Scytodes reinhardti, Iost & Alayón & Rheims, 2025

Iost, Flora M., Alayón, Giraldo & Rheims, Cristina A., 2025, On the Antillean spiders of the genus Scytodes Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Scytodidae), Zootaxa 5728 (3), pp. 496-530 : 521-523

Scytodes reinhardti sp. nov.

Figs 110–117 , 128–132 , 137

Type material: Holotype: ♂, PUERTO RICO: Camuy Municipality: Cueva Agrobel , 18.4190ºN, 66.8320ºW,

186 mts., 23 June 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM786788 , PR035 ( NMNH); Paratypes : PUERTO RICO: Arecibo Municipality: 1 ♀, Mata de Plátano, Cave 2, 18.4140ºN, 66.7260ºW, 118 mts., 24–26 July 2011, Team CarBio leg., USNM782173 , PR014 ( NMNH); Morovis Municipality: 1 ♀, Cabachuelas, Cueva Gemelos , 18.3490ºN, 66.4490ºW, 167 mts., 28 April 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM785170 , Caves 006 ( NMNH); 1 ♂, Cueva Cangrejos , 18.3430ºN, 66.4500ºW,28 230 mts., April 2012, Team Carbio leg., USNM784533 , Caves 008 ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784746 ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784562 ( NMNH); Maunabo Municipality: 1 ♀, Guajonales, sector Leon , 18.3340ºN, 66.1060ºW, 202 mts., 21 July 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM785624 , PR026 ( NMNH); Ciales Municipality: 1 ♀, Guayanilla, Cueva Vientos , 18.3290ºN, 66.5240ºW, 274 mts., 27 May 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM786648 ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM786791 ( NMNH) .

Additional material examined. PUERTO RICO: Camuy Municipality: 1 ♀, Cueva Agrobel , 18.4190ºN, 66.8320ºW, 186 mts., 23 June 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM782392 , PR035 ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM786780 ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM786766 ( NMNH) ; Arecibo Municipality: 1 ♀, Mata de Plátano, Cave 2, 18.4140ºN, 66.7260ºW, 118 mts., 24–26 July 2011, Team CarBio leg., USNM782123 , PR014 ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM782150 ( NMNH) ; Morovis Municipality: 1 ♀, Cabachuelas, Cueva Cangrejos , 18.3430ºN, 66.4500ºW,28 230 mts., April 2012, Team Carbio leg., USNM784582 , Caves 008 ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784648 ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM785078 ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784625 ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784560 ( NMNH) .

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym honoring the late Belgian Manouche guitarist Django Reinhardt ( 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), a pioneering jazz musician known for developing the gypsy jazz style and for his influential guitar technique despite a hand injury that limited his mobility.

Diagnosis. Males of S. reinhardti sp. nov. resemble those of S. cubensis ( Figs 16–18 , 61, 62 ), S. joniae sp. nov. (71–74, 97, 98), S. mingusi sp. nov. ( Figs 89, 90 , 100, 101 ), S. noeli (Alayón, 1992: fig. 3), and S. robertoi ( Alayón, 1977: fig. 2C) by the palp with a piriform bulb and a slender, tapering embolus. They are distinguished from S. robertoi by the bulb with a median constriction (vs. lacking in S. robertoi ); from S. mingusi sp. nov. by the filiform embolus (vs. thicker at base in S. mingusi sp. nov.); from S. noeli by the straight embolus (vs. curved in S. noeli ); and from S. joniae sp. nov. by the longer cymbium, with more than 1.8 times tibia length and bulb 1.6 times longer than embolus ( Figs 112, 113 , 128, 129 ) (vs. cymbium, roughly 1.5 times tibia length, and bulb, roughly as long as embolus in S. joniae sp. nov.). Females resemble those of S. darlingtoni ( Figs 39, 40 , 44 ) by the strongly convoluted IS but are distinguished from the latter by the presence of a single branched OS and simple, roughly straight PS ( Figs 117 , 130–132 ) (vs. OS with two short rounded branches and strongly convoluted PS in S. darlingtoni ).

Description. Male (USNM786788, holotype): prosoma golden yellow with abundant brown markings; chelicerae pale yellow with brown outlines; pedipalps pale yellow with brown ring-like pigmentations surrounding the articulations; legs golden yellow with abundant brown markings; labium grayish-yellow with brown outlines; endites golden yellow with brown outlines; sternum golden yellow with six triangular-shaped brown markings; abdomen pale yellow with abundant brown markings ( Figs 110, 111 ). Measurements: total length 5.5; prosoma: 2.9 long, 2.2 wide; sternum: 1.5 long, 1.1 wide; labium: 0.4 long, 0.4 wide; opisthosoma: 2.6 long, 1.8 wide; eye diameters: PME 0.18, ALE 0.18, PLE 0.18; legs: I: - (-, 0.9, 10,1, rest of leg absent); II: - (-, 0.8, 6.4, 7.4, 1.1); III: 15.7 (4.8, 0.6, 4.1, 5.3, 0.9); IV: - (5.6, 0.7, 6.1, rest of leg absent). Palp: cymbium with two apical spines; bulb with a medial constriction ( Figs 112, 113 , 128, 129 ). Palp measurements: tibia 0.47, cymbium 0.86, bulb 0.85.

