Scopocira dentichelis Simon, 1900

Costa, Erika L. S. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2014, Taxonomic revision of Scopocira Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 3893 (2), pp. 151-195 : 167-169

Scopocira dentichelis Simon, 1900

Figs 19‒21 , 92‒93 , 108‒116 , 191

Scopocira dentichelis Simon, 1900: 385 (Male holotype from Mariquita, Orinoco, Venezuela, deposited in MNHN, examined); Simon, 1901: 444, figs 496‒498; Galiano, 1963: 437, pl. XXXVI, figs 1‒6; World Spider Catalog, 2014.

Scopocira panamena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936: 28 , pl. 8, figs 58‒60 (Male holotype from Barro Colorado Island, Panama, deposited in MCZ, examined); Chickering, 1946: 103, figs 96‒97; World Spider Catalog, 2014. NEW SYNONYMY.

Additional material examined. COSTA RICA, Puntarenas: Golfito [8.639167ºN, 82.160833ºW], 1m, 21.VII.1981, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). Coto Brus [8.883333ºN, 82.9ºW], 1m, 25.VII.1981, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). PANAMA, Chiriquí: Puerto Armuelles [8.283333ºN, 82.866667ºW], 1m, 14.VII.1981, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). Cerro Galera [8.933333ºN, 79.616667ºW], 1m 1f, 07.VIII.1981, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). Colón: Portobelo [9.55ºN, 79.65ºW], 4m 5f, VIII.1936 ( MCZ 128419). Panamá: Arraiján District [9.033333ºN, 79.616667ºW], 1m, VIII.1936, A.M. Chickering ( MCZ 128414); 2m 1f, A.M. Chickering, 06.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128415). Peluca Wether, St. Boqueron River, 1m, 26.VII.1950, A.M. Chickering ( MCZ 128423). Canal Zone: Fort Randolph [9.383333ºN, 79.883333ºW], 1m, VIII.1936 ( MCZ 128412). Barro Colorado Island [9.15ºN, 79.85ºW], 1m 1f, 01‒04.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128381); 2m 1f, 03.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128383); 1m 1f, 03.VII.1954 ( MCZ 128374, 128376); 1m, 08.VII.1954 ( MCZ 128378); 3m 1f, 11‒20.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128384); 3m 2f, 1‒4.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128366); 1m, 14.VIII.1954 ( MCZ 128363); 1m 1f, 14‒22.VIII.1954 ( MCZ 128375); 1m 1f, 14‒30.VI.1950 ( MCZ 128385); 3m, 15.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128377); 1f, 16.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128368); 6m 3f, 16.VII.1954 ( MCZ 128388); 2m 5f, 17‒19.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128391); 6m 10f, 20.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128367, 128371, 128390); 6m 2f, 21.VIII.1950 ( MCZ 128382); 3m 4f, 30.VII.1954 ( MCZ 128372, 128387); 9m 14f, VI.1950 ( MCZ 128361, 128364, 128365, 128379, 128386); 4m 3f, VI.1936 ( MCZ 128369); 5m 10f, VII.1939 ( MCZ 128389); 10m 12f, VIII.1939 ( MCZ 128380), 1m 4f, VIII.1950 ( MCZ 128362, MCZ); 10f, VIII.1954 ( MCZ 128373); 7m 1f, VI‒VII.1934 ( MCZ 128370). Fort Sherman [9.35ºN, 79.95ºW], 1m 1f, VIII.1939 ( MCZ 128413). Madden Dam [9.2ºN 79.6ºW], 18m 10f, VIII.1939 ( MCZ 128421). Gamboa [9.116667ºN, 79.7ºW], 4m 3f, 25.VII.1954 ( MCZ 128417); 1f, 27.I.1958 ( MCZ 128416). Forest Preserve [9.116667ºN, 79.716667ºW], 5m 2f, VII‒VIII.1939 ( MCZ 128406); 1f, 21.I.1958 ( MCZ 128404); 1f, 23.