnerets brown. Female ( Paratype , MCN 49312): Total length 1.74. Carapace length 0.69, width 0.58. Clypeus height 0.16. Sternum length 0.37, width 0.37. Abdomen length 0.96, width 1.07, height 0.94. Leg segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 0.58/0.54/0.48/0.58; patellae + tibiae 0.54/0.52/0.42/0.63; metatarsi + tarsi 0.56/-/0.52/0.63. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.06, PME 0.06 and PLE 0.06; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.02, PME– PME 0.03, PME–PLE 0.08. Eyes margined with black. Carapace dark brown, covered with setae. Chelicerae, endites and sternum dark brown. Legs pale orange, except coxae I-III dark brown, coxae IV yellow and tarsi brown. Femur I and II swollen proximally. Abdomen dorsum dark brown with grey and white pattern and venter dark brown. Spinnerets dark brown. Material examined. Only the types . Distribution. Brazil (São Paulo).