Pelicinus marmoratus Simon, 1891

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Pelicinus marmoratus Simon, 1891

( Figs 41-45 , 60 )

Pelicinus marmoratus SIMON, 1891:559 , fig. 4 (One male and two female syntypes from Saint Vincent Island, Antilles , in BMNH).

Philesius marmoratus : SIMON, 1893a:303.

Myrmopopaea jacobsoni REIMOSER, 1933:397 , figs 1-3 (Male holotype and female paratype from Fort de Kock [= Bukittinggi], Sumatra, in Naturhistorischen Museum Wien); PLATNICK et al., 2012c:18-19, figs 1-60, 121-144 (Syn).

Gamasomorpha minima BERLAND, 1942:5 , fig. 1a (Male holotype from Canton Island, Phoenix Islands, in Bishop Museum, Honolulu); PLATNICK et al., 2012c:18-19, figs 1-60, 121-144 (Syn).

Hytanis pusilla BRYANT, 1942:326 , figs 13, 14 (Female holotype from Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, in MCZ); PLATNICK et al., 2012c:18-19, figs 1-60, 121-144 (Syn).

Scaphiella ula SUMAN, 1965:230 , figs 15-20 (Male holotype from Puu Papaa peak, Oahu, Hawaii, in Bishop Museum, Honolulu); PLATNICK et al., 2012c:18-19, figs 1-60, 121-144 (Syn).

Triaeris reticulatus CHICKERING, 1968b:354 , figs 6-13 (Male holotype from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, in MCZ); CHICKERING, 1973:228 (Syn. with Hytanis pusilla ).

Triaeris pusillus : CHICKERING, 1973:228.

Silhouettella mahei BENOIT, 1979:205 , fig. 6A (male holotype from Morne Blanc, Mahe, Seychelles, in MRAC); PLATNICK et al., 2012c:18-19, figs 1-60, 121-144 (Syn).

Gamasomorpha gracilipes WUNDERLICH,1987:65 , figs 37-39 (male holotype from Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Canary Islands, in Naturmuseum Senckenberg); SAARISTO, 2001:321 (Syn. with Silhouettella mahei ).

Pelicinus mahei : SAARISTO, 2001:321, figs 40-46.

Diagnosis. Specimens of both sexes of Pelicinus marmoratus can be easily separated from all other Brazilian synanthropic species by the weakly sclerotized scuta on the abdomen ( Fig. 42 ), light embolus with distal process in the male palp ( Figs 43, 44 ) and postepigastric scutum covering about 3/4 of abdominal length ( Fig. 45 ).

Description. Male and female, see PLATNICK et al. (2012c:18, figs 1-60, 121-144).

Distribution. Considered Pantropical by PLATNICK et al. (2012c) who recorded this species in the African continent, in several Caribbean and Pacific islands and in the city of Ananindeua, state of Pará, Brazil ( Fig. 60 ), where the specimens were collected manually in a house bathroom, along with synanthropic ants. This remains the single record of this species in Brazil.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Pará: Ananindeua (01°23’S - 48°24’W), ♀, 04.II.2009, B. Silva leg. ( MPEG 18820 , PBI _ OON 811 ) ; ♂, ♀, 08.II.2009, B. Silva leg. ( MPEG 18821 , PBI _ OON 810 ) .

Figures

Figs 41-48. Figs 41-45, Pelicinus marmoratus Simon, 1891, male: 41, dorsal; 43, palp dorso-prolateral; 44, palp retrolateral. Female: 42, dorsal; 45, genitalia, ventral. Figs 46-48. Heteroonops spinimanus (Simon, 1891), female: 46, dorsal; 47, genitalia, ventral; 48, female palp, lateral.

Figs 60, 61. Brazilian records of: 60, Pelicinus marmoratus and Triaeris stenaspis; 61, Orchestina pavesiiformis, O. dentifera, Opopaea concolor and O. deserticola.