Maeota simoni, 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 : 25-26

Maeota simoni sp. nov.

Figs 99–101 , 145

Type material. Holotype: male, PANAMA: Panamá: Panama City, Parque Metropolitano, 8.99442° N, 79.54301° W, elev. 96 m, 29 September 2008, beating at ground level, coll. J. Zhang & G. B. Edwards, JXZ08#013 (UBC- SEM AR00160). Paratype: 1 male, same data as holotype.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Eugène Simon, who made great contributions to the systematics of jumping spiders.

Diagnosis. Similar to Maeota flava in color pattern ( Fig. 99 ), but differs in the narrower embolic spiral, the smaller embolic disc, the narrower palpal bulb, the shape of the retrolateral tibial apophysis and the absence of the ventral tibial bump of the male palp ( Figs 100–101 ).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00160). Carapace length 1.2 (variation 1.2–1.3, n=2); abdomen length 1.2. Palp ( Figs 100–101 ): dark yellow brown. Spiral of embolus relatively narrow; proximal tegular lobe present; retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like, abruptly narrowed at the tip; ventral tibial bump absent. Measurements of legs: I 2.5, II 2.2, III 2.7, IV 3.0. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 99 ): carapace dark brown, covered with white scales, eye area also with orange scales, with a narrow and short brownish stripe behind fovea; abdomen yellow brown to gray brown, with a wide medial sandy yellow stripe and many small brownish speckles; first pair of legs yellow brown, with dark markings, other legs pale yellow.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Specimens were found beating foliage in wet forest.

Figures

FIGURES 99 – 101. Maeota simoni sp. nov. 99 male paratype, dorsal view; 100 male left palp, ventral view; 101 male left palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 99, 0.5 mm; 100 – 101, 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 142 – 145. Living spider photos. 142 – 143 male of Ilargus pilleolus sp. nov.; 144 male of Ilargus macrocornis sp. nov.; 145 male of Maeota simoni sp. nov .. Figures 142 – 145 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC – BY) 3.0 license.