Synotaxus itabaiana Santos & Rheims, 2005, n. sp.

Synotaxus itabaiana n. sp.

Figures 15–18, 19

Type material. ♂ holotype and ♀ paratype from Serra de Itabaiana, Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil, 10°40’S 37°25’W, A.D. Brescovit et al. leg., 14.–20.IX.1999, in IBSP 43379 and IBSP 43380, respectively. ♀ paratype from Reserva Genética Pacanarí, Almerim, Pará, Brazil, 15.II.2003, D.D. Guimarães leg., in MPEG 357.

Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Pará: Jurutí, Platô do Rio Jurutí, Igarapé Mutum­Jurutí, 2°36’10.6”S, 56°12’25.8”W, 6.IX.2002, A.B. Bonaldo, 1♀ (MPEG 439); ditto, 2°33’07.2”S, 56°13’06.2”W, 12.IX.2002, 1♀ (MPEG 438); ditto, 2°36’45.2”S, 56°11’27.5”W, 05.IX.2002, 1♀ (MPEG 440); ditto, 2°36’10.6”S, 56°12’25.8”W, 14.IX.2002, 1♀ (MPEG 441); Sergipe: Itabaiana, Serra de Itabaiana, 14.–20.IX.1999, A.D. Brescovit et al., 1♂ (IBSP 43382), 1♀ (IBSP 43381).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the type­locality.

Diagnosis. ♂♂ of S. itabaiana differ from all other Synotaxus species by the large, flattened and granulated paracymbium (Figs. 15–16). ♀♀ present lateral atria on the epigynum (Fig. 17), as S. turbinatus and S. ecuadorensis, but differ by the sub­oval shape of spermathecae (Fig. 18).

Description. ♂ (holotype). Body, palps and legs white. Cephalic region pilose. Ocular area overhanging clypeus, with a short and stout, curved median macrosetae. Legs thin, covered with numerous setae. Abdomen elongated, pointed posteriorly and scarcely covered with setae. Total length 3.6, carapace 1.2 long, 1.0 wide. Patella­tibia I length 5.4, II 3.0, III 1.3, IV 2.6. Abdomen 2.4 long, 0.8 wide. Patellar apophysis bifid, with a large and a short pointed branch. Paracymbium concave in ventral view and with a prolateral branched swelling. TTA with a ventral and an apical process, the latter with a curved, pointed projection (Figs. 15–16).

♀ (paratype). Coloration, body shape and pilosity as in ♂. Total length 5.1, carapace 1.0 long, 1.0 wide. Patella­tibia I length 4.8, II 2.9, III 1.2, IV 2.4. Abdomen 4.0 long, 1.0 wide. Copulatory ducts inconspicuous, apparently absent. Fertilization ducts short and stout. Accessory sacs posteriorly connected to spermathecae (Fig. 18).

Distribution. Northern and northeastern Brazil (Fig. 19).