Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae)
Author
Gustavo R. S. Ruiz
Author
Antonio D. Brescovit
text
Revista Brasileira de Zoologia
2008
2008-03-31
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journal article
10.1590/S0101-81752008000100018
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Helvetia humillima
(
Mello-Leitão, 1943
)
, sp. reval.
Figs 17-18
Cotinusa humillima
Mello-Leitão, 1943: 223
, fig. 49
[
male
holotype
from
Itapiranga
,
Santa Catarina
(not Rio Grande do Sul, as in
Mello-Leitão, 1943
),
Brazil
,
P. Buck
leg.
, deposited in
MNRJ
41937
, not examined
].
Helvetia humillima
:
Galiano, 1963b: 2
(synonymized with
H
.
santarema
);
Galiano, 1965: 47
.
Note. Since the type specimen of
Cotinusa humillima
has not been examined, the identification of this species is based on the good illustrations by
GALIANO (1963b
: figs 8-10, 1965: fig. 9).
Diagnosis. The male of this species has a RTA very similar to that of
H
.
cancrimana
, with a short ventral branch and a developed dorsal branch, but can be distinguished by the ventral basal projection on the RTA (
Fig. 18
) and the longer embolus (
Fig. 17
).
Description. Male. Described by
GALIANO (1963b: 2
, un- der
H
.
santarema
).
Figures 15-20. Left palp of (15-16)
Helvetia galianoae
: (15) ventral view̡ (16) retrolateral view; (17-18)
Helvetia humillima
: (17) ventral view̡ (18) retrolateral view; (19-20)
Helvetia stridulans
: (19) vental view̡ (20) retrolareal view. Bars = 0.25 mm.
Female. Unknown.
Material examined.
BRAZIL
,
Santa Catarina
:
Paulo Lopes
(
Parque Estadual do Tabuleiro
,
27°55’S
,
48°42’W
),
1 male
,
10- 20.I.2003
,
Equipe Biota
leg.
(
IBSP
78637
)
.
Distribution. Known only from the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.