Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893)

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 : 2-4

Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893)

( Figs 7-12 , 58 )

Xestaspis parumpunctata SIMON, 1893a:305 . Female holotype from Sierra Leone, no specific locality, in MNHN.

Gamasomorpha perplexa BRYANT,1942:325 , figs 11-12, 18. Male holotype from Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, in MCZ; PLATNICK et al., 2011:15 (Syn.).

Opopaea recondita CHICKERING, 1951:231 , figs 18-19. Female holotype from Canal Zone Biological Area [= Barro Colorado Island], Panama, Panama, in MCZ; PLATNICK et al., 2011:15 (Syn.).

Brignolia cubana DUMITRESCU & GEORGESCU, 1983:107 , pl. 22, figs 1-8. Male holotype from Estacíon Ecológica Siboney, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, in Institut de Spéologie, Bucharest; PLATNICK et al., 2011:15 (Syn.).

Brignolia recondita : PLATNICK & DUPÉRRÉ, 2009a:4.

Brignolia parumpunctata : PLATNICK et al., 2011:14.

Diagnosis. Brignolia parumpunctata can be easily separated from B. dasysterna by the males having a ventrally directed protrusion situated medially on the clypeus ( Fig. 9 ; PLATNICK et al., 2011: fig. 21) and by the distinctive curled dorsal protrusion on the palpal bulb ( Figs 11, 12 ; PLATNICK et al., 2011: figs 31-32). Females can be easily recognized by the rounded, elevated protrusion situated between the epigastric furrow and by the groove connecting the posterior spiracles ( Fig. 10 ).

Description. Male and female, see PLATNICK et al., 2011:14, figs 1-94.

