Epicratinus dookan, Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020

Gonçalves, Ricardo Antonio & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2020, Taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of Neotropical spider genus Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4886 (1), pp. 1-77 : 48-50

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4886.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333226

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scientific name

Epicratinus dookan
status

sp. nov.

Epicratinus dookan View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 34–35 View FIGURE 34 View FIGURE 35 .

Type. Male holotype from Estaç „o Ecológica do Una, 15º17’48’’S, 39º03’28’’W, Una, Bahia, Brazil, 2003, M.F. Dias, deposited in IBSP 62518. Paratype: 1♀, same data of holotype, deposited in IBSP 62512 GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined: BRAZIL, Bahia, Una, Reserva Biológica do Una , 15º17’48’’S, 39º03’28’’W, 2♁, 14/IV/1998, A.D. Brescovit et al. ( IBSP 18097 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 4♁ ( IBSP 18104 View Materials ) ; 2♁ ( IBSP 18122 View Materials ) ; 1♀ ( IBSP 18123 View Materials ) ; 1♁, X/1999 - IX/2000, M.F. Dias ( IBSP 64275 View Materials ) ; 1♁ ( IBSP 64297 View Materials ) ; 1♁ ( IBSP 65386 View Materials ) ; 1♁ ( IBSP 65416 View Materials ) ; 1♁ ( IBSP 65454 View Materials ) .

Diagnosis. Males of Epicratinus dookan sp. nov. are easily recognized by the long RTA with the pointed and curved tip facing the center of the cymbium, differing from E. petropolitanus by having a dorsal projection at the base of the RTA. Females, vulva presents small reniform spermathecae with corner at the external upper, edges of the atrium like inverted jar shaped ( Figs 34 View FIGURE 34 , 35 View FIGURE 35 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun taken in apposition and is in reference to Count Dookan (Brazilian name), a fictional character in George Lucas film, “Star Wars”. Count Dookan is a character which wears a curved hilt of his lightsaber, as the curved dorsal projection at the base of the RTA.

Description. Male (IBSP 62518). Color: carapace light brown uniform, sternum burnt orange, burnt orange chelicerae, pale yellow coxae, yellow legs; dorsal abdomen predominantly dark brown with seven pale yellow spots (2-2-2-1) and speckled spots, absent dorsal shell but with light brown color where it should be, short bristles throughout abdomen; ventral abdomen pale yellow with four brown bands (two central and one on each side), a little sclerotinized, yellow above the epigastric furrow. Total length 4.4; carapace length 2.3; width 1.7; abdomen length 1.9; maximum length of spinnerets 0.2; chelicerae length 0.75; clypeus height 0.6. Eyes: diameters AME 0.08, ALE 0.07, PME 0.1, PLE 0.1. Interdistances AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.1, PME-PME 0.07, PME-PLE 0.25, ALE-PLE 0.06. Spinulation: I: Fe d1-0-0, p0-0-1, r0, v0; Pa d0, p0, r0, v0; Ti d0, p0-0-1, r0, v1-1-2; Me d0, p0-0-1, r0-0-1, v2-1-2. II: Fe d1-1-1, p0-0-1, r0, v0; Pa d0, p0, r0, v0; Ti d0, p0-0-1, r0, v1-1-2; Me d0-1-0, p0-1-1, r0, v2-1-2. III: Fe d1-2-1, p1-0-1, r0-0-1, v0; Pa d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v0; Ti d1-0-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1, v2-2-2; Me d0-1-0, p1-1-2, r1-1-2, v3-1-2. IV: Fe d2-2-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1, v0; Pa d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v0; Ti d1-0-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1, v2-2-2; Me d0-1-0, p1-1-2, r1-1-2, v2-3-2. Formula: 4123.

Measurements of legs:

Palp. Femur with two dorsal spines (0-1-1); patella with a discrete apical apophysis distal dorsal apical and a ventral; tibia with a row of median bristles in the middle portion of the retrolateral margin; RTA with the pointed and curved tip facing the center of the cymbium and with a dorsal projection at the base of the RTA directed forward, differentiating it from E. petropolitanus that does not have; cymbium with concavity accommodating the end of the RTA, two spines on the prolateral distal margin and three distal; subtegulum with curved ridge; tegulum with visible MH and an angular TAEB; large membranous conductor; tegular ventral apophysis mid and linear; spermatic duct visible; laminar embolus well conspicuous.

Female (IBSP 62518). Color: carapace dark brown uniform and smooth, sternum burnt orange, reddish brown chelicerae, pale yellow coxae, yellow to the middle of the femurs and the rest of the legs burnt yellow; dorsal abdomen predominantly dark brown with five spots (2-2-1) and numerous small pale yellow dots, short bristles throughout the abdomen; ventral abdomen dark brown with thick beige band, one on each side, little sclerotinized, dark orange above the epigastric furrow. Total length 5.9; carapace length 2.9; width 1.9; abdomen length 2.8; maximum length of spinnerets 0.4; chelicerae length 1.1; clypeus height 0.84. Eyes: diameters AME 0.1, ALE 0.12, PME 0.11, PLE 0.17. Interdistances AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.15, PME-PME 0.1, PME-PLE 0.4, ALE-PLE 0.08. Spinulation: I: Fe d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0, v0; Pa d0, p0, r0, v0; Ti d0, p0, r0, v2-1-1; Me d0, p0, r0, v2-1-3. II: Fe d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0, v0; Pa d0, p0, r0, v0; Ti d0, p1-0-0, r0, v1-1-2; Me d0, p0-0-1, r0, v2-1-2. III: Fe d1-1-1, p1-0-1, r0-0-1, v0; Pa d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v0; Ti d1-0-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1, v2-2-2; Me d0-1-0, p0-1-2, r1-1-2, v2-2-2. IV: Fe d1-2-1, p0-0-1, r0-0-1, v0; Pa d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v0; Ti d1-0-1, p0-1-1, r0-1-1, v2-1-2; Me d0, p0-2-2, r1-1- 2, v2-3-2. Formula: 4132.

Measurements of legs:

Epigynum. Epigynal plate circular. Ventrally presents atrium rounded light bulb-shaped with hood at the distal border and small reniform spermathecae. Vulva presents small reniform spermathecae with corner at the external upper, edges of the atrium like inverted jar shaped. Visible in transparency.

Variation. Males (n = 10): total length 4.2‾4.4, carapace 2.27‾2.31, femur I 1.58‾1.61. Females (n = 2): total 5.75‾5.9, carapace 2.8‾3, femur I 1.68‾1.7.

Distribution. Brazil (center/southeast of Bahia) ( Fig. 42 View FIGURE 42 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Zodariidae

Genus

Epicratinus

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