Bioacoustics of Scytodes maquine

Description . Male ( Holotype , IBSP 91920). Carapace yellow with brown pattern as shown on Fig. 136 . Chelicerae yellow with dorsal longitudinal brown stripe. Pedipalps yellow. Labium yellow, brown at base. Endites pale yellow. Sternum cream coloured with brown markings in front of each coxae. Legs yellow, except patella I brown. Femora I-IV with pair of ventral longitudinal brown stripes. Tibiae I-II with brown extremities. Tibiae and metatarsi I-IV with dorsal brown stripe. Abdomen gray with black pattern ( Fig. 136 ). Total length 3.8. Carapace slightly domed, 2.0 long, 1.7 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.16, ALE 0.16, PLE 0.16. Lateral eyes on a tubercle. Chelicerae with subapical hyaline keel and inconspicuous stridulatory ridges. Labium 0.14 long, 0.28 wide. Sternum 1.1 long, 0.92 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 4.7, patella 0.5, tibia 4.9, metatarsus 6.1, tarsus 0.7, total 16.8; II: 3.3, 0.5, 3.3, 3.8, 0.6, 11.5; III: 2.0, 0.5, 1.8, 2.2, 0.5, 7.0; IV: 3.1, 0.5, 2.8, 3.2, 0.6, 10.2. Palpal femur with short and stout stridulatory pick with rounded and projected socket. Cymbium with single, strong, distal spine ( Fig. 137 ). Bulb 0.48 long, medially constricted and distally narrowed ( Figs. 137–138 ). Abdomen 1.8 long, 1.4 wide, covered with slender hairs. Female ( Paratype , MCTP 5480). Coloration pattern as in male. Total length 4.7. Carapace slightly domed, 2.4 long, 2.1 wide. Eye diameters: PME 0.14, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.14. Lateral eyes on a tubercle. Chelicerae as in male. Labium 0.18 long, 0.28 wide. Sternum 1.20 long, 0.98 wide. Leg measurements: I: femur 3.1, patella 0.5, tibia 3.2, metatarsus 3.9, tarsus 0.7, total 11.4; II: 2.4, 0.5, 2.5, 2.8, 0.6, 8.8; III: 1.5, 0.5, 1.4, 1.7, 0.5, 5.6; IV: 2.3, 0.5, 2.2, 2.2, 0.6, 7.8. Palpal femur as in male. Epigynum with ridged positioning ridges, separated from each other by twice their width ( Fig. 139 ). Vulva with large, irregular spermathecae, adjacent to small, slightly oval hyaline pockets ( Fig. 140 ). Abdomen 2.3 long, 2.0 wide, as in male. Variation . Ten males: total length 3.3–4.6; carapace 1.8–2.2; femur I 3.6–5.1; bulb 0.44–0.68. Ten females: total length 4.1–5.2; carapace 1.9–2.7; femur I 2.3–3.9.