Description of four new species of Hypaeus Simon and redescription of H. taczanowskii Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycinae)
Author
Araújo, Magda H. S.
Author
Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3963
1
27
44
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.2
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1175-5326
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Hypaeus pauciaculeis
(
Caporiacco, 1947
)
comb. nov.
Asaracus pauciaculeis
Caporiacco, 1947
: 32
(female
holotype
from Garroway Landing, Potaro River,
Guyana
[
5.363587°N
,
58.943621°W
],
30.III.1936
, C. Romiti, deposited in MZLS 568, examined);
Caporiacco 1948
: 714
, fig. 144;
Berdondini & Whitman 2002
: 147
.
Mago pauciaculeis
:
Ruiz & Brescovit 2008
: 488
, figs 4–6; World Spider Catalog 2015.
Note.
Since knowledge on epigynal patterns in
Hypaeus
was limited to that described by
Galiano (1968)
,
Ruiz & Brescovit (2008)
tentatively transferred
Asaracus pauciaculeis
Caporiacco
to
Mago
. The similarities with the herein described females of
H. tridactylus
and
H. poseidon
allow a more accurate position for this species in
Hypaeus
.
Diagnosis.
Females of
H. pauciaculeis
are similar to those of
H. tridactylus
sp. nov.
and
H. poseidon
sp. nov.
in having the double pocket (female of
H. annulifer
is still unknown). However, they can be distinguished from those of
H. tridactylus
sp. nov.
for the posterior position of the pockets and from those of
H. poseidon
sp. nov.
for having wider pockets (see
Ruiz & Brescovit 2008
: 488, figs 4–6). Males are still unknown.