Female ( paratype, USNM784562): prosoma pale brown with brown markings; chelicerae pale yellow with brownish margins; legs pale light brown with brown markings; labium grayish-yellow; endites pale yellowish-gray with brown margins; sternum pale light brown with brown markings; opisthosoma pale light brown with scattered brown markings ( Figs 114, 115 ). Measurements: total length 5.75; prosoma: 3.0 long, 2.25 wide; sternum: 1.4 long, 1.2 wide; labium: 0.5 long, 0.5 wide; opisthosoma: 2.75 long, 2.1 wide; eye diameters: PME 0.17, ALE 0.16, PLE 0.14; legs: I: 17.2 (4.6, 0.7, 4.9, 5.8, 1.2); II: 14.2 (4.0, 0.7, 4.0, 4.5, 1.0); III: 8.8 (2.6, 0.5, 2.1, 2.7, 0.9); IV: − (4.5, rest of leg absent). Female genitalia: positioning ridges crescent-shaped, separated from each other by roughly 2.5 times their width; fovea postero-laterad ( Fig. 116 ). Vulva: OS slightly longer than wide, with the same width throughout its entire length and distally rounded; PS slightly shorter than IS ( Fig. 117 ).

Variation. Males (n=2): total length 5.5–5.6; prosoma length 2.9–3.0. Females (n=10): total length 5.25−7.15; prosoma length 2.75−3.5; femur I length 3.1−6.2.

Distribution. Known from the municipalities of Camuy, Arecibo, Morovis and Ciales, Puerto Rico ( Fig. 137 ).

Figures

FIGURES 110–117. Scytodes reinhardti sp. nov. 110–113 male (USNM786788) 110, 111 habitus (110 dorsal, 111 prosoma, ventral); 112, 113 left palp (112 prolateral, 113 retrolateral); 114–117 female (USNM 782150) 114, 115 habitus (114 dorsal, 115 prosoma, ventral); 116, 117 (USNM 782173) genitalia (116 ventral, 117 vulva, dorsal). Scale bars: 110, 111, 114, 115 = 1.0 mm; 112, 113, 116, 117 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 126–134. 126 Scytodes longipes Lucas (USNM786759) female, genitalia, ventral; 127 Scytodes nicksae sp. nov. (CarBio0004491A) female, vulva, dorsal; 128–132 Scytodes reinhardti sp. nov. 128, 129 male (USNM786788) left palp (128 prolateral, 129 retrolateral); 130–132 female, vulva, dorsal (130 USNM784746, 131 USNM786648, 132 USNM786780); 133 Scytodes sabbath sp. nov. (CarBio00000046A) female, vulva, dorsal; 134 Scytodes ritae sp. nov. (CarBio 00000459A), female, vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 135–138. Geografic distribution maps for Scytodes spp. 135 (S. blanda Bryant, S. coltrainei sp. nov., S. cubensis Alayón, S darlingtoni Alayón); 136 (S. harrisoni sp. nov., S. jimmorrisoni sp. nov., S. joniae sp. nov., S. mingusi sp. nov.); 137 (S. nicksae sp. nov., S. reinhardti sp. nov., S. ritae sp. nov., S. sabbath sp. nov.); 138 (S. fusca Walckenaer, S. longipes Lucas).

FIGURES 14–22. Scytodes cubensis Alayón. 14–18 male (USNM782692) 14, 15 habitus (14 dorsal, 15 ventral, prosoma); 16–18 left palp (16 prolateral, 17 retrolateral, 18 dorsal) 19–21 female 19, 20 (USNM784548) habitus (19 dorsal, 20 ventral, prosoma); 21, 22 (USNM783136) genitalia (21 ventral, 22 vulva, dorsal). Scale bars: 15, 15, 19, 20 = 1.0 mm; 16–18, 21, 22 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 61–70. Scytodes cubensis Alayón. 61, 62 male (USNM784798), left palp (61 prolateral, 62 retrolateral); 63–70 female, vulva, dorsal 63 (CarBio00003984A); 64 (CarBio00003416); 65 (CarBio00006197A); 66 (USNM784369); 67 (CarBio00003781); 68 (USNM785349); 69 (USNM784761); 70 (USNM786974). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 87–94. Scytodes mingusi sp. nov. 87–90 male (USNM783525) 87, 88 habitus (18 dorsal, 88 prosoma, ventral); 89, 90 left palp (89 prolateral, 90 retrolateral); 91–94 female 91, 92 (USNM783526) habitus (91 dorsal, 92 prosoma ventral); 93, 94 (USNM783518) genitalia (93 ventral, 94 vulva, dorsal). Scale bars: 87, 88, 91, 92 = 1.0 mm; 89, 90, 93, 94 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 95–105. 95–98 Scytodes joniae sp. nov. 95, 96 female, vulva, dorsal (95 USNM782490, 96 USNM784365); 97, 98 male (USNM782341), left palp (97 prolateral, 98 retrolateral); 99 Scytodes jimmorrisoni sp. nov., female, vulva, dorsal (USNM392951); 100–105 Scytodes mingusi sp. nov. 100, 101 male (USNM783525), left palp (100 prolateral, 101 retrolateral); 102–105 female, vulva, dorsal (102 USNM783526, 103 USNM786689, 104 USNM786649, 105 USNM786789). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 31–41. 31–35 Scytodes blanda Bryant. Male (CarBio00002265A), left palp (31 prolateral, 32 detail of tip, dorsal, 33 retolateral); 34, 35 female, vulva, ventral (34 USNM787380, 35 CarBio00001719A); 36 Scytodes coltrainei sp. nov. (USNM782402), female, vulva, ventral; 37, 38 Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, female, vulva, ventral (37 USNM788097, 38 786759); 39, 40 Scytodes darlingtoni Alayón (holotype), female, genitalia (39 ventral, 40 vulva, dorsal); 41 Scytodes harrisoni sp. nov. (holotype), female, vulva, dorsal. OS = outer spermathecae; PS = posterior spermathecae; UE = uterus externus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 42–44. Scytodes darlingtoni Alayón, female (holotype) 42, 43 prosoma (42 dorsal, 43 ventral), 44 genitalia, vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: 42, 43 = 1.0 mm; 44 = 0.5 mm.