Anasaitis hebetata, Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), Zootaxa 3476, pp. 1-54 : 17-19

Anasaitis hebetata sp. nov.

Figs 75 – 79

Type material. Holotype: male, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Barahona: Parque Nacional Sierra Martín García, 18.424° N, 71.112° W, elev. 170 m, 21 July 2009, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, WPM#09- 0 49 (UBC-SEM AR00044). Paratype: 1 male, same data as holotype.

Etymology. Latin adjective hebetata (dull, not shining), referring to the non-colorful body of the species.

Figures 75–79. Anasaitis hebetata sp. nov. 75 – 77 male paratype; 78 male paratype, dorsal view; 79 male left palp, ventral view. Scale bars: 78, 0.5 mm; 79, 0.1 mm. Figures 75 – 77 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.

Diagnosis. Palpal structure is very similar to that of Anasaitis brunnea , from which A. hebetata can be distinguished by the absence of distinct markings on the carapace and abdomen (Figs 76, 78).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00044). Carapace length 1.4 (variation 1.4 – 1.5, n=2); abdomen length 1.3. Chelicera: dark brown. Palp (Fig. 79): femur, patella and tibia light yellow, tarsus yellow brown. Proximal tegular lobe big; embolus short; retrolateral sperm duct loop wide. Retrolateral tibial apophysis fingerlike; tibia without ventral bump. Tibia of first leg with three ventral macrosetae retrolaterally and two macrosetae prolaterally. Measurements of legs: I 3.4, II 2.1, III 2.5, IV 2.1. Color in alcohol (Fig. 78): carapace dark brown, abdomen gray brown, without distinct markings; legs yellow brown to dark yellow brown.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Specimens were found in grass clumps in dry desert forest.