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
Agobardus gramineus
sp. nov.
Figs 21
–
30
Type
material.
Holotype
: male,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
: Pedernales: near Pedernales,
17.970° N
,
71.651° W
, elev.
8 m
,
17 July 2009
, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, N. Corona, WPM#09-042 (UBC- SEM AR00034).
Paratypes
:
1 female
, same data as
holotype
(UBC-SEM AR00035);
5 females
and
12 males
in three vials, same data as
holotype
;
1 male
and
1 female
,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
: Pedernales: east of Pedernales,
17.965° N
,
71.635° W
, elev.
30 m
,
17 July 2009
, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, N. Corona, WPM#09-040;
1 male
, same data as previous;
2 females
and
2 males
,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
: Pedernales: near Pedernales,
17.964° N
,
71.652° W
, elev.
13 m
,
18 July 2009
, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, N. Corona, WPM#09-044.
Figures 21–24.
Agobardus gramineus
sp.
nov.
21
–
22
male
paratype
; 23
–
24
female
paratype
. Figures 21
–
24 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.
Etymology.
Latin adjective
gramineus
(of grass), referring to the habitat (grass clumps).
Diagnosis.
Distinguished from other
Agobardus
by the two pairs of distinct dark patches on the dorsum of the abdomen (Figs 25
–
26) and the wide median septum of the epigynum (Fig. 29).
Description.
Male
(
holotype
, UBC-SEM AR00034). Carapace length 1.1 (variation 1.1
–
1.2, n=8); abdomen length 1.1. Chelicera: not elaborate; yellowish with gray pigments. Palp (Figs 27
–
28): tibia and tarsus gray brown, other segments light yellow. Embolus slightly curved. Retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like. Measurements of legs: I 2.0, II 1.8, III 2.3, IV 2.5. Color in alcohol (Fig. 25): carapace gray brown, darker in eye area, with wide lateral marginal stripes and a central stripe behind fovea composed of white setae; abdomen light yellow, with light brown markings and two pairs of dark patches, the anterior pair smaller than the posterior pair; venter with a few dark brown irregular markings and a big dark brown patch in front of spiracle; legs light brown.
Figures 25–30.
Agobardus gramineus
sp.
nov.
25 male
paratype
, dorsal view;
26 female
paratype
, dorsal view;
27 male
left palp, ventral view;
28 male
left palp, retrolateral view; 29 epigynum, ventral view; 30 cleared epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: 25
–
26,
0.5 mm
; 27
–
30,
0.1 mm
.
Female
(
paratype
, UBC-SEM AR00035). Carapace length 1.3 (variation 1.2
–
1.4, n=18); abdomen length 1.5. Measurements of legs: I 2.5, II 2.2, III 2.8, IV 3.1. Epigynum (Figs 29
–
30): window relatively big, occupying more than half of the epigynal plate; median septum wide, with opening of copulatory duct anterior. Copulatory ducts short, without obvious accessory gland; spermathecae spherical. Color in alcohol (Fig. 26): similar to that of the male, but lacking lateral marginal and distinct central stripes on carapace.
Natural history.
Specimens were found in grass clumps in a desert.
Figures 31–36.
Agobardus oviedo
sp.
nov.
31
–
34
male
holotype
; 35
–
36
female
paratype
. Figures 31
–
36 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.