Scopocira cepa, 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 : 162-164

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.6142482
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D66B87E5-3C29-EF3A-FF69-F9007CB490E7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Scopocira cepa
status	sp. nov.

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Scopocira cepa View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 32 View FIGURES 30 – 38 , 42 View FIGURES 39 – 42 , 86‒87 View FIGURES 80 – 97 , 135 View FIGURES 135 – 140. S ‒140, 189 View FIGURE 189

Types. Holotype: male from Reserva Natural do Vale do Rio Doce, São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Brazil [19.133333ºS, 440.066667°W], 05‒12.I.1998, A.D. Brescovit (IBSP 16787). Paratypes: two females from Lago Tamaniquá, 2.734722ºS, 65.725ºW, Ilha da Consciência, Rio Juruá, Amazonas, Brazil (IBSP 115989, 116012); one male from Platô do Rio Juruti, Vale do Igarapé Mutum, Juruti, Pará, 2.603111ºS, 56.210083ºW, 05.VIII.2004, D.R. Santos-Souza (MPEG 8873).

Additional material examined. BRAZIL, Amazonas: Tamaniquá, Rio Juruá, Ilha da Consciência (Solimões- Oeste), 2.602778ºS, 65.773889ºW, 3m 1f, 19.IX.2003, F.N.A.A. Rego et al. ( IBSP 115979, 115983, 116033). Lago Tamaniquá, 2.734722ºS, 65.725ºW, 2m 3f, 19.IX.2003, F.N.A.A. Rego et al. ( IBSP 115976, 166256). Bahia: Una, Reserva Biológica de Una, 15.173056ºS, 39.132222ºW, unknow date & collector ( IBSP 47726). Espírito Santo: Cariacica, Reserva Florestal Duas Bocas [20.25ºS, 40.416667ºW], 1m, I.1987, R.C.L. Baptista ( MNRJ 6760).

Etymology. The specific name is a Latin noun in apposition that means onion. It refers to the curved embolus and the DEA of the male palp of this species, resembling onion leaves.

Diagnosis. Males of S. cepa ( Figs 32 View FIGURES 30 – 38 , 42 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ) are similar to those of S. crotalica ( Figs 33 View FIGURES 30 – 38 , 43 View FIGURES 43 – 46 ) by the elongate, thin embolus, but can be recognized by the embolus forming an arch in the male palp, while it is spiraled in S. crotalica . Females can be recognized by the developed copulation ducts ( Fig. 140 View FIGURES 135 – 140. S ).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 3.77. Carapace orange, 1.85 long, 1.42 wide, 0.92 high ( Fig. 135 View FIGURES 135 – 140. S ). Ocular quadrangle 1.13 long. Anterior eye row 1.17 wide and posterior 1.08 wide. Palp yellow ( Figs 136‒137 View FIGURES 135 – 140. S ); stout RTA, elongated RvTA, no ITA; embolus elongated and thin, curved in an arch, the tip close to tegulum; DEA elongated and curved retrolaterally. Legs 1432, only I and IV with dark longitudinal stripes. Length of femur: I 1.48, II 1.02, III 1.04, IV 1.29; patella + tibia: I 2.02, II 1.20, III 1.28, IV 1.57; metatarsus + tarsus: I 1.40, II 1.02, III 1.15, IV 1.46. Spination on ventral tibia I: 2-2-2-2. Abdomen light brown, dorsally with an irregular longitudinal brown stripe ( Fig. 135 View FIGURES 135 – 140. S ); ventrally light brown with a brown spot close to spinnerets.

Female (paratype 115989). Total length: 3.71. Carapace orange, 1.60 long, 1.05 wide, 0.71 high ( Fig. 138 View FIGURES 135 – 140. S ). Ocular quadrangle 0.90 long. Anterior eye row 1.05 wide and posterior 0.93 wide. Legs 4132, as in male. Length of femur: I 1.00, II 0.82, III 0.86, IV 1.08; patella + tibia: I 1.39, II 0.95, III 0.90, IV 1.29; metatarsus + tarsus: I 0.88, II 0.82, III 0.99, IV 1.32. Spination as in male. Abdomen cream-colored, dorsally with three dark brown chevrons ( Fig. 138 View FIGURES 135 – 140. S ); ventrally cream-colored. Epigyne as in Figs 139‒140 View FIGURES 135 – 140. S .

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Bahia, Espírito Santo) ( Fig. 189 View FIGURE 189 ).