Breda paraensis, Ruiz, Gustavo R. S. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2013

Ruiz, Gustavo R. S. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2013, Revision of Breda and proposal of a new genus (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 3664 (4), pp. 401-433 : 424

Breda paraensis sp. nov.

Figs 83–84 , 102

Type material. Holotype: Male from Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso (09°21’45.3”S, 54°54’54.4”W), Serra do Cachimbo, Novo Progresso, Pará, Brazil, 12.III–11.IV.2004, D.D. Guimarães, deposited in MPEG 1339.

Etymology. The specific name, an adjective, refers to the type locality, the state of Pará, Brazil.

Diagnosis. Breda paraensis sp. nov. is similar to Breda apicalis by the tibial apophysis distally dilated in the male palp ( Fig. 84 ), but differs from this species by having the extremity of the embolus straight, slightly curved to the distal end of the palp ( Fig. 84 ).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 5.90. Carapace length: 2.70; width: 1.77; height: 0.90. Carapace dark brown, with sparse long white hairs. Length of the ocular quandrangle: 1.22. Width of the anterior eye row: 1.47; posterior: 1.50. Chelicera light brown, with four teeth on promargin and one on retromargin. Labium, sternum and endites light brown. RvTA poorly dilated distally, embolus tip short and curved to distal cymbium ( Figs 83– 84 ). Legs 4132, yellow, dark brown laterally, mainly IV. Femur I 1.57x0.66; II 1.40x0.47; III 1.35; IV 1.80. Patella I 1.02; II 0.82; III 0.75; IV 0.85. Tibia I 1.37x0.42; II 1.10x0.27; III 1.10; IV 1.65. Metatarsus I 0.87; II 0.72; III 1.05; IV 1.27. Tarsus I 0.60; II 0.50; III 0.60; IV 0.60. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1 (d1-1-1-1), p1-2di, r1, v1 pdi; II d1-1-1, p1-2di, r1-1, v1 pdi; III d1-1-1, p1-1-2, r1-1, v1 pdi; IV d1-1-1, p1-1, r1di. Patella I, II, III, IV 0. Tibia I v10 (v12); II v2-2 -2 (v2-1 p-2); III p1-1 (p1di), r1-1-1, v1 p-1p-2; IV p0, r1-1, v1 p-1p-2. Metatarsus I, II v2-2; III p2di, r2di, v1 p-2di; IV p1di, r1di, v2-2 (v1 p-2). Abdomen dark brown, with a longitudinal median light stripe poorly delimited, forming a disruptive pattern, with sparse tufts of light scales; scutum brown; ventrally dark brown. Spinnerets dark brown.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURE 102. Occurrence records for the species Breda apicalis, B. variolosa and B. paraensis sp. nov. Open triangle indicates indetermined record of B. variolosa within Pará, Brazil.

FIGURES 81 – 84. Breda oserictops. 81 left male palp, ventral view; 82 ventroretrolateral view. Breda paraensis sp. nov. 83 left male palp, ventral view; 84 ventroretrolateral view. Scale bars equal 0.5 mm.