Epicratinus perfidus ( Jocqué & Baert, 2002 ),

Gonçalves, Ricardo Antonio & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2020, Taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of Neotropical spider genus Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4886 (1), pp. 1-77: 24-25

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scientific name	Epicratinus perfidus ( Jocqué & Baert, 2002 )
status	new combination

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Epicratinus perfidus ( Jocqué & Baert, 2002) new combination

Figs 8–9View FIGURE 8View FIGURE 9.

Tenedos perfidus Jocqué & Baert, 2002: 112 , fig. 30 a–d (male holotype from Santo Antonio de Leverger GoogleMaps, 15º52’25.9”S, 56º04’39.3”W, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL, 1♁, 13/X/1981, H. Duarte, deposited in MCTP 2546, examined. Paratypes: 1♁ 1♀, same locality and collector, 03/II/1982, deposited in MCTP 2545View Materials, examined).

Epicratinus santacruz Grismado & Izquierdo, 2016: 76 , f. 1A–G, 2A–D, 3A–E, 4A–F, 5A–D ( Male GoogleMaps holotype from Concesión Forestal La Chonta, 15º42’42”S, 62º46’20”W, Santa Cruz Department: Guarayos Province: Bolivia, elevation 330 m, 26–30 October 2010, Amazon rainforest with selective fall, pitfall traps, C. Grismado, M. R. Vacaflores and M. Pérez (CBF). Paratypes: same data of holotype: 5♁, 1♀ (MACN-Ar 28927), 3♁ (MACN-Ar 29133), 1♁ (MLP), 1♁ (LBRE); 1♀ (MACN-Ar 28925), 1♀ (MACN-Ar 28928); litter, 1♁, 4♀ (MACN-Ar 28926), 1♀ (LBRE), not examined). New Synonym.

Additional material examined: BRAZIL, Tocantins: Brejinho de Nazaré, Fazenda Santa Amélia , 11º01’13.0”S, 48º38’00.0”W, 1♁, 25/X–1/XI/2001, R. Martins & I. Knysak ( IBSP 42724View Materials)GoogleMaps ; 1♁ ( IBSP 42729View Materials) ; 1♀ ( IBSP 42738View Materials) ; Palmas, Serra do Lageado, APA do Lageado , 10º06’13.0”S, 48º14’30.0”W, 1♁, 20–24/XI/2000, R. Martins & I. Knysak ( IBSP 42735View Materials)GoogleMaps ; Ribeira São João, Fazenda Pedro Filho , 8º36’14”S, 48º23’16”W, 1♁, 04–10/XI/2002, I. Knysak ( IBSP 44607View Materials)GoogleMaps ; Porto Nacional , 10º34’23”S, 48º35’10”W, 1♀, 14–23/II/2003 ( IBSP 53984View Materials)GoogleMaps ; Goiás, Luziâ-nia, Barragem de Corumbá , 16º19’38”S, 48º13’19”W, 1♁, 22/XI/2005, Equipe IBSP ( IBSP 85014View Materials)GoogleMaps ; Mato Grosso, Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Fazenda Retiro Novo, Pirizal , 3♀, 16º22’44”S, 56º18’47.4”W, 2003 ( IBSP 87331View Materials)GoogleMaps ; 2♀ ( IBSP 87332View Materials) ; Chapada dos Guimarães , 15º19’26.4”S, 55º26’37.7”W, 20♁, 20/IX/2000, C. Strüssmann ( MCP 11574View Materials)GoogleMaps ; Mato Grosso do Sul, Dois Irmãos do Buriti, Piraputanga, Fazenda Correntes II, 20º27’S, 55º30’W, 1♀, R. Bessi ( IBSP 128730View Materials)GoogleMaps ; Corumbá, Pantanal, Passo do Lontra , 19º26’51”S, 57º04’32”W, 1♁, 1♀, XI/2000, J. Raizer ( IBSP 133989View Materials)GoogleMaps ; São Paulo, São Carlos, Campus da UFSCar, Bosque Pinus , 21°59’04.5”S, 47°52’45.1”W, 2♁, 1♀, XII/2006, M. A. Rezende ( IBSP 78902View Materials)GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Males of E. perfidus comb. nov. are recognized by the male palp tibia for having a dorsal projection with a bifid apex, with two flattened tips, which fit into the cymbium concavity. Females possess the epigynum with large and protruding plaque with curved sides, much narrower in front than in the back ( Figs 8View FIGURE 8, 9View FIGURE 9).

Transference and synonymy: Detailed study of the Tenedos perfidus type material collected in Mato Grosso (MCP 2545 and 2546) showed that specimen has the diagnostic characteristics of the genus: posterior eye row strongly procurve, medium and lateral posterior spinnerets fused in the females and the total absence of these spinnerets in the males, exhibiting the typical morphology of Epicratinus . Examining the description of E. santacruz (see Grismado & Izquierdo, 2016) and the available material type of Epicratinus perfidus , showed that these species have the same diagnostic characteristics and are herein considered synonyms.

Description. See Jocqué & Baert, 2002: 112 and Grismado & Izquierdo, 2016. Supplementary information: Male (MCTP 2546). Clypeus height: 0.76. Eyes: diameters AME 0.08, ALE 0.12, PME 0.1, PLE 0.12; Interdistances AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.12, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.32, ALE-PLE 0.06.

Female (MCTP 2545). Clypeus height: 0.96. Eyes: diameters AME 0.14, ALE 0.12, PME 0.18, PLE 0.14; Interdistances AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.42, ALE-PLE 0.08.

Variation. Males (n = 10): total length 5.7‾5.99, carapace 2.84‾3.0, femur I 1.6‾1.82. Females (n = 10): total length 7‾8.8, carapace 3.4‾3.6, femur I 1.60‾1.72.

Distribution. Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and central west northeast and southeast regions of Brazil ( Fig. 40View FIGURE 40).