New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)
Author
Zhang, Jun-Xia
Author
Maddison, Wayne P.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3476
1
54
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282237
6f8bca96-6ca2-4bff-88b3-3b995e4a2529
1175-5326
282237
Popcornella nigromaculata
sp. nov.
Figs 201
–
210
Type
material.
Holotype
: male,
PUERTO RICO
: Maricao: Bosque de Maricao,
18.150° N
,
66.994° W
, elev.
790m
, wet forest,
24 July 2009
, coll. J. Zhang & G. B. Edwards, WPM#09-062 (UBC-SEM AR00063).
Paratypes
:
1 female
, same data as
holotype
(UBC-SEM AR00064);
2 males
and
3 females
in two vials, same data as
holotype
;
2 females
,
PUERTO RICO
: Maricao: Bosque de Maricao,
18.150° N
,
66.994° W
, elev.
790m
, wet forest,
26 July 2009
, coll. J. Zhang & G. B. Edwards, WPM#09-064.
Etymology.
The specific epithet (an adjective) refers to the dark markings at the posterior end of dorsal abdomen of male.
Diagnosis.
Differs from the other Puerto Rican species,
Popcornella yunque
, by the markings on the abdomen (Figs 201
–
206), the shorter embolus (Fig. 207) and the shorter copulatory ducts (Fig. 210).
Description.
Male
(
holotype
, UBC-SEM AR00063). Carapace length 0.8; abdomen length 0.7. Chelicera: dark brown. Palp (Figs 207
–
208): dark yellow brown. Retrolateral sperm duct loop invisible. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, shaped like a bird beak. Measurements of legs: I 1.8, II 1.2, III 1.5, IV 1.6. Color in alcohol (Fig. 205): carapace dark to dark brown, without distinct markings; abdomen light gray brown to light brown, with three parallel chevron-shaped dark markings at posterior part, posterior end of abdomen dark; venter of abdomen light brown; legs light yellow.
Female
(
paratype
, UBC-SEM AR00064). Carapace length 0.8; abdomen length 0.7. Measurements of legs: I 1.5, II 1.2, III 1.4, IV 1.5. Epigynum (Figs 209
–
210): without distinct window structure, posterior part with a transverse margin; opening to copulatory duct anterior to spermatheca. Copulatory ducts short; spermathecae oval. Color in alcohol (Fig. 206): similar to that of male.
Natural history.
Specimens were found in leaf litter in wet forest.
Figures 211–216.
Popcornella spiniformis
sp. nov.
211
–
214
male
paratype
; 215
–
216
female
paratype
. Figures 211
–
216 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.