The jumping lynx spider Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845 and its Neotropical relatives (Araneae: Oxyopidae)
FIGURE 10. Geographic distribution records of Oxyopes salticus Hentz (circles), O. crewi Bryant (blue squares) and O. incantatus sp. nov. (triangles). A distribution records in the Americas (red circles represent records of the O. salticus specimens examined in this study; white circles show records taken from Brady 1964, 1975); B geographic distribution records of Oxyopes incantatus sp. nov. in the Galápagos Islands (orange triangles represent records of the specimens examined in this study; white triangles show records taken from Baert et al. 1989 a, 1989 b— sub Oxyopes gracilis Keyserling).
FIGURE 3. Oxyopes salticus Hentz. A male copulatory apparatus, ventral view; B retrolateral view (arrow on retrobasal tibial apophysis); C female epigynum, ventral view; D lateral view; E female internal genitalia, dorsal view; F female pre-epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B 0.5 mm; C – E 0.2 mm; F 0.05 mm.
FIGURE 4. Oxyopes salticus Hentz. A detail of male pedipalpus in ventral view, showing retrolateral pseudoserrate setae on the patella (arrow); B male copulatory apparatus, ventral view; C detail of the tibia; D detail of apical sclerites. Abbreviations: BEA, basal embolic apophysis; C, conductor; CP, cymbial protusion; E, embolus; MA, median apophysis; RTS, retrolateral tibial scoop; St, subtegulum; T, tegulum; VTA, ventral tibial apophysis.
FIGURE 5. Oxyopes salticus Hentz. A female epigynum, ventrolateral view; B median process of epigynum, apex, dorsal view (tegument of opisthosoma removed); C female internal genitalia, dorsal view; D left spermatheca, apical view, showing the Bennet’s gland pore (arrow). Abbreviations: CD, copulatory duct; FD, fertilization duct; LP, lateral process of epigynum; MP, median process of epigynum; S, spermatheca.
FIGURE 1. Oxyopes salticus Hentz, specimens photographed on backyard plants in Belo Horizonte (Brazil). A male, note the carapace colour pattern and the shiny opisthosoma; B female, note the colour pattern, particularly the black stripe on clypeus and chelicerae; C female feeding on a caterpillar, note the dorsal colour pattern; D female inside shelter, guarding the egg sac fixed to the leaf surface. All photos from Marina D. Miranda.
FIGURE 2. Oxyopes salticus Hentz, extremes of variation in male colour pattern. A pale specimen from Gurupi, Brazil (UFMG 19065), dorsal view; B frontal view; C completely dark specimen from Porto Seguro, Brazil (UFMG 16777), dorsal view; D frontal view.
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