New additions to the Brazilian fauna of the genus Scytodes Latreille (Araneae: Scytodidae) with emphasis on the Atlantic Forest species
Author
Rheims, Cristina A.
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2116
1
45
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.187984
b29a7c01-615c-4ceb-b500-20f3eed6f2bd
1175-5326
187984
Scytodes turvo
new species
Figs. 157–159
Type
material:
Holotype
:
female from Parque Estadual do
Turvo
[27°00'–
27°20' S
; 53°40'–
54°10' W
] Derrubadas, Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil
,
11–18 January 2002
, Equipe Biota, deposited in
IBSP
92355.
Paratype
:
BRAZIL
.
Santa Catarina
:
Chapecó
[
27°06'10.5" S
;
52°46'48.8" W
] (Floresta Nacional de
Chapecó
), 1Ƥ,
I.2003
–
XII.2004
, M. Scartezini (
IBSP
92530).
Etymology
. The specific name is a noun in apposition that refers to the
type
locality of the
holotype
.
Diagnosis
. Females of
Scytodes turvo
n.sp.
resemble those of
S. apuecatu
Rheims & Brescovit
by the female epigynum with widely separated, ridged positioning ridges (
Fig. 157
;
Rheims & Brescovit 2006
: 302, fig. 33) and rounded spermathecae adjacent to rounded hyaline pockets (
Fig. 158
;
Rheims & Brescovit 2006
: 302, fig. 34). They are distinguished by the larger spermathecae and shorter and thicker stalks (
Fig. 158
).
Description
. Male unknown.
FIGURES 153–159.
153–156.
Scytodes ilhota
n.sp.
153. Male habitus, dorsal. 154–156. Left male palp (154 prolateral, 155 retrolateral, 156 detail of distal region, dorsal). 157–159.
Scytodes turvo
n.sp.
157. Female habitus, dorsal. 158–159. Female epigynum (158 ventral, 159 dorsal) (SP = sclerotized process). Scale lines: 0.5 mm.
Female (
Holotype
, IBSP 92355). Carapace pale orange, lighter at center, with faint brown pattern as shown on
Fig. 157
. Chelicerae yellow with dorsal, longitudinal, brown stripe. Pedipalps pale yellow. Tibia with a dorsal and prolateral longitudinal brown stripe. Labium cream colored, brown at base. Endites cream colored. Sternum cream colored with brown markings in front of each coxae. Legs pale yellow. Femur I-IV with ventral pair of longitudinal, brown stripes. Patella and tibia I–IV with brown distal extremities. Abdomen whitish gray with very faint black pattern (
Fig. 157
). Total length 6.5. Carapace domed, 2.8 long, 2.5 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.20, ALE 0.18, PLE 0.16. Lateral eyes on a tubercle. Chelicerae with subapical hyaline keel and inconspicuous stridulatory ridges. Labium 0.28 long, 0.36 wide. Sternum 1.4 long, 1.1 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 4.2, patella 0.7, tibia 4.5, metatarsus 5.3, tarsus 0.8, total 15.5; II: 3.3, 0.6, 3.0, 3.7, 0.6, 0.6; III: 2.1, 0.6, 1.7, 2.2, 0.5, 7.1; IV: 3.2, 0.6, 2.9, 3.1, 0.6, 10.4. Palpal femur with stridulatory pick short and stout with triangular and projected socket. Epigynum with ridged positioning ridges, separated from each other by slightly more than three times their width (
Fig. 158
). Vulva with rounded spermathecae of thick stalks adjacent to rounded hyaline pockets with slightly sclerotized lateral area (
Fig. 159
). Abdomen 3.5 long, 3.0 wide, covered with slender hairs.
Variation
. Three females: total length 5.0–6.5; carapace 2.4–2.8; femur I 3.4–4.2.
Distribution
. Atlantic Forest. Known from the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.