Ten new species of Amphidraus Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini) and three new combinations
Author
Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-08-30
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3
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.1
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Amphidraus mysticetus
sp. nov.
Figs 1–4
Type
material.
Holotype
:
♂
from
Centro de Treinamento
em Manejo Floresta Roberto Bauch, Instituto Floresta Tropical [
03°27’S
,
48°35’W
],
Paragominas
,
Pará
,
Brazil
, 2015
,
G.R.S. Ruiz
leg. (
MPEG 32684
).
Paratypes
:
1♂
from
Mocambo
[
01°26'13.3"S
,
48°25'14.9"W
],
Belém
,
Pará
,
Brazil
,
10.VII.2003
,
J.A.P. Barreiros
&
D.R. Santos
leg. (
IBSP 211841
);
1♀
from
Tailândia
,
02°36’04.2”S
,
48°44’53.1”W
,
Pará
,
Brazil
,
18.VI.2016
, G.R.S. Ruiz leg. (MPEG 32692).
Etymology.
The species epithet, to be treated as a Latin noun in apposition, refers to the conformation of the RTA and RvTA bearing thick setae, resembling an open mouthed whale with the baleen plates hanging from the upper maxilla (RvTA).
Diagnosis.
The embolic disc (with long dPED of rounded tip, prolaterally projected and short vPED ventrally projected;
Fig. 4
C, 6C) and pattern of scales on the carapace of
A. mysticetus
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1
A, 2A, 2C) are similar to those of
A. caxiuanan
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 5
A). However,
A. mysticetus
sp. nov.
differs from this species in having the RvTA with a triangular tip (
Fig. 4
D), the RTA with the tip prolaterally curved over the cymbium (
Fig. 4
B), and by the presence of enlarged, distal retrolateral setae on the tibia (
Figs 3
C, 3D, 4D), while
A. caxiuanan
sp. nov.
has a rounded RvTA (
Fig. 6
D), erect RTA (
Fig. 6
B) and no enlarged setae. The female of
A. mysticetus
differs from those of the remaining species of the genus in having the copulatory openings close to the border of the epigyne (
Figs 4
E–F).
FIGURE 2.
Amphidraus mysticetus
sp. nov.
A male Holotype, dorsal view; B same, ventral view; C female paratype, dorsal view; D same, ventral view.
FIGURE 3.
Amphidraus mysticetus
sp. nov.
A left male palp, vental view; B same, embolic disc, ventral view; C same, retrolateral view; D same, RTA and RvTA, retrolateral view. CC, cymbial conductor; dPED, distal process on embolic disc; ED, embolic disc; RTA, retrolateral tibial apopHysis; RvTA: retroventral tibial apopHysis; vPED, ventral process on embolic disc.
FIGURE 4.
Amphidraus mysticetus
sp. nov.
A left male palp, prolateral view; B same, dorsal view; C same, ventral view; D same, retrolateral view; E epigyne, ventral view; F same, cleared, ventral view. CC, cymbial conductor; CO, copulatory opening; dPED, distal process on embolic disc; E, embolus; ED, embolic disc; FD, fertilization duct; PS, primary spermatHeca; RTA, retrolateral tibial apopHysis; RvTA, retroventral tibial apopHysis; SD, sperm duct; TL, tegular lobe; vPED, ventral process on embolic disc.
Description. Male
holotype
(MPEG 32684).
Total length: 2.17. Carapace with a longitudinal stripe of white scales on cephalic region and tufts of brown scales laterally (
Figs 1
A, 2A, 2C), 1.22 long, 0.84 wide and 0.55 high. Ocular quadrangle 0.67 long. Anterior eye row 0.87 wide, posterior 0.76 wide. Legs 4312. Length of leg: I 1.81 (0.57 + 0.67 + 0.57); II 1.73 (0.55 + 0.61 + 0.57); III 2.09 (0.65 + 0.68 + 0.76); IV 2.28 (0.65 + 0.76 + 0.87). Palp (
Figs 3
A–D, 4A–D): embolic filament short, about one third the length of the straight, sclerotized portion (
Fig. 3
B, 4C). Color in alcohol: thoracic area brown and cephalic area black; abdomen dorsally brown and variegated; ventrally pale; legs light brown (
Figs 2
A, 2B).
Female
paratype
(MPEG 32692).
Total length: 2.51. Carapace with scale pattern as in male (
Figs 2
C, 2D), 1.48 long, 0.87 wide and 0.57 high. Ocular quadrangle 0.57 long. Anterior eye row 0.91 wide, posterior 0.80 wide. Legs: 4312; Length of leg I 1.98 (0.65 + 0.76 + 0.57); II 1.85 (0.61 + 0.67 + 0.57); III 2.20 (0.68 + 0.72 + 0.80); IV 2.47 (0.68 + 0.84 + 0.95). Epigyne (
Figs 4
E, 4F) with glands in the copulatory ducts near the copulatory openings. Color in alcohol as in male (
Figs 2
C, 2D).
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Brazil
,
Pará
) (
Fig. 32
).