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
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445
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.4
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Udvardya elegans
(
Szombathy, 1915
)
Figs 8‒17
,
46‒47
,
52
Silerella elegans
Szombathy, 1915
: 486
, fig. 12 (female
holotype
from Tamara
Island
(Berlinhafen), Biró, New
Guinea
, HNHM Araneae-5239, examined; juvenile
paratype
from Stephanosort, Biró, New
Guinea
, HNHM Araneae-5240, examined);
Prószyński 1983
: 287
‒290, figs 19‒20.
Udvardya elegans
:
Prószyński 1987
: 116
‒117 (generic
nomen nudum
);
Prószyński 1992
: 114
(from
Silerella
=
Siler
), figs 125‒135; World Spider Catalog 2015.
Diagnosis.
Similar to
U. fortis
sp. nov.
by the round, well separated spermathecae and abdominal color pattern with narrow lines, but can be recognized by the less marked, almost straight rim of copulatory opening. The insertion of the copulatory ducts at the spermathecae is also more anterior (
Figs 15, 17
,
43, 45
,
46, 48
).
Description. Female
(
holotype
,
Figs 8–17
,
46‒47
). Spider about
7 mm
long. Carapace brown, with lateral patches of whitish hairs, located beside PLE and near posterior margin (
Figs 8, 10
). Clypeus and cheeks densely covered with whitish hairs (
Fig. 11
). Endites, labium and sternum brown (
Fig. 9
). Abdomen elongate-ovoid, grayish brown, with dorsal pattern as in
Figs 8, 10
,
46‒47
. Venter with longitudinal pallid streak, bordered by dark areas (
Fig. 9
). Spinnerets grayish (
Figs 8‒10
). Legs I brown, with paler tarsi; II‒IV yellow, with brown femora (
Figs 8‒10, 14
). Leg I spination: tibia 7+7, metatarsus 3+3 ventral spines. Epigyne: CO, CD, S, AG, FD as in
Figs 15‒17
. Dimensions. CL 2.50, CW 1.85,
CH
1.15, AEW 1.75, PEW 1.70, EFL 1.50, AL 4.10, AW 1.80, LI: 7.45 (0.90 + 0.70 + 1.55 + 1.00 + 1.75 + 1.10 + 0.45).
FIGURES 8–17.
Udvardya elegans
(Szombathy, 1915)
, female holotype. 8 general appearance, dorsal view; 9 same, ventral view; 10 same, lateral view; 11 cephalothorax, frontal view; 12 chelicerae, frontal view; 13 same, ventral view; 14 right leg I, prolateral view; 15 epigyne, ventral view; 16 same, cleared, ventral view; 17 same, internal structures. Scale bars: 8, 10, 14: 1 mm; 15–17: 0.2 mm.
Male
.
Description and illustrations of a male of
U. elegans
given by
Prószyński (1992)
are considered enough for its recognition.
Distribution.
Known from Tamara
Island
and New
Guinea
(
Fig. 52
).