Revision of Breda and proposal of a new genus (Araneae: Salticidae)
Author
Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
text
Zootaxa
2013
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3664.4.1
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Breda paraensis
sp. nov.
Figs 83–84
,
102
Type
material.
Holotype
:
Male from Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso (
09°21’45.3”S
,
54°54’54.4”W
), Serra do Cachimbo, Novo Progresso, Pará,
Brazil
,
12.III–11.IV.2004
, D.D. Guimarães, deposited in MPEG 1339.
Etymology.
The specific name, an adjective, refers to the
type
locality, the state of Pará,
Brazil
.
Diagnosis.
Breda paraensis
sp. nov.
is similar to
Breda apicalis
by the tibial apophysis distally dilated in the male palp (
Fig. 84
), but differs from this species by having the extremity of the embolus straight, slightly curved to the distal end of the palp (
Fig. 84
).
Description. Male (
holotype
).
Total length: 5.90. Carapace length: 2.70; width: 1.77; height: 0.90. Carapace dark brown, with sparse long white hairs. Length of the ocular quandrangle: 1.22. Width of the anterior eye row: 1.47; posterior: 1.50. Chelicera light brown, with four teeth on promargin and one on retromargin. Labium, sternum and endites light brown. RvTA poorly dilated distally, embolus tip short and curved to distal cymbium (
Figs 83– 84
). Legs 4132, yellow, dark brown laterally, mainly IV. Femur I 1.57x0.66; II 1.40x0.47; III 1.35; IV 1.80. Patella I 1.02; II 0.82; III 0.75; IV 0.85. Tibia I 1.37x0.42; II 1.10x0.27; III 1.10; IV 1.65. Metatarsus I 0.87; II 0.72; III 1.05; IV 1.27. Tarsus I 0.60; II 0.50; III 0.60; IV 0.60. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1 (d1-1-1-1), p1-2di, r1,
v1
pdi; II d1-1-1, p1-2di, r1-1,
v1
pdi; III d1-1-1, p1-1-2, r1-1,
v1
pdi; IV d1-1-1, p1-1, r1di. Patella I, II, III, IV 0. Tibia I
v10
(
v12
); II
v2-2
-2 (
v2-1
p-2); III p1-1 (p1di), r1-1-1,
v1
p-1p-2; IV p0, r1-1,
v1
p-1p-2. Metatarsus I, II
v2-2
; III p2di, r2di,
v1
p-2di; IV p1di, r1di,
v2-2
(
v1
p-2). Abdomen dark brown, with a longitudinal median light stripe poorly delimited, forming a disruptive pattern, with sparse tufts of light scales; scutum brown; ventrally dark brown. Spinnerets dark brown.
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.