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<taxonomicName id="BDB7A1F728D1453CEE2E2E3605F20E86" authorityName="Haddad &amp; Wesołowska" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Natta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triguttata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="6432364A44BB59BF5532067C04B3DAB9" italics="true">Natta triguttata</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="8FAE827D306D5A3EE258C41B01140A00" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Dorsal habitus (A – C) and anterior view (D – F) of living Menemerus lesserti Lawrence, 1927 female (A, D) and male (B, E) and Natta triguttata sp. nov. female (C, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177840">Figs 17 C, F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A560A03765A119D73CA110055C009FEF" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A – D) and paratype female (E, F): A, E general appearance, dorsolateral view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view D same, lateral view F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177845">22</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="35FFC6CA03183BF90080AA31027FB83B" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A, B) and paratype female (C, D): A palpal organ, ventral view B same, lateral view C epigyne, ventral view D internal structure of epigyne." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177846">23</figureCitation>
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<heading id="FD00B7E143F44715887430198BA5521C" reason="title">Material examined.</heading>
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<typeStatus id="944932340E76BF974CD10165CDD9BCEE" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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•
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;
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;
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,
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;
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<geoCoordinate id="BD401E9301790AE25F0B6698D8F5ECF9" degrees="28" direction="south" minutes="10.577" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-28.176283">28 ° 10.577 ' S</geoCoordinate>
,
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<quantity id="0DB936EF9B04790C86A5A79D2A8BE012" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.45" unit="m" value="645.0">645 m</quantity>
a. s. l.
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;
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<collectingDate id="C5393326BB02798ED05461EFCA07C737" value="2021-07-09">9 Jul 2021</collectingDate>
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,
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et al. leg.; leaf litter, dry river bed;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUZAI" xlink_title="National Collection of Arachnida">NCA</abbrev>
2021 / 499.
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<materialsCitation id="6A38A67565831DD24840861ABFDACBD2" country="South Africa" location="South Africa" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
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:
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•
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; together with
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.
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<heading id="1E8CEE27CC4AE66169E3DB6A5DBAE022" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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The new species differs from congeners in colouration: the presence of a pair of round white spots near the middle of the abdominal dorsum and a single white spot above the spinnerets differs from the other species, which have many orange or yellow spots. The palpal organ is similar to that in
<taxonomicName id="C6DE79CA0198DB00501D08ABBD055954" authority="Karsch, 1979" authorityName="Karsch" authorityYear="1979" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Natta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="horizontalis">
<emphasis id="B551C84D06B4644EB0523B5F365A4F8B" italics="true">Natta horizontalis</emphasis>
Karsch, 1979
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, but can be recognised by the thin, pointed tibial apophysis (Figs
<figureCitation id="1185281FFFAC38EC434A366AC749B8D0" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A – D) and paratype female (E, F): A, E general appearance, dorsolateral view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view D same, lateral view F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177845">22 C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="0F86220A0034D497BD8B6165A31BD69A" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A, B) and paratype female (C, D): A palpal organ, ventral view B same, lateral view C epigyne, ventral view D internal structure of epigyne." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177846">23 A, B</figureCitation>