Distribution. This species has a Pantropical distribution, occurring in the Americas, Africa, Southern Asia, Pacific Islands and Australia. PLATNICK et al., 2011:31, reported only one previously Brazilian record, in the state of Pará, norther Brazil. Here it is recorded in areas of north, northeast and southeast Brazil ( Fig. 58 ). According to PLATNICK et al. (2011), this species may have an Asian origin, where the bulk of the genus diversity is from.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Rondônia: Porto Velho, Campo Experimental da EMBRAPA (08°48’9.7878”S - 63°49’48.1188”W), ♂, 2008, L. S. P. Trigueiro & C. A. D. Teixeira et al. leg. ( IBSP 121507 ) ; Pará: Belém, Campus IPEA, 2♂, ♀, 02.V.1974, R. Schuh leg. ( AMNH, PBI _ OON 485–487 ) ; Pernambuco: São Lourenço da Mata, Estação Ecológica de Tapacurá (08°0’39.8088”S - 35°5’2.8422”W), 2♂, 2008, C. Valença leg. ( IBSP 97891 , 97892 ) ; Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, Campus UFMG, Estação Ecológica da UFMG (19°52’S – 43°58’W), 3♂, 29.III.2000, É. S. S. Álvares & C. S. Azevedo leg. ( IBSP 27202 ) ; 2♂, 10♀, IX.1999 - II.2001, É. S. S. Álvares, E. O. Machado & C. S. Azevedo leg. ( IBSP 32350 ) ; 4♂, XII.2000 - I.2001, É. S. S. Álvares leg. ( IBSP 66797 ) ; 5♂, I.2001, É. S. S. Álvares leg. ( IBSP 66801 ) ; 2♂, II.2001 ( IBSP 67303 ) ; Jaboticatubas, Serra do Cipó, Parque Nacional da Serra do CipÓ (19°15’S - 43°31’W), 31♂, 21♀, 07-14.X.2002 ‒ 26. VI.2003, Equipe Biota leg. ( IBSP 69443 , 69445–69476 ) ; Marliéria, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (19°48’/ 19°29’S – 42°38’/ 42°28’W), 18♂, 20♀, 01-10.IX.2003, Equipe Biota leg. ( IBSP 144583–144597 ) ; Bahia: Salvador, Baía de Aratu, Ponte do Fernandinho (12°47’32.8”S – 38°28’15.3”W), 18♂, ♀, 13.IX.2004, K. Benati leg. ( IBSP 58842 , 58843 , 58852 , 58863 , 58869 , 58874 , 58875 , 58877 , 58883 , 58884 , 58901 , 58906 , 58907 , 58915 , 58917 , 58922 , 58938 , 58970 , 58976 , 59013 , 59019 ) ; Parque da Cidade Joventino Silva (12°59’57.6522”S - 38°28’11.1606”W), ♂, 22.VIII-03. IX.2008, C. Queiroz & D. Mendes leg. ( IBSP 125569 ) ; BaÍa de Aratu (12°47’32.8”S – 38°28’15.3”W), 42♂ 8♀, 2007- 2008, K. Benati leg. ( IBSP 125210 , 125260 , 125289 , 126033 , 126035–126039 , 126044 , 126047 , 126051–126056 , 126058 , 126060 , 126064–126065 , 126067–126068 , 126074 , 126077– 126078 , 126080 , 126083–126085 , 126087 , 126091–126092 , 126094 , 126097 , 126100 , 126104 , 126106 , 126111–126112 , 126114 , 126116 , 126118–126125 , 126128 , 126130 , 126134 ) ; Ilhéus , CEPLAC (14°47’45.5712”S - 39°11’25.2024”W, 5♂, 2♀, 11.IV.1998, A. D. Brescovit et al. leg. ( IBSP 19206 , 19211 , 19220 , 19290 , 19302 ) ; 2♂, 14♀, 24.VII.1998 ( IBSP 36122 ) ; 2♂, 18.IV.2007 - 06.IX.2007, P. P. Santos leg. ( IBSP 98012 , 98042 ) ; Una, Reserva Ecológica do Una (15°17’48”S - 39°04’28”W), ♂, X.1999 - IX.2000, M. F. Dias leg. ( IBSP 64428 ) ; Itapetinga, Parque Municipal da Matinha (15°15’43.8618”S - 40°17’44.9376”W), ♂, III-IV.2003, J. P. S. Alves leg. ( IBSP 66457 ) ; Rio de Janeiro: Volta Redonda, Mata da Cicuta (22°33’2.016”S - 44°5’31.7328”W), ♀, 11- 18.VI.2003, F. S. Cunha leg. ( IBSP 44865 ) ; 5♂, 2♀, 04-11. III.2002 - 11-18.VI.2001, Equipe Biota leg. ( IBSP 136203- 136208 ) ; ♂, 11.III.2002, E. F. Ramos leg. ( IBSP 144105 ) ; ParaÍba do Sul, Fazenda Maravilha , ♂, 17-21.VIII.2001, Equipe Biota leg. ( IBSP 136639 ) ; Resende, Mata das Indústrias Nucleares (22°31’2.2326”S - 44°39’10.7748”W), ♂, VII-IX.2007, E. F. Ramos leg. ( IBSP 97542 ) ; São Paulo: São Paulo, Campus USP, Mata do Cuaso (23°33’54.9432”S - 46°43’43.9608”W), ♂, 16-23.XI.1999, D. F. Candiani leg. ( IBSP 42190 ) ; Campus Instituto Butantan, Mata do Butantan (23°33’59.493”S - 46°43’14.7612”W), ♂, 12-19.XII.1999, D. F. Candiani leg. ( IBSP 68979 ) .

Figures

Figs 1-12. Figs 1-6, Brignolia dasysterna Platnick, Dupérré, Ott & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2011, male: 1, dorsal; 3, modified hairs in the sternum; 5, palp, retrolateral; 6, palp, prolateral. Female: 2, dorsal; 4, genitalia, ventral. Figs 7-12, Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893), male: 7, dorsal; 9, projection of clypeus; 11, palp prolateral; 12, palp retrolateral. Female: 8, dorsal; 10, genitalia, ventral.

Figs 58, 59. Brazilian records of: 58, Brignolia dasysterna and B. pauropunctata; 59, Xestaspis parmata, Heteronoops spinimanus, Ischnothyreus peltifer and I. velox.