Scytodes sincora Rheims & Brescovit, 2009, new species

Scytodes sincora new species

Figs. 22–27

Type material. Holotype: Male from Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorá [13°46'– 14°00' S; 41°03'– 41°10' W], Contendas do Sincorá, Bahia, Brazil, October 2007 – November 2008, Y.G. Santos, deposited in IBSP 116090.

Paratypes: BRAZIL: Bahia: Contendas do Sincorá (Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorá) [13°46'– 14°00' S; 41°03'– 41°10' W], 63 7Ƥ, October 2007 – November 2008, Y.G. Santos (IBSP 116079–116081, 116087, 116089, MZSP 28953, 28954).

Other material examined. BRAZIL: Bahia: Contendas do Sincorá (Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorá) [13°46'– 14°00' S; 41°03'– 41°10' W], 133 28Ƥ, October 2007 – November 2008, Y.G. Santos (IBSP 116091–116120)

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition that refers to the type locality.

(Fig. 23–25). They are distinguished from S. yssaiapari and S. tyaiamiri by the longer sclerotized hook arising from a prominent hump (Fig. 24) and from Scytodes tapacura n.sp. by the very wide retrolateral keel (Figs. 24–25). The females resemble those of Scytodes tapacura n.sp. (Fig. 6), S. yssaiapari (Rheims & Brescovit 2006: 302, fig. 26) and S. tyaiamiri Rheims & Brescovit 2006: 302, fig. 30) by the vulva with small spermathecae on long stalks, adjacent to large hyaline pockets (Fig. 27). They are distinguished from Scytodes tapacura n.sp. and S. yssaiapari by the conical hyaline pockets and from S. tyaiamiri by the shorter spermathecae and larger hyaline pockets (Fig. 27).

Description. Male (Holotype, IBSP 116090) Carapace pale orange with brown pattern as shown on Fig. 22. Chelicerae pale orange with dorsal, longitudinal brown stripe. Pedipalps pale orange. Labium and endites pale orange. Sternum cream colored with slightly darker margins. Legs pale orange. Femur I–IV with ventral pair of longitudinal brown stripes. Tibia I–IV with black distal extremities. Abdomen gray with black pattern (Fig. 22). Total length 3.5. Carapace slightly domed, 1.8 long, 1.4 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.12, ALE 0.12, PLE 0.12. Lateral eyes on a tubercle. Chelicerae with subapical hyaline keel and inconspicuous stridulatory ridges. Labium 0.18 long, 0.22 wide. Sternum 0.90 long, 0.70 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 3.0, patella 0.5, tibia 3.5, metatarsus 3.7, tarsus 0.5, total 11.2; II: 2.2, 0.5, 2.3, 2.7, 0.4, 8.1; III: 1.5, 0.4, 1.3, 1.5, 0.3, 5.0; IV: 2.2, 0.5, 2.1, 2.3, 0.5, 7.6. Palpal femur with stridulatory pick long and slender with triangular and projected socket. Cymbium with pair of strong distal spines (Fig. 23–24). Bulb 0.90 long, medially constricted and with a prominent hump. Distal area with large prolateral keel (Fig. 23) and retrolateral long and strong sclerotized hook and narrow retrolateral keel (Figs. 24–25). Abdomen 1.7 long, 1.1 wide, covered with slender hairs.

Female (Paratype, IBSP 116089). Coloration pattern as in male. Total length 4.1. Carapace domed, 2.1 long, 1.8 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.12, ALE 0.12, PLE 0.10. Lateral eyes on a tubercle. Chelicerae as in male. Labium 0.18 long, 0.22 wide. Sternum 0.90 long, 0.80 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 1.9, patella 0.5, tibia 2.2, metatarsus 2.5, tarsus 0.5, total 7.6; II: 1.5, 0.5, 1.7, 1.9, 0.4, 6.0; III: 1.1, 0.4, 1.0, 1.2, 0.4, 4.1; IV: 1.6, 0.5, 1.7, 1.7, 0.5, 6.0. Palpal femur as in male. Epigynum with irregular positioning ridges, separated from each other by their width (Fig. 26). Vulva with small spermathecae with long stalks adjacent to conical hyaline pockets with very small sclerotized areas just bellow the tip of the pocket (Fig. 27). Abdomen 2.0 long, 2.0 wide, as in male.

Variation. Ten males: total length 2.6–3.4; carapace 1.4–1.8; femur I 2.6–3.2; bulb 0.8–0.9. Ten females: total length 3.4–4.5; carapace 1.9–2.2; femur I 1.8–2.2.

Distribution. Caatinga. Only known from the type locality, in the northeastern state of Bahia.