Opopaea concolor ( Blackwall, 1859 )

Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Ott, Ricardo & Chavari, João L., 2019, To boldly go: on invasive goblin spiders in Brazil (Araneae, Oonopidae), Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2019033) 109, pp. 1-20 : 10

Opopaea concolor ( Blackwall, 1859)

( Figs 31-35 , 61 )

Oonops concolor BLACKWALL, 1859:265 (Male and female syntypes from Madeira Island , Portugal, should be in Hope Department of Oxford University).

Opopaea concolor : KULCZYŃSKI, 1899:339, pl. 6, fig. 25; PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:22 , figs 74-104.

Myrmecoscaphiella borgmeyeri MELLO- LEITÃO, 1926:2 (Male holotype from Rodeio (26º55’22”S 49º21’59”W), Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1926, T. Borgmeyer col., in MNRJ 953); PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:22 (Syn.).

Gammasomorpha humilis MELLO- LEITÃO, 1920:172 ( Female holotype from Pinheiro (actually Pinheiral), Barra do Piraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in MNRJ 955 ; PBI _ OON 10963 , examined). Syn. nov .

Opopaea devia GERTSCH,1936:5 , fig. 13 (Female holotype from Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., Texas, USA, in AMNH); PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:22 (Syn.).

Opopaea guaraniana BIRABÉN, 1954:203 , figs 30-36, 50 (Female holotype and male allotype from Manantiales, Corrientes, Argentina, lost); PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:22 (Syn.).

Opopaea bandina CHICKERING, 1969:147 , figs 1-3 (Female holotype from Largo, Pinellas Co., Florida, USA, in MCZ); PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:22 (Syn.).

Gamasomorpha atlantica BENOIT,1977:35 , figs 13a-e (Male holotype from Prosperous Bay Plain, Saint Helena Island, in MRAC); SAARISTO & MARUSIK, 2008:20 (Syn.).

Opopaea atlantica : BRIGNOLI, 1983:188.

Diagnosis. Opopaea concolor can be distinguished from those of O. deserticola by the ventrally unexpanded palpal bulb in males ( Figs 34, 35 ; PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a, figs 99-104), and by having the small, dark knob marking the origin of the receptaculum situated quite far from the epigastric furrow in females ( Fig. 33 ).

Description. Male and female, see PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:22, figs 73-104.

Distribution. According to PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ (2009a), this Pantropical species was probably introduced in Americas from the Old Word. In the New World it is known to occur from the southern United States and Bahamas Islands south to Argentina. This species is synanthropic in Brazil and in many cases sympatric with O. deserticola , mainly in the southern portions of the country ( Fig. 61 ). It is normally found inside houses and buildings, but can be also found in caves, especially those most intensely disturbed by human activities.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Bahia: Lajedinho (12°21’21”S - 40°54’21”W), Gruta da Mocozeira , ♀, 22.X.2014, F. Bondezan leg. ( IBSP 166572 ) ; Presidente Tancredo Neves (13°22’44”S - 39°19’31”W), ♀, 07.II.2011, C. M. P. Leite leg. ( IBSP 166611 ) ; Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá, Pantanal, Passo da Lontra (18°57’31.0674”S - 57°39’52.5918”W), ♀, I.1998 - XI.1999, J. Raizer leg. ( IBSP 68454 ) ; Minas Gerais: Jaboticatubas, Serra do Cipó, Parque Nacional da Serra do CipÓ (19°15’S - 43°31’W), ♂, 03- 09.I.2003, Equipe Biota leg. ( IBSP 69444 ) ; Belo Horizonte, Campus da UFMG/ICB (19°52’S – 43°58’W), ♀, VII.2002, É. S. S. Álvares leg. ( IBSP 73190 ) ; Rio de Janeiro: Teresópolis (22°26’26.2536”S - 43°5’13.9158”W), ♀, 28.XI.1976, Leny leg. ( MNRJ 2094 ) ; Rio de Janeiro, Gávea (22°58’46.2324”S - 43°14’46.6224”W), 2♀, R. Arlé leg. ( MNRJ 41760 ) ; São Paulo: SÃo Paulo (23°32’51”S – 46°38’10”W), ♀, 13.II.2002, F. S. Cunha leg. ( IBSP 33063 ) ; ♀, 20.IV.2007, G. Ruiz leg. ( IBSP 122228 ) ; Parque da Previdência (23°34’49.7136”S - 46°43’38.4558”W), ♀, 17.XII.1999, D. F. Candiani leg. ( IBSP 33007 ) ; Parque Alfredo Volpi (23°35’12.5766”S - 46°42’16.005”W), ♀, 19-23.III.2005, A. Bagio leg. ( IBSP 59276 ) ; Campus da USP (23°33’44”S - 46°43’39”W), ♂, 13.V.2003, D. F. Candiani leg. ( IBSP 131540 ) ; Mata do Cuaso (23°33’54.9432”S - 46°43’43.9608”W), ♀, 1999, D. Candiani leg. ( IBSP 68981 ) ; campus Instituto Butantan, Mata do Butantan (23°33’59.493”S - 46°43’14.7612”W), ♂, 12-19.XII.1999, D. Candiani leg. ( IBSP 68980 ) ; ♀, 18.VIII.2006, A. D. Brescovit leg. ( IBSP 72788 ) ; Itapevi, Condomínio TransUrb (23°35’28.284”S - 46°58’29.121”W), ♀, 28.V.1999, V. C. Onofrio leg. ( IBSP 67601 ) ; Campinas, Campus da Unicamp (22°48’45.9786”S - 47°4’12.198”W), ♂, 02.I.2006, A. J. Santos leg. ( IBSP 72970 ) ; Guarujá, Ilha da Moela (24°02’57.5016”S - 46°15’48.0558”W), ♂, 17-19.VIII.2009, R. P. Indicatti & G. P. Perroni leg. ( IBSP 144859 ) ; Paraná: Adrianópolis, Vale do Ribeira (24°47’0.726”S - 49°6’45.4962”W), ♀, 17.III.2005, D. M. B. Battesti leg. ( IBSP 51581 ) ; Londrina, campus Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Fazenda Escala (23°20’23,45’5”S – 51°12’32,8”W), 2♂, VIII.2007, J. O. Fernando leg. ( IBSP 118415 , 118429 ) ; Rio Grande do Sul: Sapucaia do Sul (29°50’20”S 51°08’38”W), ♀, 20.VI.2013 ( MCN 49333 ) ; Porto Alegre (30°01’58”S - 51°13’48”W), 5♀, 24.V.1981 - 21.II.1991, A.A. Lise, A. B. Bonaldo & L. Moura leg. ( MCN 10350 , 20746-20747 , 28335 ) ; ♂, 6♀, 31.V.1935, P. Buck leg. ( MNRJ 2090 ) ; Jardim Botânico (30°03’6.07”S - 51°10’37.95”W), ♂, 29.IV.1997, L. Moura leg. ( MCN 28335 ) ; ♂, 25.III.2011, L. Moura leg. ( MCN 49332 ) .

Figures

Figs 31-40. 31-35. Opopaea concolor (Blackwall, 1859), male: 31, dorsal; 34, palp retrolateral; 35, palp prolateral. Female: 32, dorsal; 33, genitalia, ventral.Figs 36-40, Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1891, male: 36, dorsal; 39, palp retrolateral; 40, palp prolateral.Female: 37, dorsal; 38, genitalia, ventral.

Figs 60, 61. Brazilian records of: 60, Pelicinus marmoratus and Triaeris stenaspis; 61, Orchestina pavesiiformis, O. dentifera, Opopaea concolor and O. deserticola.