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
Truncattus cachotensis
sp. nov.
Figs 234
–
242
Type
material.
Holotype
: male,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
: Barahona: Cachote,
18.098° N
,
71.187° W
, elev.
1220 m
,
19
–
20 July 2009
, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, N. Corona, WPM#09-047 (UBC-SEM AR00067).
Paratypes
:
1 female
, same data as
holotype
(UBC-SEM AR00068);
1 male
,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
: Barahona: Cachote,
18.101° N
,
71.194° W
, elev.
1200 m
,
18
–
19 July 2009
, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, N. Corona, WPM#09-046;
1 female
and
1 male
, same data as previous;
1 male
and
3 females
,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
: Barahona: Cachote-La Cienega Road,
18.0562° N
,
71.1416° W
, elev.
730 m
,
20 July 2009
, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, N. Corona, WPM#09-048.
Etymology.
The specific epithet, to be treated as a Latin adjective, refers to the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Differs from other
Truncattus
species by the wider median septum of the epigynum (Fig. 241), the shape of the vulva (Fig. 242) and the shape of the retrolateral tibial apophysis (Fig. 240).
Description.
Male
(
holotype
, UBC-SEM AR00067). Carapace length 1.1 (variation 1.1
–
1.3, n=4); abdomen length 1.1. Chelicera: dark brown to yellow brown. Palp (Fig. 240): light yellow. Retrolateral sperm duct loop very narrow. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, with tip pointed. Measurements of legs: I 2.1, II 2.0, III 2.2, IV 2.4. Color in alcohol (Fig. 238): carapace dark brown with narrow lateral white margins; abdomen gray brown with light yellow markings in the middle and many white yellow speckles, and with a pair of dark spots in the center; venter sandy yellow with brown patches; legs light yellow to dark brown, although in life the femora are greenish yellow (Figs 234
–
235).
Female
(
paratype
, UBC-SEM AR00068). Carapace length 1.2 (variation 1.1
–
1.3, n=5); abdomen length 1.6. Measurements of legs: I 2.1, II 2.0, III 2.3, IV 2.7. Epigynum (Figs 241
–
242): window small, with opening to copulatory duct at posterior end. Copulatory ducts short, with accessory gland; secondary spermathecae not obvious, primary spermathecae large and spherical. Color in alcohol (Fig. 239): similar to that of male, but first pair of legs lighter in color.
Natural history.
Specimens were found on tree trunks in a cloud forest or along its edge.
Figures 243–246.
Truncattus dominicanus
sp. nov.
243
–
244
male
paratype
; 245
–
246
female
paratype
. Figures 243
–
246 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.