Scytodes reinhardti, Iost & Alayón & Rheims, 2025

Scytodes reinhardti sp. nov.

Figs 110–117 View FIGURES 110–117 , 128–132 View FIGURES 126–134 , 137 View FIGURES 135–138

Type material: Holotype: ♂, PUERTO RICO: Camuy Municipality: Cueva Agrobel , 18.4190ºN, 66.8320ºW, GoogleMaps

186 mts., 23 June 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM786788 About USNM , PR035 ( NMNH); Paratypes : PUERTO RICO: Arecibo Municipality: 1 ♀, Mata de Plátano, Cave 2, 18.4140ºN, 66.7260ºW, 118 mts., 24–26 July 2011, Team CarBio leg., USNM782173 About USNM GoogleMaps , PR014 ( NMNH); Morovis Municipality: 1 ♀, Cabachuelas, Cueva Gemelos , 18.3490ºN, 66.4490ºW, 167 mts., 28 April 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM785170 About USNM GoogleMaps , Caves 006 ( NMNH); 1 ♂, Cueva Cangrejos , 18.3430ºN, 66.4500ºW,28 230 mts., April 2012, Team Carbio leg., USNM784533 About USNM GoogleMaps , Caves 008 ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784746 About USNM ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784562 About USNM ( NMNH); Maunabo Municipality: 1 ♀, Guajonales, sector Leon , 18.3340ºN, 66.1060ºW, 202 mts., 21 July 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM785624 About USNM GoogleMaps , PR026 ( NMNH); Ciales Municipality: 1 ♀, Guayanilla, Cueva Vientos , 18.3290ºN, 66.5240ºW, 274 mts., 27 May 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM786648 About USNM ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM786791 About USNM ( NMNH) GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined. PUERTO RICO: Camuy Municipality: 1 ♀, Cueva Agrobel , 18.4190ºN, 66.8320ºW, 186 mts., 23 June 2012, Team CarBio leg., USNM782392 About USNM GoogleMaps , PR035 ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM786780 About USNM ( NMNH) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM786766 About USNM ( NMNH) GoogleMaps ; Arecibo Municipality: 1 ♀, Mata de Plátano, Cave 2, 18.4140ºN, 66.7260ºW, 118 mts., 24–26 July 2011, Team CarBio leg., USNM782123 About USNM GoogleMaps , PR014 ( NMNH); 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM782150 About USNM ( NMNH) GoogleMaps ; Morovis Municipality: 1 ♀, Cabachuelas, Cueva Cangrejos , 18.3430ºN, 66.4500ºW,28 230 mts., April 2012, Team Carbio leg., USNM784582 About USNM GoogleMaps , Caves 008 ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784648 About USNM ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM785078 About USNM ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784625 About USNM ( NMNH) ; 1 ♀, same collection data as for previous specimen, USNM784560 About USNM ( NMNH) .

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym honoring the late Belgian Manouche guitarist Django Reinhardt ( 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), a pioneering jazz musician known for developing the gypsy jazz style and for his influential guitar technique despite a hand injury that limited his mobility.

Diagnosis. Males of S. reinhardti sp. nov. resemble those of S. cubensis ( Figs 16–18 View FIGURES 14–22 , 61, 62 View FIGURES 61–70 ), S. joniae sp. nov. (71–74, 97, 98), S. mingusi sp. nov. ( Figs 89, 90 View FIGURES 87–94 , 100, 101 View FIGURES 95–105 ), S. noeli (Alayón, 1992: fig. 3), and S. robertoi ( Alayón, 1977: fig. 2C) by the palp with a piriform bulb and a slender, tapering embolus. They are distinguished from S. robertoi by the bulb with a median constriction (vs. lacking in S. robertoi ); from S. mingusi sp. nov. by the filiform embolus (vs. thicker at base in S. mingusi sp. nov.); from S. noeli by the straight embolus (vs. curved in S. noeli ); and from S. joniae sp. nov. by the longer cymbium, with more than 1.8 times tibia length and bulb 1.6 times longer than embolus ( Figs 112, 113 View FIGURES 110–117 , 128, 129 View FIGURES 126–134 ) (vs. cymbium, roughly 1.5 times tibia length, and bulb, roughly as long as embolus in S. joniae sp. nov.). Females resemble those of S. darlingtoni ( Figs 39, 40 View FIGURES 31–41 , 44 View FIGURES 42–44 ) by the strongly convoluted IS but are distinguished from the latter by the presence of a single branched OS and simple, roughly straight PS ( Figs 117 View FIGURES 110–117 , 130–132 View FIGURES 126–134 ) (vs. OS with two short rounded branches and strongly convoluted PS in S. darlingtoni ).

Description. Male (USNM786788, holotype): prosoma golden yellow with abundant brown markings; chelicerae pale yellow with brown outlines; pedipalps pale yellow with brown ring-like pigmentations surrounding the articulations; legs golden yellow with abundant brown markings; labium grayish-yellow with brown outlines; endites golden yellow with brown outlines; sternum golden yellow with six triangular-shaped brown markings; abdomen pale yellow with abundant brown markings ( Figs 110, 111 View FIGURES 110–117 ). Measurements: total length 5.5; prosoma: 2.9 long, 2.2 wide; sternum: 1.5 long, 1.1 wide; labium: 0.4 long, 0.4 wide; opisthosoma: 2.6 long, 1.8 wide; eye diameters: PME 0.18, ALE 0.18, PLE 0.18; legs: I: - (-, 0.9, 10,1, rest of leg absent); II: - (-, 0.8, 6.4, 7.4, 1.1); III: 15.7 (4.8, 0.6, 4.1, 5.3, 0.9); IV: - (5.6, 0.7, 6.1, rest of leg absent). Palp: cymbium with two apical spines; bulb with a medial constriction ( Figs 112, 113 View FIGURES 110–117 , 128, 129 View FIGURES 126–134 ). Palp measurements: tibia 0.47, cymbium 0.86, bulb 0.85.

Female ( paratype, USNM784562): prosoma pale brown with brown markings; chelicerae pale yellow with brownish margins; legs pale light brown with brown markings; labium grayish-yellow; endites pale yellowish-gray with brown margins; sternum pale light brown with brown markings; opisthosoma pale light brown with scattered brown markings ( Figs 114, 115 View FIGURES 110–117 ). Measurements: total length 5.75; prosoma: 3.0 long, 2.25 wide; sternum: 1.4 long, 1.2 wide; labium: 0.5 long, 0.5 wide; opisthosoma: 2.75 long, 2.1 wide; eye diameters: PME 0.17, ALE 0.16, PLE 0.14; legs: I: 17.2 (4.6, 0.7, 4.9, 5.8, 1.2); II: 14.2 (4.0, 0.7, 4.0, 4.5, 1.0); III: 8.8 (2.6, 0.5, 2.1, 2.7, 0.9); IV: − (4.5, rest of leg absent). Female genitalia: positioning ridges crescent-shaped, separated from each other by roughly 2.5 times their width; fovea postero-laterad ( Fig. 116 View FIGURES 110–117 ). Vulva: OS slightly longer than wide, with the same width throughout its entire length and distally rounded; PS slightly shorter than IS ( Fig. 117 View FIGURES 110–117 ).

Variation. Males (n=2): total length 5.5–5.6; prosoma length 2.9–3.0. Females (n=10): total length 5.25−7.15; prosoma length 2.75−3.5; femur I length 3.1−6.2.

Distribution. Known from the municipalities of Camuy, Arecibo, Morovis and Ciales, Puerto Rico ( Fig. 137 View FIGURES 135–138 ).