Scopocira dentichelis Simon 1900
Creators: name: Costa, Erika L. S.
name: Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Scopocira
Scopocira dentichelis

description: 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).
description: Published as part of Costa, Erika L. S. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2014, Taxonomic revision of Scopocira Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae), pp. 151-195 in Zootaxa 3893 (2) on pages 167-169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/249751