Description of four new species of Hypaeus Simon and redescription of H. taczanowskii Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycinae)
Author
Araújo, Magda H. S.
Author
Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3963
1
27
44
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.2
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1175-5326
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Hypaeus terraemediae
sp. nov.
Figs 51–61, 64–65
Types
.
Holotype
:
male from Parque Nacional da Serra do Pardo (
5.877806°S
,
52.795389°W
), São Félix do Xingu, Pará,
Brazil
,
27.IV.2012
, G.R.S. Ruiz
et al.
(MPEG 21129).
Paratype
:
one female, same data as
holotype
, except for
28.IV.2012
(MPEG 21130).
Etymology.
The epithet is a genitive latinization of the local term “Terra do Meio”, commonly used to refer to a vast area covered with rain forest between rivers Xingu and Iriri, in the state of Pará,
Brazil
, which includes the
type
locality.
Diagnosis.
Males of
H. terraemediae
sp. nov.
are similar to those of
H. miles
Simon
and
H. femoratus
sp. nov.
for the dilated femora and reduced RTA (
Figs 44
,
55
). However, they can be distinguished from those of
H. femoratus
sp. nov.
for the stout embolus tip, and from those of
H. miles
for the shorter projections on palpal tibia and the embolus abruptly tightening close to its tip (
Fig. 54
). Females of
H. terraemediae
sp. nov.
are similar to those of
H. femoratus
sp. nov.
in having digitiform glands curving from the center of the epigyne to the anterior lateral portions, but can be distinguished for the more oblique copulation openings (
Fig. 59
) (the female of
H. miles
is unknown).
Hypaeus terraemediae
sp. nov.
also seems to have an extra loop in the copulation duct.
Description. Male (
holotype
, MPEG 21129):
Total length: 7.40. Carapace dark brown with light brown spot behind fovea (
Fig. 56
), 3.30 long, 2.55 wide, 1.95 high. Ocular quadrangle 2.00 long. Anterior eye row 2.20 wide, posterior 2.05 wide. Black eyebrow. Sparse white setae among eyes. AME
0.80 in
diameter. Clypeus 0.55 high, dark brown (
Fig. 51
). Chelicera dark brown, with frontal excavation and dilated distally, where there is a small mastidion (
Fig. 52
); four teeth on promargin and three or four teeth on retromargin. Labium and endite dark brown. Sternum light brown. Palp: femur curved with dorsal bump; tibia with short RTA; embolus emerging from proximal tegulum (
Figs 53–55
), distal portion with dent (arrow in
Fig. 54
). Legs 1342 (10.60/8.75/8.50/7.45). Coxae and troncanters yellow. Femora yellow with dark distal portion, lighter in posterior legs. Patellae and tibiae dark brown, lighter in posterior legs. Metatarsi and tarsi dark brown, lighter in posterior legs. Length of femur I 3.10, II 2.30, III 3.00, IV 2.70. Patella + tibia I 4.40, II 2.95, III 3.00, IV 2.90. Metatarsus + tarsus I 3.10, II 2.20, III 2.75, IV 2.90. Abdomen pale with dorsal light brown pattern (
Fig. 56
); ventrally with wide median longitudinal dark brown stripe. Spinnerets light brown.
FIGURES 53–55.
Hypaeus terraemediae
sp. nov.
53. left male palp (MPEG 21129), prolateral view; 54. same, ventral view (arrow shows diagnostic embolus); 55. same, retrolateral view (RTA: retrolateral tibial apophysis).
Female (
paratype
, MPEG 21130).
Total length: 7.10. Carapace yellow with orange cephalic area and darker posterior part (
Fig. 57
), 3.25 log, 2.40 wide, 1.70 high. Ocular quadrangle 1.80 long. Anterior eye row 2.15 wide, posterior 1.90 wide. No eyebrow. Sparse white setae among eyes. AME
0.80 in
diameter. Clypeus 0.30 high, yellow with marginal dark brown stripe (
Fig. 58
). Chelicera yellow with darker proximal and dorsal portions (
Fig. 58
), no mastidion, and three teeth on both promargin and retromargin. Labium and endite light brown. Sternum yellow. Legs 4132 (7.65/7.40/7.15/6.20). Coxae and trochanters yellow. Femora yellow, distally dark. Patellae and tibiae yellow with dark joints. Metatarsus and tarsus yellow with dark joints. Length of femur I 2.30, II 2.00, III 2.20, IV 2.55. Patella + tibia I 3.10, II 2.50, III 2.60, IV 2.60. Metatarsus + tarsus I 2.00, II 1.70, III 2.35, IV 2.50. Abdomen as in male, with stronger dark pattern (
Fig. 57
). Epigyne with a pair of oblique copulation openings, long digitiform gland ducts and long and stout copulation ducts (
Figs 59–61, 64
). Spinnerets light brown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 65
).