The species of Trite Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Caledonia
Author
Patoleta, Barbara M.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3827
3
355
365
journal article
45287
10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.5
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Trite guilberti
sp. nov.
Figs 14–18
,
24
Type
material
. Male
holotype
from Rivière Bleue,
New Caledonia
(166°39′55″E,
22°6′ S
),
18 October 1986
, R.L. Brown, sweeping, deposited in
AMNH
.
Additional material examined.
NEW
CALEDONIA
:
2M, Rivière Bleue, night collection,
7 November 1988
, R. Raven (QM
S13637
).
Etymology
. After entomologist Éric Guilbert (Muséum National d ′Histoire Naturelle, Paris,
France
)—one of the collectors of the material studied.
Diagnosis
. Differs from other representatives of
Trite
by having a long embolus rising prolaterally at the proximal part of the bulb (
Fig. 17
). Tegulum elongate, irregular in shape, with proximal retrolateral lobe.
Description
.
Male
holotype
.
Cephalothorax brown with white hairs on the sides and the middle of the carapace (
Fig. 14
). Eyes surrounded in dark brown. Anterior fringe of orange and white hairs present (
Fig. 15
). Thorax with indistinct light brown lines radiating from fovea. Clypeus brown, much narrower (17%) than AME diameter, covered with long, white hairs. Chelicerae brown, slender with papillate anterior surface and frontal spur; fangs with distinctive protrusion (
Fig. 16
). Promargin with single tooth, retromarginal tooth with 4–5 cusps. Endites brown, with lateral outgrowth (
Fig. 16
). Labium brown. Sternum light brown. Palps light brown. Tibia short, light brown. RTA short, slightly hooked (
Fig. 18
). Tegulum much longer than wide. Embolus thin and long, set prolaterally (at 8 o ′clock). Legs I brown, ventral spination: pI: 2, tI: 2-2-2 (prolateral 1), mI: 2-2. Legs II lightbrown; ventral spination: pII: 0, tII: 2-2-2 (prolateral 1-1), mII: 2-2. Other legs light brown. Abdomen brown with longitudinal whitish stripes along the sides and the middle. Venter greyish. Spinnerets light brown.
Dimensions.
CL 2.10, CW 1.60,
CH
1.00, AL 2.00, AW 1.25, EFL 1.00, AEW 1.49, PEW 1.50, leg I: 5.94, leg II: 3.81, leg III: 3.83, leg IV: 4.43.
Female.
Unknown.