Scopocira cepa sp. nov.

Figs 32, 42, 86‒87, 135 ‒140, 189

Types. Holotype: male from Reserva Natural do Vale do Rio Doce, São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Brazil [19.133333ºS, 440.066667°W], 05‒12.I.1998, A.D. Brescovit (IBSP 16787). Paratypes: two females from Lago Tamaniquá, 2.734722ºS, 65.725ºW, Ilha da Consciência, Rio Juruá, Amazonas, Brazil (IBSP 115989, 116012); one male from Platô do Rio Juruti, Vale do Igarapé Mutum, Juruti, Pará, 2.603111ºS, 56.210083ºW, 05.VIII.2004, D.R. Santos-Souza (MPEG 8873).

Additional material examined. BRAZIL, Amazonas: Tamaniquá, Rio Juruá, Ilha da Consciência (Solimões- Oeste), 2.602778ºS, 65.773889ºW, 3m 1f, 19.IX.2003, F.N.A.A. Rego et al. (IBSP 115979, 115983, 116033). Lago Tamaniquá, 2.734722ºS, 65.725ºW, 2m 3f, 19.IX.2003, F.N.A.A. Rego et al. (IBSP 115976, 166256). Bahia: Una, Reserva Biológica de Una, 15.173056ºS, 39.132222ºW, unknow date & collector (IBSP 47726). Espírito Santo: Cariacica, Reserva Florestal Duas Bocas [20.25ºS, 40.416667ºW], 1m, I.1987, R.C.L. Baptista (MNRJ 6760).

Etymology. The specific name is a Latin noun in apposition that means onion. It refers to the curved embolus and the DEA of the male palp of this species, resembling onion leaves.

Diagnosis. Males of S. cepa (Figs 32, 42) are similar to those of S. crotalica (Figs 33, 43) by the elongate, thin embolus, but can be recognized by the embolus forming an arch in the male palp, while it is spiraled in S. crotalica . Females can be recognized by the developed copulation ducts (Fig. 140).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 3.77. Carapace orange, 1.85 long, 1.42 wide, 0.92 high (Fig. 135). Ocular quadrangle 1.13 long. Anterior eye row 1.17 wide and posterior 1.08 wide. Palp yellow (Figs 136‒137); stout RTA, elongated RvTA, no ITA; embolus elongated and thin, curved in an arch, the tip close to tegulum; DEA elongated and curved retrolaterally. Legs 1432, only I and IV with dark longitudinal stripes. Length of femur: I 1.48, II 1.02, III 1.04, IV 1.29; patella + tibia: I 2.02, II 1.20, III 1.28, IV 1.57; metatarsus + tarsus: I 1.40, II 1.02, III 1.15, IV 1.46. Spination on ventral tibia I: 2-2-2-2. Abdomen light brown, dorsally with an irregular longitudinal brown stripe (Fig. 135); ventrally light brown with a brown spot close to spinnerets.

Female (paratype 115989). Total length: 3.71. Carapace orange, 1.60 long, 1.05 wide, 0.71 high (Fig. 138). Ocular quadrangle 0.90 long. Anterior eye row 1.05 wide and posterior 0.93 wide. Legs 4132, as in male. Length of femur: I 1.00, II 0.82, III 0.86, IV 1.08; patella + tibia: I 1.39, II 0.95, III 0.90, IV 1.29; metatarsus + tarsus: I 0.88, II 0.82, III 0.99, IV 1.32. Spination as in male. Abdomen cream-colored, dorsally with three dark brown chevrons (Fig. 138); ventrally cream-colored. Epigyne as in Figs 139‒140.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Bahia, Espírito Santo) (Fig. 189).