Seven new species of the spider genus Matta Crosby from caves in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae)
Author
Brescovit, Antonio D.
Author
Cizauskas, Igor
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-21
4559
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journal article
27445
10.11646/zootaxa.4559.3.1
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1175-5326
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Key to Brazilian species of
Matta
1. Eyes absent (
Fig. 20A
,
21C
)...............................................................
M. humrrum
sp. n.
- Eyes present (
Fig. 1A
,
7A
).............................................................................. 2
2. Normal eyes (
Fig. 1A, D
)............................................................................... 3
- Vestigial eyes (Fig.
Fig. 7A, D
)........................................................................... 5
3. Carapace less elongated in the posterior region (
Fig. 2B
)..........................................
M. zuiuda
sp. n.
- Carapace most elongated in the posterior region (
Lehtinen, 1981, fig. 297
)........................................ 4
4. Male: rugose ventral face of the palpal tibiae, long embolus; female with triangular DF (
Brescovit, 2005, figs 18-19, 21
)..........................................................................................
M. angelomachadoi
- Male: smooth ventral face of the palpal tibiae, shorter embolus; female with conical DF (
Crosby, 1934
, fig. 6;
Lehtinen, 1981
, fig. 310..................................................................................
M. hambletoni
5. Separate vestigial eyes (
Fig. 7A
)......................................................................... 6
- Together vestigial eyes (
Fig. 23A, C
)...................................................................... 7
6. Male: retrolateral projection on leg I with four conspicuous setae in large sockets (
Fig. 7E
̅F); female with oval dorsal fold of the uterus externus (
Fig. 6F
)...............................................................
M. pititinha
sp. n.
- Male: retrolateral projection on leg I on a raised base, with four conspicuous setae in elevated sockets (
Fig 12A
̅D); female with mushroom shape dorsal fold of the uterus externus (
Fig. 10F
)................................
M. humhum
sp. n.
7. Body slender and long legs in males and females (
Fig. 15A, D
)...................................
M. cambito
sp. n.
- Body truncated and shorter legs in males and females (
Fig. 16A, D
).............................................. 8
8. Male palp with laminar projection having enlarged base, forming a side flap (
Fig. 24C
̅E); female with diamond piriform dor- sal fold of the uterus externus (
Fig. 22F
)......................................................
M. nuusga
sp. n.
- Male palp without laminar projection (
Fig. 28A
̅H); female with sclerotized base of the dorsal fold of the uterus externus (
Fig. 26F
).....................................................................................
M. teteia
sp. n.