Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1891

Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonaldo, Alexandre B., Ott, Ricardo & Chavari, João L., 2019, To boldly go: on invasive goblin spiders in Brazil (Araneae, Oonopidae), Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2019033) 109, pp. 1-20 : 10-12

Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1891

( Figs 36-40 , 61 )

Opopaea deserticola SIMON, 1891:560 , pl. 42, fig. 5 (female syntype from Saint Vincent, Antilles, in BMNH); PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:4 , figs 1-72

Gamasomorpha rufa BANKS, 1898:211 , pl. 13, fig. 12 (female holotype from Baja California, Mexico, G. Eisen & H. Vaslit, in the California Academy of Sciences , destroyed in the earthquake in 1900). Syn. nov.

Opopaea darlingtoni BRYANT, 1940:267 , figs 5, 7 (male holotype from Maisí, Guantánamo, Cuba, in MCZ); DUMITRESCU & GEORGESCU, 1983:103 (Syn.)

Gamasomorpha floridana : BRYANT,1945:199, figs 1, 2 (male, misidentified).

Opopaea timida CHICKERING,1951:233 , figs 20, 21 (male holotype believed to have been taken from a bat collected in the Chilibrillo Caves, Canal Zone, Panama, in MCZ); PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:4 (Syn.).

Opopaea brasima CHICKERING, 1969:148 , figs 4-10 (male holotype from Kendall, Dade Co., Florida, USA, in AMNH, examined); DUMITRESCU & GEORGESCU, 1983:103 (Syn.).

Gamasomorpha BATTIROLA et al., 2004:423 , 426; MARQUES et al., 2007:144.

Note. The figure of Gamasomorpha rufa presented by BANKS (1898) shows clearly a flattened oonopid, indicating in the description of the ventral face of abdomen “a dark stripe each side near furrow”, a characteristic structure found in the female genitalia of all Opopaea , but particularly distinctive in O. deserticola . In addition, this species is common in urban areas in Baja California ( PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a).

Diagnosis. Opopaea deserticola can be distinguished from O. concolor by the ventrally more expanded palpal bulb in males ( Figs 39, 40 ; PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a, figs 61-66) and females having small, dark knob marking the origin of the receptaculum situated very close to the epigastric furrow in genital area ( Fig. 38 ).

Description. Male and female, see PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ (2009a:4, figs 1-72).

Distribution. According to PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ (2009a), this Pantropical species was probably introduced in Americas from the Old World. In the New World, it is known to occur from Florida, USA, to Southern Brazil. There were only two previous records from Brazil, one in the Northern State of Pará and other in the Southwestern State of Rio de Janeiro ( PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a), in a building and in a botanical garden, respectively ( PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ (2009a:21). This species is synanthropic in Brazil, sympatric with O. deserticola , mainly in the states of Bahia and Mato Grosso ( Fig. 61 ). Several specimens were collected in tree canopy at the district of Pirizal, Brazilian Pantanal, state of Mato Grosso. These specimens were collected mainly in Vochysia divergens ( Vochysiaceae ) and Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess. ( Calophyllaceae ) and determined erroneously as Gamasomorpha sp. at that time ( BATTIROLA et al., 2004; MARQUES et al., 2007). However, this species is most commonly found inside houses, buildings and, exceptionally, in disturbed caves.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Amapá: Laranjal do Jari (0°50’31”S - 52°30’57”W), ♂, 14.XI.2003, J. A. P. Barreiros leg. ( MPEG 10406 ) ; Amazonas: Manaus, Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke (02°57’42”S - 59°55’40”W), ♀, 15.IX.1995 ( INPA); J. Adis leg. ( INPA) ; ♀, 23.III.1996, J. Adis ( INPA) ; Pará: Belém, campus Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi , ♀, 10.II.1959, A. Nadler leg. ( AMNH, PBI _ OON 10524 ) ; 5 Km East Belém , ♂, 02.V.1974, R. Schuh leg. ( AMNH, PBI _ OON 10514 ) ; Mato Grosso: Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Pirizal, Pantanal de Poconé , Fazenda Retiro Novo (16°15’12”S - 56°22’12”W), 4♂, 10♀, XI−XII.1999, L. A. Battirola ( IBSP 40724-40725 , 40729 , 40754 , 40756 , 40765- 40767 ) ; Poconé (16°26’49.5924”S - 56°42’52.0518”W), 4♂, 7♀, 2003, I. Marques & Castilho leg. ( IBSP 67014 , 67025 , 67027 , 67029 , 67032-67033 , 67035 , 67037 ) ; Mato Grosso do Sul: Dois Irmãos do Buriti, Piraputanga, Fazenda Correntes II (20°27’S – 55°30’W), ♀, 16-26.II.2008, R. Bessi leg. ( IBSP 128724 ) ; Bahia: Paulo Afonso (9°24’28”S – 38°13’19’S), Ilha do Urubu , ♀, 2008, E. Daniele leg. ( IBSP 125008 ) ; Salvador, BaÍa de Aratu (12º47’32,8”S - 38º28’15,3”W), 2♂, 73♀, 2007-2008, K. Benati leg. ( IBSP 125202-125230 , 125232- 125236 , 125238-125240 , 125242-125243 , 125245 , 125248- 125252 , 125254-125259 , 125261-125266 , 125268-125270 , 125272-125278 , 125280 , 125282-125291 ) ; Parque da Cidade Joventino Silva (12°59’57.6522”S - 38°28’11.1606”W), 2♀, 22.VIII-03.IX.2008, C. Queiroz & D. Mendes leg. ( IBSP 125544-125545 ) ; Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte (19°52’S - 44°06’W), ♀, 09.XII.2007, A. J. Santos leg. ( IBSP 151663 ) ; Pains, Gruta Isaias (431402mE - 7747672mN), ♀, 19.VI.2009, R. Zampaulo leg. ( IBSP 166586 ) ; Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico (30°03’6.07”S - 51°10’37.95”W), ♀, 20.I.1959, A. Nadler leg. ( AMNH, PBI _ OON 10526 ) ; Santa Teresa , ♀, 26.VI.1946, H. Sick leg. ( AMNH, PBI _ OON 28177 ) ; Bairro Laranjeiras, Parque Guinle (22°55’50.38”S - 43°11’1.12”W), ♀, 20.X.2001, R. Baptista leg. ( MNRJ 3760 ) ; São Paulo: São Paulo, Parque do Estado (23°39’8.625”S - 46°36’57.9924”W), ♂, 18-25.X.2003, J. Valvassori leg. ( IBSP 68059 ) ; campus Instituto Butantan (23°33’59.493”S - 46°43’14.7612”W), ♀, 30.IX.2009, A. M. Giroti leg. ( IBSP 151545 ) ; ♀, VII.2007, G. Perroni ( IBSP 151566 ) .

Figures

Figs 31-40. 31-35. Opopaea concolor (Blackwall, 1859), male: 31, dorsal; 34, palp retrolateral; 35, palp prolateral. Female: 32, dorsal; 33, genitalia, ventral.Figs 36-40, Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1891, male: 36, dorsal; 39, palp retrolateral; 40, palp prolateral.Female: 37, dorsal; 38, genitalia, ventral.

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