Revision of Tarodes Pocock, 1899 and Udvardya Prószyński, 1992 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of two new species of Udvardya from New Guinea
Author
Gardzińska, Joanna
text
Zootaxa
2015
4039
3
445
455
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.4
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Udvardya fortis
sp. nov.
Figs 37–45
,
48–49
,
52
Type
material
: Female
holotype
from Oriomo, G.S.,
Papua
W. District, New
Guinea
(
Papua New Guinea
),
27.X.60
, J.L. Gressitt, BISHOP 184.
Etymology.
The name is a Latin adjective meaning strong and robust, due to its general appearance.
Diagnosis.
Similar to
U. elegans
by the round, separated spermathecae and abdominal color pattern with oblique narrow lines, but can be recognized by the sclerotized, semicircular rim of copulatory opening. The insertion of the copulatory ducts at the spermathecae is also more posterior (
Figs 15, 17
,
43, 45
,
46, 48
).
Description.
Female (
holotype
,
Figs 37–45
,
48–49
). Spider about
6 mm
long. Carapace dark brown, with longitudinal middle stripe and lateral patches of whitish hairs, located beside PLE and near the posterior margin (
Figs 37, 39, 40
). Mouth parts and sternum brown. Abdomen grayish with light pattern of transverse and longitudinal stripes and patches, as in
Figs 37, 39
,
49, 49
. Venter whitish, bordered by grayish areas (
Fig. 38
). Spinnerets gray with light tips. Legs I brown, with paler tarsi; II–IV yellow, with brown femora (
Figs 37–40
). Patellae I with prolateral patch of whitish hairs. Leg I spination: tibia 7+7, metatarsus 3+3 ventral spines. Epigyne: CO, CD, S, AG, FD as in
Figs 43‒45
. Dimensions. CL 2.48, CW 2.00,
CH
1.50, AEW 1.65, PEW 1.75, EFL 1.30, AL 3.60, AW 1.65, LI: 7.35 (0.80 + 0.60 + 1.50 + 1.05 + 1.70 + 1.20 + 0.50), LII: 4.75 (0.60 + 0.40 + 1.10 + 0.70 + 0.80 + 0.75 + 0.40), LIII: 4.55 (0.50 + 0.40 + 1.15 + 0.65 + 0.70 + 0.75 + 0.40), LIV: 6.10 (0.60 + 0.50 + 1.50 + 0.75 + 1.05 + 1.20 + 0.50).
FIGURES 18–27.
Udvardya bellatrix
sp. nov.
, male holotype. 18 general appearance, dorsal view; 19 same, ventral view; 20 abdomen, lateral view; 21 cephalothorax, lateral view; 22 same, fronto-lateral view; 23 chelicera, retrolateral view; 24, 26 palpal organ, ventral view; 25, 27 same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 18, 21: 1 mm; 24, 26: 0.2 mm.
FIGURES 28–36.
Udvardya bellatrix
sp. nov
.
, female paratype. 28 general appearance, dorsal view; 29 same, ventral view; 30 same, dorso-lateral view; 31 cephalothorax, lateral view; 32 same, frontal view; 33 chelicerae, endites and labium, ventral view; 34 epigyne, ventral view; 35 same, cleared, ventral view; 36 same, internal structures. Scale bars: 28, 30–31: 1 mm; 34– 36: 0.2 mm.
FIGURES 37–45.
Udvardya fortis
sp. nov.
, female holotype. 37 general appearance, dorsal view; 38 same, ventral view; 39 same, dorso-lateral view; 40 cephalothorax, lateral view; 41 same, frontal view; 42 cheliceral dentition, retrolateral view; 43 epigyne, ventral view; 44 same, cleared, ventral view; 45 same, internal structures. Scale bars: 37, 39–40: 1 mm; 43–45: 0.2 mm.
FIGURES 46–51.
Udvardya
, comparison of female abdominal color patterns (dorsal and lateral views). 46–47
U. elegans
; 48– 49
U. fortis
; 50–51
U. bellatrix
.
FIGURE 52.
Distributional records of species of
Tarodes
(squares) and
Udvardya
(circles).
Male
.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 52
).