On the boundary of the jumping spider genus Rhyphelia Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini), with description of ten new species
Author
Nobre, Welington B.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Pará / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Brazil
Author
Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, CEP 66075 - 110, Belém, PA, Brazil
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-03-04
5418
5
471
500
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.3
1175-5326
10779797
20F7368E-110A-4D71-9E28-ABBBA2EEC9C5
Rhyphelia cotriguacuensis
sp. nov.
Figs 13A–13B
,
14A–14D
Type material.
Holotype
:
♂
from
Fazenda São Nicolau
,
Cotriguaçu
,
Mato Grosso
,
Brazil
(
9.840°S
,
58.248°W
),
2–14.X.2010
,
A.J. Santos
leg. (UFMG 7696).
Etymology.
The epithet, to be treated as a Latin adjective, refers to the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
The male of
R. cotriguacuensis
sp. nov
.
is similar to those
R. tocantinensis
sp. nov.
and
R. ruizi
by having a short and wide embolus, projecting from the prolateral region of the tegulum and covered by a membranous layer (
Fig. 14C
), but differs by the more cylindrical shape of the embolus with a small apophysis at the apical region, as well as a simple and curved RTA directed towards the posterior region of the bulb (
Fig. 14D
).
FIGURE 12.
Rhyphelia bilineata
sp. nov.
, males, ventral view. A and C male 1; B and D male 2.
Description. Male
holotype
.
Total length: 2.17. Carapace and cephalic region light brown (
Fig. 13A
); 1.21 long, 0.88 wide, 0.61 high. Ocular quadrangle 0.63; anterior eye row 0.96, posterior 0.84 wide. Chelicera, labium and endite dark brown, sternum light brown (
Fig. 13B
). Palp yellow. Leg formula: 3412; length of legs: I 2.07 (0.63 + 0.29 + 0.50 + 0.38 + 0.27), II 1.71 (0.53 + 0.29 + 0.34 + 0.32 + 0.23), III 2.29 (0.77 + 0.29 + 0.48 + 0.48 + 0.27), IV 2.19 (0.63 + 0.29 + 0.48 + 0.52 + 0.27). Legs coloration: femora dark brown, patellae and tibiae I–II dark brown, III–IV yellow, metatarsi and tarsi yellow. Tibia I macrosetae well developed, with tips of a more proximal pair surpassing insertions of the spines of a more distal pair. Abdomen dorsally dark brown, with one pair of anterior rectangular light spots, one pair of median circular spots, and a transverse light stripe in the posterior region (
Fig. 13A
); ventrally yellow (
Fig. 13B
). Spinnerets yellow.
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Mato Grosso
,
Brazil
) (
Fig. 23
).