A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)
Author
Wesołowska, Wanda
0000-0002-4411-1058
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51 - 148 Wrocław, Poland helena. wesolowska @ uwr. edu. pl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4411 - 1058
helena.wesolowska@uwr.edu.pl
Author
Szűts, Tamás
0000-0001-8954-0641
Department of Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Rottenbiller u. 50, Budapest, 1077, Hungary szuts. tamas @ univet. hu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8954 - 0641
szuts.tamas@univet.hu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-13
5052
1
1
41
journal article
4035
10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.1
88310031-a45c-46f3-b273-2216c818ac22
1175-5326
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Pochyta minuta
sp. n.
Figs 93–96
Type material.
Holotype
, female:
NIGERIA
:
Cross River State
,
30 km
N of
Calabar
,
5°02’N
8°24’E
,
19.IV.1980
, leg.
J. Reid
(
FSCA
).
Diagnosis.
The internal epigyne structure of this species is similar to that in
P. pulchra
—the seminal ducts are very short in both species—but the copulatory openings are placed next to each other in
P. minuta
sp. n.
, while slightly separated in
P. pulchra
(compare
Fig. 96
with
Fig. 113
). Further,
P. pulchra
has two shallow depressions in the epigyne that are lacking in
P. minuta
sp. n.
(compare
Fig. 95
with
Fig. 111
).
Etymology.
The specific name is Latin, meaning tiny, and refers to small size of the epigyne.
Description.
Male
unknown.
Female
. Measurements. Cephalothorax: length 2.3, width 1.6, height 1.0. Eye field: length 1.0, anterior width 1.5, posterior width 1.4. Abdomen: length 2.6, width 1.9. General appearance as in
Fig. 93
. Carapace high, yellowish, thin dark line along margins, all eyes surrounded by black rings, two greyish-brown bands on thoracic part, starting from posterior lateral eyes and joining at posterior carapace edge (they form V). White hairs frame anterior median eyes from bottom. Some fine light hairs on carapace. Mouthparts and sternum light yellow. Greyish-beige mosaic on abdominal dorsum, whitish herring-bone shaped pattern medially, venter and spinnerets light. Few brown hairs on abdomen dorsally. Legs long, thin, whitish-yellow, with brownish hairs and spines, sharp hairs on femora I ventrally. Very long spines on ventral surface of first leg (four pairs on tibia and three pairs on metatarsus—
Fig. 94
), two additional shorter spines on tibia prolaterally. Patella I without spines. Single retrolateral spine on palpal tarsus. Epigyne small, weakly sclerotized (
Fig. 95
). Copulatory openings placed mesially, seminal ducts very short, spermathecae bean-shaped (
Fig. 96
).
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.