Scopocira kunai Costa & Ruiz, 2014, sp. nov.
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 kunai

description: Scopocira kunai sp. nov.
Figs 36, 49, 98‒99, 162 ‒167, 189
Types. Holotype: Male from Acampamento Mutum, Juruti, Pará, Brazil, 04.VIII.2004, D.R. Santos-Souza, deposited in MPEG 8874. Paratypes: two females from Igarapé Mutum (1.612417ºS, 56.194222ºW), 04.VIII.2004, D.F. Candiani (MPEG 8860), 05.VIII.2004, D.F. Candiani (MPEG 8895); one male from Mount Zion, Loango, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago [10.7ºN 61.4ºW], 06.VII.1999, G.B. Edwards (FSCA).
Additional material examined. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, Trinidad: Saint George County, Arima Ward, Northern Range Arima [10.733333ºN 61.316667ºW], 1f, 29.VI.1999, unknown collector (FSCA). Saint Andrew County, Valencia Ward [10.65ºN, 61.2ºW], 2m, 17.VIII.1986, unknown collector (FSCA). BRAZIL, Pará: Juruti, Acampamento Mutum, 1.612417ºS, 56.194222ºW, 3f, 08.VIII.2008, N.C. Bastos (MPEG 20772); 1f, 08.VIII.2008, L.T. Miglio (MPEG 20773); 1m 3f, 04.VIII.2004, D.R. Santos-Souza (MPEG 8870); 1f, 06.VIII.2004, D.R. Santos-Souza (MPEG 8872); 1f, 05.VIII.2004, D.R. Santos-Souza (MPEG 8881). [02º36'45.2''S, 56º11'27.5''W], 1m, 13.IX.2002, A.B. Bonaldo (MPEG 21410); 1m, 09.IX.2002, D.D. Guimarães (MPEG 21412). Sítio Barroso, 2.461583ºS, 56.003222ºW, 1f, 11.VIII.2006, N.F. Lo-Man-Hung (MPEG 8378). 2.464278ºS, 56.002389ºW, 1m, 12.VIII.2008, N.F. Lo-Man-Hung (MPEG 20774); 1f, 14.VIII.2008, N.F. Lo-Man- Hung (MPEG 20775); 1f, 14.VIII.2008, L.T. Miglio (MPEG 20776); 1f, 0 4.III.2006, S.C. Dias (MPEG 8939). Estrada Plot 2, 2.612556ºS, 56.190972ºW, 5m 2f, 14.IX.2002, A.B. Bonaldo (MPEG 3837, 21408); 1m 1f, 10.IX.2002, D.D. Guimarães (MPEG 21409); 1m, 10.IX.2002, A.B. Bonaldo (MPEG 21411).
Etymology. The specific epithet, to be treated as a Latin noun in apposition, was a Japanese ninja weapon similar to the embolus of the male palp of this species.
Diagnosis. Males of S. kunai are similar to those of S. cyrili and S. tenella by having a broad embolus tip; from S. tenella it differs by not having a developed ITA; from S. cyrili it can be recognized by having a smaller paraembolic projection (Fig. 163). Female spermathecae are more similar to those of S. tenella, but are more rounded (Fig. 167).
Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 2.84. Carapace orange, 1.43 long, 1.00 wide, 0.73 high (Fig. 162). Ocular quadrangle 0.92 long. Anterior eye row 0.97 wide and posterior 0.87 wide. Palp yellow (Figs 163‒164); RvTA short and rounded; no ITA; embolus tip large, twisted and developed dorsally. Legs 1423, orange. Length of femur: I 1.34, II 0.86, III 0.81, IV 1.05; patella + tibia: I 1.83, II 1.08, III 0.96, IV 1.33; metatarsus + tarsus: I 1.28, II 1.00, III 0.83, IV 1.35. Spination on ventral tibia I: 2-2-2-2. Abdomen cream-colored, dorsally with a wide anterior brown stripe and a less marked transverse brown stripe on the posterior half (Fig. 162); ventrally creamcolored with a brown spot close to spinnerets.
Female (MPEG 8895). Total length: 3.21. Carapace orange, 1.46 long, 0.98 wide, 0.63 high (Fig. 165). Ocular quadrangle 0.87 long. Anterior eye row 0.98 wide and posterior 0.88 wide. Legs 4132, yellow. Length of femur: I 0.95, II 0.75, III 0.77, IV 1.08; patella + tibia: I 1.24, II 0.96, III 0.83, IV 1.23; metatarsus + tarsus: I 0.97, II 0.81, III 0.94, IV 1.25. Spination as in male. Abdomen as in male; pattern more conspicuous. Epigyne as in Figs 166‒167.
Distribution. Trinidad & Tobago; Brazil (Pará) (Fig. 189).
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 178-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/249751