Epicratinus pugionifer Jocqué & Baert, 2005

Gonçalves, Ricardo Antonio & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2020, Taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of Neotropical spider genus Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4886 (1), pp. 1-77 : 52

Epicratinus pugionifer Jocqué & Baert, 2005

Figs 12–13 .

Epicratinus pugionifer Jocqué & Baert, 2005: 122 , f. 7-10, 23-27. (Holotype male de Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil, X/1976, M. Alvarenga, deposited in AMNH, not examined. Paratypes: 69♁, same data of holotype; (5 in KBIN); 1♀, same holotype data; 6♁, X/1975, same holotype data, not examined).

Additional material examined: BRAZIL, Pará, Novo Progresso, Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso, Serra do Cachimbo , 9º21’41.5”S, 55º2’7.5”W, 1♀, 16–26/III/2004, D.F. Candiani, VII/2006 ( MPEG 003531 ) ; 2♀ ( MPEG 003532 ) ; 1♀ ( MPEG 003536 ) ; 1♀ ( MPEG 003585 ) ; Altamira , Castelo dos Sonhos, 08º17’15’’S, 54º59’55’’W, 1♀, 11/XI/2005, D. F. Candiani ( MPEG 003864 ) ; Jacareacanga, Usina Hidrelétrica S„o Manoel , 9º19’S, 56º46’44”W, 9♁, XI/2008, M. Uehara-Prado ( UFMG 5718 ) ; 1♁, 6/X/2008 ( UFMG 5719 ) ; Mato Grosso, Cotriguaçu, Fazenda São Nicolau , 9º50’24”S, 58º14’54”W, 1♁, 2-14/X/2010, A.J. Santos ( UFMG 7757 ) .

Diagnosis. Males of E. pugionifer are easily recognized by the long RTA spear-shaped, reaching almost half of the cymbium, and this one with a deep concavity accommodating it. Females have a large oval atrium with a conspicuous anterior border and inconspicuous lateral border in a potion near the spermathecae ( Figs 12 , 13 ).

Description. (See Jocqué & Baert, 2005). Supplementary information: Male (UFMG 5719). Clypeus height: 0.74. Eyes: diameters AME 0.12, ALE 0.12, PME 0.14, PLE 0.16. Interdistances AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.16, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.32, ALE-PLE 0.08.

Female (MPEG 003531). Clypeus height: 0.94. Eyes: diameters AME 0.12, ALE 0.1, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12. Interdistances AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.4, ALE-PLE 0.1.

Variation. Males (n = 10): total length 6‾6.5, carapace 2.86‾3.0, femur I 1.7‾2.1. Females (n = 6): total length 7.12‾7.40, carapace 3.4‾3.59, femur I 1.93‾2.23.

Distribution. Brazil (south of Pará and north of Mato Grosso) ( Fig. 42 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Epicratinus pugionifer. A. (UFMG 7757) Habitus male, dorsal view. B. Male, ventral view. C. (MPEG 003532) Female, dorsal view. D. Female, ventral view. (Scale = 2 mm).

FIGURE 13. Epicratinus pugionifer.A. (UFMG 7757) Male palp, dorsal view. B. (UFMG 7757) and C. (UFMG 5719) Ventral view. D. (MPEG 003532) Epigynum, ventral view. E. (MPEG 003531) Vulva. C: conductor; E: embolus; St: subtegulum; T: tegulum. (Scale in A, B, C = 0.5; D = 0.2; E = 1 mm).

FIGURE 42. Area of occurrence of Epicratinus amazonicus, E. dookan sp. nov., E. petropolitanus, E. pugionifer, E. takutu and E. zangief sp. nov. (clade D).