First record of the jumping spider Eustiromastix falcatus (Araneae: Salticidae) in Brazil
Author
Galvis, William
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Peckhamia
2015
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10.5281/zenodo.5092885
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Eustiromastix falcatus
Galiano 1981
Figs. 1-5
Material examined:
Brazil
,
Pará
,
Monte Alegre
,
16 Jun 2001
,
1♂
(no collector,
MPEG 4944
)
.
Diagnosis:
Male
(length 7.3 mm). The specimen has the characteristic coloration described for the species, with legs light brown with darker rings and patches (
Figs. 4-5
). Moreover, this resembles
E. bahiensis
and
E. macropalpus
but differs from them in having the palp with a shorter embolus and a flattened tibial apophysys, wider than long, and a long and curved cymbium (
Figs. 1-3
) (
Galiano 1981
).
Figures 1―5.
Eustiromastix falcatus
Galiano
male from Monte Alegre, Pará, Brazil.
1,
Left palp proventral view.
2,
Left palp retrolateral view.
3,
Left palp ventral view.
4,
Habitus dorsal view.
5,
Habitus ventral view. Scale, figs. 1-3: 0.5 mm, figs. 4-5: 1.0 mm.
Distribution:
Trinidad
(
Port of Spain
), French Guiana (Saint-Élie, National Natural Reserve La Trinité) and
Brazil
(Pará).
Eustiromastix falcatus
to date has only been found in northern
Brazil
. However, this species might be present throughout other Amazonian locations of northern
Brazil
or may be in southern
Venezuela
,
Guyana
or
Suriname
.
Comments:
This is the second published record of this species since the original description (see
Galiano 1981
), and the second location other than its
type
locality.