), whereas it is shorter, wide and truncated in the latter species (
<bibRefCitation id="C653843303E39BF5F3AE026901546425" author="Wesolowska" firstAuthor="Wesolowska" journalOrPublisher="Genus" pagination="17-32" refId="B29" refString="Wesołowska W (1993) Notes on the genus Natta Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Salticidae). Genus 4: 17–32." title="Notes on the genus Natta Karsch, 1879 (Araneae, Salticidae)." volume="4" year="1993">Wesołowska 1993</bibRefCitation>
: figs 23, 28, 33). The female differs from congeners by the absence of an epigynal depression (Figs
<figureCitation id="741D9038C79F7D637D18D3DAB2719DCF" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A – D) and paratype female (E, F): A, E general appearance, dorsolateral view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view D same, lateral view F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177845">22 F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="66A0406E48A2BC58EA24BE8D0316CF62" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A, B) and paratype female (C, D): A palpal organ, ventral view B same, lateral view C epigyne, ventral view D internal structure of epigyne." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177846">23 C</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="C6C882DB8011BF98D5DADEB3F8A53951">
<label id="6D1D922F4768EAFC761CF0EB35EC9176">Figure 22.</label>
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<paragraph id="0A9DDE075C76D1133DB4EFF5A89F29EF">
<taxonomicName id="824865835FAC7040F30AB4C479E702C2" authorityName="Haddad &amp; Wesołowska" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Natta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triguttata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5CDECD039E7A110B1881BD3CEB54DE73" italics="true">Natta triguttata</emphasis>
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, holotype male (
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) and paratype female (
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):
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general appearance, dorsolateral view
<emphasis id="19F856A1F6AD53655077B92BB98FC900" bold="true">B</emphasis>
same, lateral view
<emphasis id="C062FC7ED046FD5417A05774BB6B6867" bold="true">C</emphasis>
palpal organ, ventral view
<emphasis id="44962AE45CC23F2433EABF6C5B9AF24D" bold="true">D</emphasis>
same, lateral view
<emphasis id="09642CA0F43375A08F965A03BF10EAB9" bold="true">F</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4578E77C74E0EBE8B1DE8325000FAE32">
<label id="0FDBC2D06A930C8F4D2B1B9C5CCA3C7D">Figure 23.</label>
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="8B32AC124C1DAD6E085CAE5DA45850DB" authorityName="Haddad &amp; Wesołowska" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Natta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="triguttata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5FC9F6A9B67BB279F78615E0E3A885B3" italics="true">Natta triguttata</emphasis>
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, holotype male (
<emphasis id="E45E318728AD0FFBBA2D9E9DD6B55503" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
) and paratype female (
<emphasis id="728F1694CF9C6316FFF2DB78436B2E7D" bold="true">C, D</emphasis>
):
<emphasis id="D34FFF756240F07635631204FFFDE573" bold="true">A</emphasis>
palpal organ, ventral view
<emphasis id="B1D2C8CF38C22AA9F33F1F0A7A8C4657" bold="true">B</emphasis>
same, lateral view
<emphasis id="A9274A4FB3662A5881048ACEAC7E8388" bold="true">C</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis id="128B7D9AB50C0C0EB9142E2274385F97" bold="true">D</emphasis>
internal structure of epigyne.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BF2FD516FF4B57AC2BC4A26C83A00200">
<heading id="4029FE6005A818C0EF4E6D476ACAA2A2" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B80BC5F92589FBA822118E0F13979090" bold="true">Male</emphasis>
: Measurements: Cephalothorax length 2.1, width 1.5, height 0.8. Abdomen length 2.0, width 1.5. Eye field length 1.0, anterior width 1.2, posterior width 1.3. General appearance in alcohol as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="BE2545B16EF72FFF6A09231B58273FE7" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A – D) and paratype female (E, F): A, E general appearance, dorsolateral view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view D same, lateral view F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177845">22 A, B</figureCitation>
. Carapace black, clothed in dense greyish scales, amongst them some long brown bristles. Some white scales on lateral slopes, same scales form two lines below anterior lateral eyes (Fig.
