Systematics of Thiodinini (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species
Author
Bustamante, Abel A.
Author
Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-06
4362
3
301
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journal article
31230
10.11646/zootaxa.4362.3.1
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Thiodina nicoleti
Roewer, 1951
Attus elegans
Nicolet, 1849
: 367
, pl. Araneídas 3, figs 2, 2a‒c (male neotype from outside Parque Nacional Fray Jorge, near Coquimbo (30.7°S, 71.7°W), Provincia de Limarí, Chile,
VI.2008
, E. Hernández, deposited in MZUC-UCCC 43660, reexamined) [species name preoccupied by primary homonym
Attus elegans
Hentz, 1846
(presently
Tutelina elegans
)];
Ramírez 1989
: 8
.
Thiodina elegans
:
Simon 1900
: 392
(type species designation);
Simon 1901a
: 459
.
Thiodina nicoleti
Roewer, 1951
: 450
(replacement name);
Bustamante
et al.
2015
(neotype designation); World Spider Catalog 2017.
Morphological remarks.
During the description of the
neotype
,
Bustamante
et al.
(2015)
interpreted the promarginal dentition of chelicera as three independent teeth. After a re-examination of the described specimen, we concluded that this species has actually a single promarginal tooth with three cusps. Also, the proximal pair of ventral spines on tibia I is asymmetrical.