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128410); 1f, 29.VI.1958 ( MCZ 128409); 1f, 28.II.1958 ( MCZ 128407); 2m 3f, 28.VII.1954 ( MCZ 128405). Pedro Miguel [9.016667ºN, 79.6ºW], 2m 1f, 06.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128424). Summit Gardens (current Parque Municipal Summit) [9.05ºN, 79.633333ºW], 2m 1f, 07.XII.1954 ( MCZ 128399); 4m 7f, 10.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128400); 1m 5f, 11‒26.II.1954 ( MCZ 128394); 2m, 12.VI.1964 ( MCZ 128403); 1f, 12‒18.VIII.1954 ( MCZ 128396); 2m 6f, 13.VII.1954 ( MCZ 128411); 5m 3f, 16‒17.VIII.1950 ( MCZ 128402); 1f, 20.XII.1957 ( MCZ 128392); 12m 4f, 21‒29.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128395, 128397); 2m 4f, 23‒28.VIII.1950 ( MCZ 128398); 1f, 25.VIII.1950 ( MCZ 128401); 4m 3f, 28.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128393); 1f, 29.VII.1954 ( MCZ 128408). Panama City: Balboa [8.95ºN, 79.566667ºW], 1f, VIII.1936 ( MCZ 128420). Chilibre [9.15ºN, 79.616667ºW], 4m 1f, 8.VII.1950 ( MCZ 128422), all collected by A.M. Chickering. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Tobago: Delaford, Saint Paul [11.25ºN 60.55ºW], 1f, 03.VII.1999, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). Saint John, Speyside [11.283333ºN, 60.533333ºW], 1m, 03‒04.VII.1999, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). Trinidad: San Fernando City, Duncan Village, Erin Road [10.183333ºN, 61.433333ºW], 1m, 02.VII.1999, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). Saint Georg Count, Arena Forest Reserve [10.55ºN, 61.216667ºW], 1m, 07.VII.1999, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA); 1m, 01.VII.1999, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). 3m, 17.VIII.1986, unknown collector ( FSCA). Arima Ward [10. 616667ºN, 61.266667ºW], 5m 1f, 23.VII.1986, unknown collector ( FSCA). Simla (current Asa Wright Nature Centre) [10.631667ºN, 61.274722ºW], 1m 1f, 28.XII.1954, A.M. Nadler ( AMNH); 3m 4f, IV.1964, A.M. Chickering ( MCZ 128625). Saint Andrew County, Manzanilla Ward, Valencia Road, Turare River [10.65ºN, 61.15ºW], 2m, 19.VIII.1986, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). Tunapuna-Piarco, Mount Saint Benedict [10.65ºN, 61.383333ºW], 1m, 04.VII.1999, D.B. Richman ( FSCA), 1m 1f, 08‒09.VII.1999, G.B. Edwards ( FSCA). Diego Martin [10.7ºN, 61.583333ºW], 2m 1f, 18.VIII.1986, unknown collector ( FSCA). Balandra Bay [10.716667ºN, 60.983333ºW], 1f, IV.1922, A.M. Chickering (ex-MCZ 128618). Port of Spain Metropolitan Area: City of Port of Spain [10.666667ºN 61.516667ºW], 6m, 1913, R. Thayter ( MCZ 128615, 128617, 128622); 3m 2f, no date, R. Thayter (128615, 128619, 128623). BRAZIL, Roraima: Ilha de Maracá [3.4ºN, 61.7ºW], 1m, 2‒13.V.1987, J.A. Rafael ( INPA 3133). Pará: Juruti, Várzea Piranha, 2.210889ºS, 56.120194ºW, 1m, 24.II.2011, N.C. Bastos ( MPEG 21414).

Diagnosis. Males of S. dentichelis ( Figs 20 , 113 ) are similar to those of S. pterodactyla ( Figs 50 , 175 ) by having the sperm duct opening at the base of the embolus, but can be recognized by not having an acute paraembolic projection like that present in S. pterodactyla . Females of this species resemble those of S. histrio , both in coloration (compare Fig. 111 with Fig. 159) and by the slender, folded spermathecae ( Figs 116 , 161), but can be recognized by the presence of rims on the lateral fields ventrally on the epigynal plate ( Fig. 115 ).