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). Chelicerae unidentati. Mouthparts and sternum blackish. Abdomen black, with pair of white round spots near mid-point and single white spot at end of abdomen above spinnerets, spinnerets black. Venter black, shining. Legs dark yellow, hairs and spines brown, long sharp bristles on ventral surface of femur I. Palpal organ as in Figs
<figureCitation id="82A8BBA1BCA95884AF3C200C22E57717" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A – D) and paratype female (E, F): A, E general appearance, dorsolateral view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view D same, lateral view F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177845">22 C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E878F45D690FEDAEF824748B234286FC" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A, B) and paratype female (C, D): A palpal organ, ventral view B same, lateral view C epigyne, ventral view D internal structure of epigyne." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177846">23 A, B</figureCitation>
, bulb triangular, embolus very short, tip orientated transversely towards retrolateral side, tibial apophysis thin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8C58B513FE6EDBDD0DB41B1C157F9D36">
<emphasis id="265DA20B5085146150954F8ECFB7B38B" bold="true">Female</emphasis>
: Measurements: Cephalothorax length 2.2, width 1.5, height 0.9. Abdomen length 3.1, width 2.3. Eye field length 1.0, anterior width 1.2, posterior width 1.3. General appearance of live female as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="1BD3D4D326F4950714D52828CC807122" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Dorsal habitus (A – C) and anterior view (D – F) of living Menemerus lesserti Lawrence, 1927 female (A, D) and male (B, E) and Natta triguttata sp. nov. female (C, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177840">17 C, F</figureCitation>
, in alcohol as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="3D668F579FA4E03D1F07656A06C7E027" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A – D) and paratype female (E, F): A, E general appearance, dorsolateral view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view D same, lateral view F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177845">22 E</figureCitation>
. Larger than male, similarly coloured. White streak composed of scales along lateral margins of carapace. Abdomen slightly lighter, brown with black wide median streak in posterior half, white spots as in male. Dorsum of abdomen covered with transparent scales, venter light brown. Epigyne as in Figs
<figureCitation id="0A20A8A98A944DB3AB2A93B946EF4BCD" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Natta triguttata sp. nov., holotype male (A – D) and paratype female (E, F): A, E general appearance, dorsolateral view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view D same, lateral view F epigyne, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177845">22 B</figureCitation>
,
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, with wide posterior pocket, copulatory openings placed centrally, their outer edges with long sclerotised flange. Internal structure simple, large accessory glands connected to seminal ducts, spermathecae spherical (Fig.
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).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E55AI" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="388E41A0586081E3A8A02957B92FF55B">
<heading id="3E3C053B73699A807E9299B115CF8254" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9D4E6BA37120CAB85EF3D02E9C35DCEA">The species name is derived from the Latin tri- (three) and guttatus (spotted), referring to the three distinct spots on the abdomen of both sexes.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ED6AI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="EFDE06250F690C315EAE6C0016C02A23">
<heading id="76BFDE006E24143258B3F5F36EB6BCA8" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D011F0DB30D8B9C2A9F13ACF459F723B">
Only known from the
<typeStatus id="A571D2DB88664017FE42A709B765DA3F">type</typeStatus>
locality.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EI6AI" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="21CD598D7D929A880F6351FCF896C879">
<heading id="41A04D0A331A96657F7075F494347FE1" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7FC5DA682E5BBDF583CF38356EED8B7E">
This is the first new species of
<taxonomicName id="C18E29AE233BF911BF65EE8A3AC054FE" authorityName="Karsch" authorityYear="1879" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Natta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E71D9969BECFAF75B6C57814AC71EAFD" italics="true">Natta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be described in more than 120 years. The placement of the species was confirmed through the molecular results (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1E96EBDA0681A3ECFE857D8B82CC6632" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree of South African Chrysillini, based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) sequences, with genera indicated in different colours. Massagris honesta (Hisponinae) was used as the outgroup to root the tree. Specimens in bold are treated in this paper. * - genus with possible contaminated sequence (s); ** possibly paraphyletic genus." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177827">2</figureCitation>
), as well as the consistency in somatic morphology of the new species with
<taxonomicName id="B8C8C20171CA72E6968D51DD41DA02ED" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1901" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Cyllobelus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chionogaster">
<emphasis id="DF82AD8F3BDC28AF6D060148B1C31DEB" italics="true">N. chionogaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="90FABA8BDD41ADD2DE27F5F75BEB3A91" authorityName="Karsch" authorityYear="1979" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Natta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="horizontalis">
<emphasis id="B0F05FF70094E676615E739A8A7C31EE" italics="true">N. horizontalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, particularly the presence of iridescent scales all over the body (Fig.
<figureCitation id="01ECBC43BBD2B7569D48AA19270D0912" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Menemerus lesserti Lawrence, 1927, male (A – E) and female (D – H): A, F general appearance, dorsal view B same, lateral view C palpal organ, ventral view of bulb D palpal tibia, ventral view E palpal tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view G epigyne, ventral view H same, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.136083.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1177841">18 C</figureCitation>
).
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