Scytodes pintodarochai Rheims & Brescovit, 2009, new species
Creators: name: Rheims, Cristina A.
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Scytodidae
Scytodes
Scytodes pintodarochai

description: Scytodes pintodarochai new species
Figs. 118–123
Type material: Holotype: male holotype from Núcleo Cabuçu, Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira [23°21'– 23°27' S; 46°29'– 46°42' W], Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil, 16–22 July 2001, Equipe Biota, deposited in IBSP 91859.
Paratypes: BRAZIL. São Paulo: Atibaia [23°07' S; 46°33' W], 13, October 2002, M.B. Rosseto & G. Machado (IBSP 35847); Jundiaí [23°13' S; 46°56' W] (Reserva Biológica Municipal da Serra do Japi), 13, 6–10 August 2001, Equipe Biota (IBSP 91960); Guarulhos [23°21'– 23°27' S; 46°29'– 46°42'W] (Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira, Núcleo Cabuçu), 2Ƥ, 16–22 July 2004, Equipe Biota (IBSP 91856; 91863); São Paulo [23°31' S; 46°37' W] (Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira, Núcleo Pedra Grande), 23, 21 December 2000 – 28 February 2001, R. Pinto da Rocha et al. (MZSP 28804; 28807); São Paulo (Parque Estadual da Serra da Catareira, Núcleo Sede), 1Ƥ, 29 December 2000, R. Pinto da Rocha et al. (MZSP 28815); (Cidade Universitária), 1Ƥ, November 1989, C.G. Frielich (MZSP 19994); São Miguel Arcanjo [23°52' S; 47°58' W] (Parque Estadual de Carlos Botelho), 13, 14 October 1990, A.B. Bonaldo (MCN 20472). Santa Catarina: Ilhota [26°48'29" S; 48°57'19" W] (Morro do Baú), 2Ƥ, 4 February 1996, A.B. Bonaldo, A.B. Kury & R. Pinto da Rocha (MCN).
Other material examined. BRAZIL. São Paulo: Miracatú [23°03'47.2" S; 47°13'65.9" W] (Fazenda Itereí), 13, 20–26 September 2001, Equipe Biota (IBSP 38447); Jundiaí [23°13' S; 46°56' W] (Reserva Biológica Municipal da Serra do Japi), 13, March 2007, A.D. Brescovit et al. (IBSP 78490); Guarulhos [23°21'– 23°27' S; 46°29'- 46°42'W] (Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira, Núcleo Cabuçu), 23 2Ƥ, 16–22 July 2002, Equipe Biota (IBSP 91864; 91865; 91862); São Paulo [23°31' S; 46°37' W] (Parque Estadual da Serra da Catareira, Núcleo Pedra Grande), 23 3Ƥ, 2000–2001, R. Pinto da Rocha et al., (MZSP 28802; 28803; 28805; 28806; 28816); (Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira, Núcleo Pinheirinho), 13, 29 October 2000, R. Pinto da Rocha et al. (MZSP 28801); (Parque Estadual da Serra da Catareira, Núcleo Sede), 53 4Ƥ, 2000–2001, R. Pinto da Rocha et al., (MZSP 28808; 28809; 28810; 28811; 28812; 28813; 28814); (Cidade Universitária, Reserva do CUASO), 13, 25 February 2000, F.S. Cunha (IBSP 29211); (Reservatório da Represa de Guarapiranga), 13, R.P. Indicatti (IBSP 79946); Mogi das Cruzes [23°31' S; 46°10' W] (Parque Natural Municipal da Serra do Itapety), 13, 2003, Equipe Biota (IBSP 54636); Iporanga [24°34' S; 48°34' W] (Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira, Gruta do Ouro Grosso), 13 1Ƥ, 5–15 November 2001, Equipe Biota (IBSP 92474; 92472). Santa Catarina: Paulo Lopes [27°55' S; 48°42' W] (Parque Estadual do Tabuleiro), 23, 10–20 January 2003, Equipe Biota (IBSP 60445).
Etymology. The specific name honours Dr. Ricardo Pinto da Rocha, from the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, for his contribution to the study of systematics and biodiversity of Arachnids in Brazil.
Diagnosis. The males of Scytodes pintodarochai n.sp. resemble those of S. brignolii n.sp. by the slender distal area of the male palp, partially covering the retrolateral–ventral sclerotized process (Figs. 107–109; 119–121). They are distinguished by the longer distal area and sclerotized process (Figs 119–121). The females are distinguished from those of the remaining Neotropical Scytodes by the small, oval and elongated hyaline pockets adjacent to rounded spermathecae on very wide stalks (Fig. 123).
Description. Male (Holotype, IBSP 91859). Carapace orange with dark brown pattern as shown on Fig. 118. Chelicerae orange with longitudinal median brown stripe. Pedipalps orange with a dorsal longitudinal brown stripe. Labium and endites cream colored. Sternum cream colored with brown margins in front of each coxae. Legs orange. Femora I-IV with a pair of ventral longitudinal parallel black stripes. Abdomen gray. Anterior half with scattered black spots and posterior half with four transversal black stripes (Fig. 118). Total length 3.7. Carapace slightly domed, 2.0 long, 1.8 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.14, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.14. Lateral eyes on a tubercle. Chelicerae with subapical hyaline keel and inconspicuous stridulatory ridges. Labium 0.10 long, 0.28 wide. Sternum 1.12 long, 0.68 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 4.0, patella 0.6, tibia 4.2, metatarsus 5.8, tarsus 0.7, total 15.3; II: 2.9, 0.5, 2.9, 3.8, 0.6, 10.7; III: 2.0, 0.5, 1.6, 2.1, 0.5, 6.7; IV: 2.6, 0.6, 2.6, 3.0, 0.6, 9.4. Palpal femur with stridulatory pick long and slender on slightly projected socket. Cymbium with single strong distal spine (Figs. 119–120). Bulb 0.46 long, medially narrowed. Distal region long and slender, partially covering a long prolateral sclerotized process (Figs. 119–121). Abdomen 1.7 long, 1.3 wide, covered with short, slender hairs.
Female (Paratype, IBSP 91856). Coloration pattern as in male. Total length 4.5. Carapace domed, 2.3 long, 2.0 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.14, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.14. Lateral eyes as in male. Chelicerae as in male. Labium 0.12 long, 0.28 wide. Sternum 1.16 long, 0.92 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 2.3, patella 0.5, tibia 2.7, metatarsus 2.9, tarsus 0.7, total 9.1; II: 2.0, 0.5, 2.1, 2.2, 0.6, 7.4; III: 1.4, 0.5, 1.2, 1.4, 0.5, 5.0; IV: 2.0, 0.5, 1.9, 1.9, 0.6, 6.9. Palpal femur with stridulatory pick as in male. Epigynum with narrow positioning ridges separated from each other by three times their width (Fig. 122). Vulva with globose spermathecae on wide, short stalks adjacent to elongated hyaline pockets with lateral sclerotized area in the internal border (Fig. 123). Abdomen 2.2 long, 2.1 wide, as in male.
Variation. Ten males: total length 3.5–4.2; carapace 1.8–2.1; femur I: 3.1–4.7; bulb 0.46–0.62. Ten females: total length 3.7–5.6; carapace: 1.7–2.4; femur I 2.2–2.9.
Distribution. Atlantic Forest. States of São Paulo and Santa Catarina.
description: Published as part of Rheims, Cristina A. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2009, New additions to the Brazilian fauna of the genus Scytodes Latreille (Araneae: Scytodidae) with emphasis on the Atlantic Forest species, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 2116 on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187984