Description. Male (FSCA from Trinidad, Arena Forest Reserve, 01.07.1999). Total length: 3.70. Carapace orange, variegated with dark brown on borders, 1.88 long, 1.44 wide, 1.05 high ( Fig. 108 ). Ocular quadrangle 1.08 long. Anterior eye row 1.23 wide and posterior 1.10 wide. Palp yellow ( Figs 113‒114 ); both RvTA and ITA poorly developed; embolar base stout bearing the sperm duct opening; DEA tip triangular. Legs 1423, I orange, II and III light yellow, IV yellow. Dark longitudinal stripes only on legs I and IV ( Figs 108‒110 ). Length of femur: I 1.67, II 0.99, III 0.93, IV 1.37; patella + tibia: I 2.44, II 1.28, III 1.17, IV 1.66; metatarsus + tarsus: I 2.55, II 1.01, III 1.09, IV 1.40. Spination on ventral tibia I: 2-2-2-2. Abdomen cream-colored, dorsally with a brown round spot ( Fig. 108 ); ventrally cream-colored.

Female (FSCA from Tobago, Delaford). Total length: 3.13. Carapace light brown, 1.50 long, 1.06 wide, 0.71 high ( Fig. 111 ). Ocular quadrangle lighter, 0.84 long, with a transverse dark stripe between the posterior eyes. Thoracic area dark brown with a pair of oblique light stripes. Anterior eye row 1.06 wide and posterior 1.00 wide. Legs 4123, as in male. Length of femur: I 0.93, II 0.73, III 0.70, IV 1.01; patella + tibia: I 1.26, II 0.86, III 0.80, IV 1.20; metatarsus + tarsus: I 0.87, II 0.69, III 0.77, IV 1.02. Spination as in male. Abdomen cream-colored, with dorsal and lateral dark brown pattern ( Figs 111‒112 ); ventrally cream-colored. Epygine as in Figs 115‒116 .

Distribution. Costa Rica; Panama; Trinidad & Tobago; Brazil (Roraima and Pará) ( Fig. 191 ).

Figures

FIGURE 191. Record map for S. dentichelis, S. crotalica sp. nov. and S. sciosciae sp. nov.

FIGURES 19 – 23. Scopocira spp. S. dentichelis 19 male left palp, proventral view; 20 same, ventral view; 21 detail of embolus. S tenella 22 male left palp, ventral view; 23 detail of embolus. DEA = dorsal embolic apophysis; e = embolus; eo = embolic opening; pp = paraembolic projection.

FIGURES 80 – 97. Scopocira spp, left male palp. S. abaporu sp. nov. 80 ventral view; 81 same, retrolateral view. S. bicornia sp. nov. 82 ventral view; 83 same, retrolateral view. S. carinata 84 ventral view; 85 same, retrolateral view. S. cepa sp. nov. 86 ventral view; 87 same, retrolateral view. S. crotalica sp. nov. 88 ventral view; 89 same, retrolateral view. S. cyrili sp. nov. 90 ventral view; 91 same, retrolateral view. S. dentichelis 92 ventral view; 93 same, retrolatreal view. S. fuscimana. 94 ventral view; 95 same, retrolateral view. S. histrio 96 ventral view; 97 same, retrolateral view. Scale bar = 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 108 – 112. S. dentichelis 108 male, dorsal view; 109 same, lateral view; 110 same, frontal view; 111 female, dorsal view; 112 same, lateral view. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 113 – 116. S. dentichelis 113 left male palp, ventral view; 114 same, retrolateral view; 115 epigyne, ventral view; 116 same, cleared, dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 47 – 50. Scopocira spp, male left palp, tip of embolus. 47 S. fuscimana. 48 S. melanops 49 S. kunai sp. nov. 50 S. pterodactyla sp. nov. DEA = dorsal embolic apophysis; e = embolus; eo = embolic opening; pp = paraembolic projection.

FIGURES 174 – 179. S. pterodactyla sp. nov. 174 male, dorsal view; 175 left male palp, ventral view; 176 same, retrolateral view. S. sciosciae sp. nov. 177 male, dorsal view; 178 left male palp, ventral view; arrows point bifid dorsal embolic apophysis; 179 same, retrolateral view. Scale bar = 1 mm (174, 177); 0.25 mm (175 – 176, 178 – 179).