Scopocira bicornia, Costa, Erika L. S. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2014

Costa, Erika L. S. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2014, Taxonomic revision of Scopocira Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 3893 (2), pp. 151-195 : 157-159

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6086E1A0-F14A-452E-BFFC-3BB535A4B624
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6142478
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D66B87E5-3C24-EF3F-FF69-F9E27DC790E7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Scopocira bicornia
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Scopocira bicornia View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 82‒83 View FIGURES 80 – 97 , 123‒128 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S , 188 View FIGURE 188

Types. Holotype: male from Fazenda Santo Antônio, Uruçuca, Bahia, Brazil [14.733333ºS, 39.066667ºW], 24.X.1978, J.S. Santos (MCN 11227). Paratypes: one female from Fazenda São Roque, Camacan, Bahia, Brazil [15.4ºS, 39.5ºW], 03.XII.1977, J.S. Santos (MCN 11534); one male from Fazenda Palestina, Mascote, Bahia, Brazil [15.633333ºS, 39.3ºW], 09.VI.1968, CEPLAC leg. (MNRJ 6767); one male from Fazenda São Roque, Jussari, Bahia [15.166667ºS, 39.483333ºW], 26.XI.1970, CEPLAC leg. (MPEG 21116 = ex-MNRJ 6762); one male from Fazenda Santo Antônio, Uruçuca, Bahia, Brazil [14.733333ºS, 39.066667ºW], 24.X.1978, J.S. Santos (MCN).

Additional material examined. BRAZIL, Bahia: Fazenda Itabuna, 3m, unknown date & collector ( MNRJ). Camacan, 1f, unknown date & collector ( MNRJ). Jussari, 1f, unknown date & collector ( MNRJ). Yuçau, 2m, unknown date & collector ( MNRJ).

Etymology. The specific name is a Latin noun in apposition and refers to the equipment used by blacksmiths (anvil), whose shape is similar to the apophyses present in this species’ cymbial locking lobe ( Fig. 125 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S ).

Diagnosis. Males of S. bicornia are recognized by the apophyses on the cymbial locking lobe, similar to an anvil in retrolateral view ( Fig. 125 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S ). Females can be recognized by the elongate spermatheae ( Fig. 128 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S ).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 3.46. Carapace orange, 1.84 long, 1.27 wide, 0.82 high ( Fig. 123 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S ). Ocular quadrangle 1.06 long. Anterior eye row 1.06 wide and posterior 1.07 wide. Palp yellow ( Figs 124‒125 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S ); RvTA projected ventrally and ITA rounded. Cymbial locking lobe with two apophyses. A dorsal, retrolateral rounded projection beneath both the embolus and the sickle-like DEA. Legs 1423, yellow, only IV with dark longitudinal stripes. Length of femur: I 1.90, II 1.19, III 1.14, IV 1.36; patella + tibia: I 2.18, II 1.43, III 1.31, IV 1.74; metatarsus + tarsus: I 1.80, II 1.25, III 1.38, IV 1.81. Spination on ventral tibia I: 2-2-0-2. Abdomen creamcolored, with a dark brown pattern of transverse stripes ( Fig 123 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S ).

Female (paratype MCN 11534). Total length: 3.17. Carapace orange, 1.67 long, 0.99 wide, 0.68 high ( Fig. 126 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S ). Ocular quadrangle 0.85 long. Anterior eye row 0.99 wide and posterior 0.94 wide. Legs 4132, as in male. Length of femur: I 1.10, II 0.92, III 0.90, IV 1.11; patella + tibia: I 1.44, II 1.03, III 1.00, IV 1.40; metatarsus + tarsus: I 1.11, II 0.95, III 1.07, IV 1.42. Spination as in male. Abdomen cream-colored, with dorsal pattern of dark tranverse stripes ( Fig 126 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S ). Epigyne as in Figs 127‒128 View FIGURES 123 – 128. S .

Distribution. Brazil (Bahia) ( Fig. 188 View FIGURE 188 ).