Tekellina archboldi Levi, 1957

Estol, Narelle, Valiati, Victor Hugo, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes, 2024, On the Neotropical species of the spider genus Tekellina Levi, 1957 (Arachnida: Araneae: Synotaxidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 943, pp. 154-178 : 158-159

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2593

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D084D207-A983-4719-91D6-C97F37071532

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12735141

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7F7A87E2-FFD0-FFAD-FD95-FCC4FBA75B4B

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scientific name

Tekellina archboldi Levi, 1957
status

 

Tekellina archboldi Levi, 1957 View in CoL

Fig. 1A–G View Fig

Tekellina archboldi Levi, 1957: 107 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 7–12.

Tekellina archboldi View in CoL – Levi & Levi 1962: 52, figs 196–197. — Levi & Randolph 1975: 41, figs 27–28. — Roth 1982: 47–10, figs 27–28; 1985: b43–8, figs 27– 28; 1994: 182, fig. 28.

Emended diagnosis

Males of Tekellina archboldi (see Levi 1957: figs 7–8; Fig. 1D–E View Fig ) resemble those of T. crica ( Fig. 2D– E View Fig ) by the less prominent paracymbium in retrolateral view, and by the mesal arm of the conductor coiled in ventral view ( Fig. 1D View Fig ; Levi 1957: fig. 7). They differ by the shape of the mesal arm pointing upwards in apical view of the cymbium and by the longer terminal claw-like arm. Females resemble those of T. bella ( Fig. 2C View Fig ) by the shape of the receptacle of the genitalia and copulatory ducts, but differ by the presence of fertilization ducts with a divergent course, turned inward ( Fig. 1G View Fig ).

Type material (examined by photos)

Holotype

USA • ♂; Florida, Dade County, Kendall ; 17 Dec. 1950, A.M. Nadler leg.; AMNH.

Allotype USA • ♀; Florida, Highlands Co., Lake Placid, Archbold Biological Station ; 17 Nov. 1952; A.M. Nadler leg., AMNH.

Paratypes

USA • 4 ♀♀; same data as for allotype; AMNH .

Material examined

MEXICO • ♂; San Luis Potos ; Las Pozas, Xilita; 21°23′50″ N, 98°59′38″ W; 10–15 Jun. 2012; Equipe FC–UNAM leg.; UNAM GoogleMaps .

Description

Male and female described by Levi (1957: 107, figs 7–12).

Distribution

Known from Florida, USA ( Levi 1957), and from São Luis Potosi, Mexico.

AMNH

USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

UNAM

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theridiidae

Genus

Tekellina

Loc

Tekellina archboldi Levi, 1957

Estol, Narelle, Valiati, Victor Hugo, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes 2024
2024
Loc

Tekellina archboldi

Roth V. D. 1982: 47
Levi H. W. & Randolph D. E. 1975: 41
Levi H. W. & Levi L. R. 1962: 52
1962
Loc

Tekellina archboldi

Levi H. W. 1957: 107
1957
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