Maeota flava, Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from Central and South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), Zootaxa 3578, pp. 1-35 : 25

Maeota flava sp. nov.

Figs 96–98

Type material. Holotype: male, BRAZIL: São Paulo: São Paulo, 2008, coll. G. Ruiz (UBC-SEM AR00159, IBSP #96118).

Etymology. Latin adjective flava (yellow), referring to the yellowish color of the species.

Diagnosis. See the diagnoses of Maeota dorsalis and M. simoni . Differs from M. dichrura in the short spinnerets of the male ( Fig. 96 ) and the narrower embolic spiral of the male palp ( Fig. 97 ).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00159). Carapace length 1.6; abdomen length 1.7. Chelicera: gray brown. Palp ( Figs 97–98 ): yellowish. Retrolateral sperm duct loop less than half of the bulb width; embolus relatively short and slightly coiled; proximal tegular lobe obvious; retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like; ventral tibial bump present; palpal patella slightly swollen. Measurements of legs: I 3.1, II 3.0, III 3.4, IV 3.8. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 96 ): carapace dark brown to dark yellow brown, covered with brownish scales; abdomen gray brown with many brownish speckles and a medial brownish stripe, posterior part of the stripe with a few unobvious yellow brown bands, ventral abdomen grayish; legs sandy yellow.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. The holotype was collected on low vegetation in an urban habitat.

Figures

FIGURES 96 – 98. Maeota flava sp. nov. 96 male holotype, dorsal view; 97 male left palp, ventral view; 98 male left palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 96, 0.5 mm; 97 – 98, 0.2 mm.