Epicratinus stitch, 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 : 42-46

publication ID

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

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E8FBC153-BDE4-4404-9167-20B2DB1DCB14

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333240

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87F5-7E1F-FFDA-FF03-F9FABE9B05E7

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Plazi

scientific name

Epicratinus stitch
status

sp. nov.

Epicratinus stitch View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 22–23 View FIGURE 22 View FIGURE 23 .

Type. Male holotype from Toca de Pilıes, 11º08’S, 42º06’W, Central, Bahia, Brazil, 28/II-06/III/2002, E. Folly & S.F. Paula, deposited in IBSP 55252. Paratype: 1♀, same data of holotype, deposited in IBSP 211846 GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined: BRAZIL, Bahia, Central, Toca de Pilões , 11º08’S, 42º06’W, 1♁, 28/II - 6/ III/2002, E. Folly & S.F. Paula ( IBSP 55266 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 1♁ ( IBSP 55268 View Materials ) ; Fazenda Paulo , 11º08’S, 42º06’W, 1♁, 05/III/2002, E. Ramos et al. ( IBSP 140503 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 1♀ ( IBSP 140504 View Materials ) ; 1♁, 09/III/2002 ( IBSP 140505 View Materials ) ; 1♁, 10/III/2002 ( IBSP 140506 View Materials ) ; 1♁, 12-18/VII/2000 ( IBSP 140534 View Materials ) ; Jussara, Toca da Esperança , 10º57’45”S, 41º57’13”W GoogleMaps , 1♀, 12-18/VII/2000 ( IBSP 140535 View Materials ) ; 1♀ ( IBSP 140536 View Materials ) ; 1♀ ( IBSP 140537 View Materials ) ; 1♁ ( IBSP 140538 View Materials ) ; 1♀ ( IBSP 140539 View Materials ) .

Diagnosis. Males of E. stitch sp. nov. are easily recognized by having a retrolateral apophysis with constricted

base on the palpal patella, palpal tibia with retrolateral concavity giving rise to a basal apophysis, RTA lanceolate and retrolaterally directed and basal portion of the RTA digitiform. Females present elliptical epigynal plate and Vshaped spermathecae with external base ( Figs 22 View FIGURE 22 , 23 View FIGURE 23 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun taken in apposition and is in reference to Stitch, a fictional character in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch franchise. The shade of the colors of its ears resembles the spermathecae from ventral view.

Description. Male (IBSP 55252). Color: carapace light brown, yellow sternum with orange border, yellow burnt chelicerae, pale yellow coxae, femurs, patella, tibia, tarsus and metatarsals yellow; predominantly dark brown dorsal abdomen with five white spots (2-2-1) and speckled spots, light brown medium dorsal shield, short setae throughout the abdomen; ventral abdomen pale yellow with two brown bands, little sclerotinized, yellow above the epigastric furrow. Total length 4.75; carapace length 2.3; width 1.7; abdomen length 2.15; maximum length of spinnerets 0.2; chelicerae length 0.82; clypeus height 0.7. Eyes: diameters AME 0.075, ALE 0.12, PME 0.1, PLE 0.12. Interdistances AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.1, PME-PME 0.1, PME-PLE 0.2, ALE-PLE 0.04. Spinulation: I: Fe d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0, v0; Pa d0, p0, r0, v0; Ti d0, p0, r0, v2-1-2; Me d0, p0, r0, v2-1-2. II: Fe d1-1-0, p0-0-1, r0-1-0, 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. III: Fe d2-3-3, p0, r0, v0; Pa d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v0; Ti d2-3-0, p0, r0, v2-2-2; Me d2-3-2, p0-0-1, r0-0-1, v2-2-2. IV: Fe d3-2-3, p0, r0, v0; Pa d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v0; Ti d1-1-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2-2; Me d2-2-2, p0-1-1, r0-0-1, v2-3-2. Formula: 4123.

Measurements of legs:

Palp. Femur with a dorsal spine (0-0-1); patella with a dorsal distal apical apophysis black retrolateral with constriction at its base; tibia with a tuft of medium bristles in the middle portion of the retrolateral margin, a very conspicuous black retrolateral basal apophysis, occupying almost half of this margin, a small retrolateral ventral elevation without bristles; RTA directed retrolaterally, the upper portion of the RTA lanceolate, the lower portion has broad base and digit-shaped extremity, it also presents a ventral elevation with one of the faces membranous; cymbium without details; subtegulum with curved ridge; tegulum with median haematodocha in the form of an inverted triangle in the central area; tegular apophysis small oval; large and membranous conductor; spermatic duct visible; short embolus, flat and with basal portion.

Female (IBSP 211846). Color: carapace dark brown uniform, dark orange sternum, dark brown chelicerae, burnt yellow coxae, dark brown legs; dorsal abdomen predominantly dark brown with five spots (2-2-1) and numerous small white spots, short bristles throughout the abdomen; ventral abdomen pale yellow with four brown stripes, slightly sclerotinized, pale yellow with three brown bands and dark orange above the epigastric furrow. Total length 8.9; carapace length 3.6; width 2.4; abdomen length 5; maximum length of spinnerets 0.5; chelicerae length 1.34; clypeus height 1. Eyes: diameters AME 0.12, ALE 0.14, PME 0.13, PLE 0.16. Interdistances AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.15, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.36, ALE-PLE 0.06. Spinulation: I: Fe d1-1-0, p0, r0, v0; Pa d0, p0, r0, v0; Ti d0, p0, r0, v1-1-2; Me d0, p0-0-1, r0-0-1, v2-2-3. II: Fe d1-1-0, p0, r0, v0; Pa d0, p0, r0, v0; Ti d0, p0, r0, v1-1-1; Me d0, p0-0-1, r0, v2-1-3. III: Fe d1-2-3, p1-0-0, r1-0-0, v0; Pa d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v0; Ti d1-1-0, p1-0- 0, r0, v2-2-2; Me d0-1-2, p1-1-1, r1-1-1, v2-2-2. IV: Fe d1-3-3, p0, r0, v0; Pa d0-0-1, p0-1-0, r0-1-0, v0; Ti d1-1-0, p1-1-0, r1-1-0, v2-2-2; Me d0-1-2, p1-1-2, r1-1-2, v2-3-3. Formula: 4123.

Measurements of legs:

Femur Patella Tibia Metatarsus Tarsus Total I 2.16 0.9 1.84 1.76 1.34 8 II 1.95 0.95 1.36 1.5 1.15 6.91 III 1.86 0.95 1.25 1.76 1 6.82 IV 2.35 1.05 1.85 2.9 1.4 9.55

Epigynum. Epigynal plate elliptical wider than long and V-shaped spermathecae with external base. Internally reniform spermathecae strongly attached at the base.

Variation. Males (n = 7): total length 4.6‾4.8, carapace 2.2‾2.4, femur I 1.64‾1.72. Females (n = 6): total 6.6‾8.9, carapace 3.5‾3.6, femur I 2.05‾2.18.

Distribution. North of Bahia, Brazil ( Fig. 41 View FIGURE 41 ).

Clade D

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Zodariidae

Genus

Epicratinus

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