Systematics of the Neotropical spider genera Jalapyphantes and Selenyphantes and the circumscription of the Pocobletus clade (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Author
Moreira, Thiago Da Silva
Author
Hormiga, Gustavo
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2021
192
journal volume
0024-4082
3E0FB5E4-7DF8-409B-9D09-C75DE884AA26
JALAPYPHANTES TRICOLOR
,
SP. NOV.
(
FIGS 12A–H
,
13A–H
,
14E
,
15E
,
16E
,
17E
)
Zoobank registration:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
9D6A2984-EFB0-4921-968B-20A567A8021D
.
Type material:
Holotype
:
one male
MEXICO
,
Queretaro
:
Pinal de Amoles
,
Cueva del Judío
,
1 mile
south of
Pinal de Amoles
[
21.123629
,
–99.614371
]; (
J Reddell
,
J Fish
and
P Russell
leg;
10 July 1967
).
Four
female
paratypes
from the same locality and date (
AMNH
).
Additional material examined:
MEXICO
,
Queretaro
:
one female
,
Tejamanil
,
Cueva del Mercurio
,
1 mile
south of
Pinal de Amoles
[
21.12866
,
–99.646778
]; (
J Reddell
,
J Fish
and
P Russell
leg;
10 July 1967
;
AMNH
)
.
Figure 25.
Selenyphantes orizabae
. Female (CNAN-T01306). A, habitus, dorsal. B, habitus, lateral. C, habitus, ventral. D, carapace, frontal. E, epigynum, ventral view. F, epigynum, caudal view (cleared with methyl salicylate) G, epigynum, caudal view. H, epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: A–C, 0.5 mm; D: 0.2 mm; E–H: 0.1 mm.
Etymology:
This Portuguese noun is derived from the Latin adjective
tricolor
, three-coloured, referring to the three-coloured (black, yellow and white) body of
Jalapyphantes
species.
It is also an homage to the Fluminense Football Club of
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
, which uses Tricolor as a nickname, derived from its three-coloured jersey (green, garnet red and white). The epithet is a noun in apposition and not declinable.
Diagnosis:
Females of
J.tricolor
are distinguished from all its congeners by having the epigynal lobes partially depressed (
Figs 12H
,
20E
) instead of uniformly round. The scape base is ellipsoidal, as in
J. minoratus
, but stretching sideways. Males of
J. tricolor
have a DSA similar to that of
J. minoratus
,
but with squared end with a small denticle projecting distally (
Fig. 13E
).
Figure 26.
Selenyphantes gaimani
. Male (TSM 631): A, habitus, dorsal. B, habitus, lateral. C, habitus, ventral. D, carapace, frontal. E, palp, dorsal view. F, palp, frontal view. G, palp, mesal view. H, palp, ectal view. Scale bars: A–C, 1 mm; D: 0.2 mm; E–H: 0.1 mm.
Description:
Female (
paratype
). Total length 4.20. Prosoma 1.92 long, 1.35 wide. Prosoma height 1.46, fovea height 1.39. Opisthosoma 2.27 long, 1.81 wide, 2.87 high. Clypeus height 0.29. AME 0.04, ALE 0.06, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06. Femur I 2.54 (1.32× prosoma length), Metatarsus I 2.37, TmI 0.17. Prosoma light orange, uniform with slightly darker colour marks on the margins of the prosoma. Opisthosoma beige with some sparse black marks on the posterior part. Legs same colour as prosoma, with annuli in all segments (
Fig. 12A–D
). Spermathecae small, falciform. FD long, coiled and thick exiting the epigynum dorsally.
Figure 27.
Selenyphantes gaimani
. Female (CNAN-T01309). A, habitus, dorsal. B, habitus, lateral. C, habitus, ventral. D, carapace, frontal. E, epigynum, ventral view. F, epigynum, caudal view (cleared with methyl salicylate). G, epigynum, caudal view. H, epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: A–C, 0.5 mm; D: 0.2 mm; E–H: 0.1 mm.
Male (
holotype
). Total length 3.69. Prosoma 1.74 long, 1.44 wide. Prosoma height 1.58, fovea height 1.08. Opisthosoma 1.95 long, 1.41 wide, 1.64 high. Clypeus height 0.43. AME 0.04, ALE 0.05, PME 0.05, PLE 0.05. Femur I 2.82 (1.62 × prosoma length), Metatarsus I 2.97, TmI 0.14. Prosoma light orange, uniform with slightly darker colour marks on the margins of the prosoma. Opisthosoma beige with some occasional black marks on the posterior part. Legs same colour as prosoma, with annuli in all segments (
Fig. 13A–D
). Radix thick in the first half. RCm is similar to the one in
J. minoratus
but much more sclerotized. RCs broad, sclerotized, and spread apart from the RCm (
Fig. 13G–H
).
Distribution:
MEXICO
: Only known from the
type
locality and surrounding areas in
Querétaro
(
Fig. 18E
).