Scopocira crotalica

Galvis, William, 2015, Jumping spiders of the genus Scopocira Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycoida) from Colombia, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4000 (2), pp. 281-286 : 283-284

Scopocira crotalica Costa & Ruiz, 2014

Figs 9–12

Scopocira crotalica Costa & Ruiz, 2014: 164, figs 33, 43–44, 88–89, 141–143 (São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas, Brazil, 3.512778ºS, 69.083889ºW, 13.IX.2003, F.N.A.A. Rego et al., deposited in IBSP 116009, not examined); World Spider Catalog 2015.

Note. For further taxonomic information, including diagnosis and description of the male, see Costa & Ruiz (2014: 164).

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Vaupés: Bajo Río Apaporis, Lago Taraira, Estación Biológica Mosiro Itájura (Caparú), 200 m, 1.066667°N, 69.516667°W, 7 ♂, 2 imm, II–IV.2004, J. Pinzón (ICN-Ar 7265, 7267, 7270, 7284, 7285, 7305). Guainía: Inírida, Comunidad Indígena Chorro-Bocón, 150 m, 1 ♀, XI.2003, H. Pulido (ICN-Ar 6754).

Diagnosis of the female. Female can be recognized from all remaining females of the species of the genus by the elongate copulatory ducts ( Figs 10–12 ).

Description. Female (ICN-Ar 6754). Total length 3.33. Carapace orange, 1.47 long, 0.96 wide, 0.67 high ( Fig. 9 ). OC 0.64 long. Anterior eye row 1.04 wide and posterior 0.95 wide. Sternum 0.58 long, 0.42 wide. Labium 0.14 long, 0.20 wide. Chelicerae with four large retromarginal teeth, and five small promarginal teeth. Legs 4132, yellow, all laterally with dark longitudinal stripes. Spination: femur I–IV d 1 di, reduced in size; tibia I v 2-2 -2-2; II v 2-1 -2; metatarsus I–II v 2-2. Abdomen cream-colored, rounded, with a dark longitudinal stripe, crossed by two transverse dark stripes ( Fig. 9 ). Epygine with large spermathecae, with elongate and externally placed copulatory ducts ( Figs 10–12 ), which correspond with the embolus length of the male of the species.

Distribution. Colombia (Guainía, Vaupés) and Brazil (Amazonas).

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 12. Scopocira crotalica Costa & Ruiz, 2014. 9 female, dorsal view; 10 epigyne, ventral view; 11 same, cleared, dorsal view; 12 same, cleared, dorsal view. Scale bar = 1.00 mm (9); 0.15 mm (10 – 12).