Breda variolosa Simon, 1901

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 : 426-427

Breda variolosa Simon, 1901

Figs 34 , 91–94 , 102

Breda variolosa Simon, 1901: 157 (Male holotype from Pará, Brazil, de Mathan, deposited in MNHN 2551, examined); Galiano 1963: 315, pl. XII, figs. 3–4; Platnick, 2013.

Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas: Manaus, Igapó Tarumã-Mirim, 1m, 10.XI.1976, J. Adis (SMNK 232).

Diagnosis. Breda variolosa differs from the other species of Breda by having the combination of a short embolus tip, curved toward the end of the cymbium and the tibial apophysis with a ventral distal depression ( Fig 93–94 ).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length: 5.80. Carapace length: 2.52; width: 1.67; height: 0.67. Carapace dark brown with shallow depression on the cephalic region; white hairs around fovea, among the anterior eyes, behind the posterior lateral eyes and between the posterior lateral eyes and the posterior median eyes ( Fig. 91 ). Length of the ocular quadrangle: 1.22. Width of the anterior eye row: 1.42; posterior: 1.42. Chelicera light brown, with four teeth on promargin and one on retrolateral. Labium, sternum and endites light brown. RvTA with distal, ventral concavity and embolus tip short and curved to distal end of cymbium ( Figs 93–94 , 34 ). Legs 4132, brown; I slightly darker. Femur I 1.37x0.60; II 1.22x0.45; III 1.20x0.40; IV 1.57x0.46. Patella I 0.92; II 0.75; III 0.67; IV 0.77. Tibia I 1.22x0.36; II 1.00x0.26; III 0.97x0.21; IV 1.50x0.25. Metatarsus I 0.75; II 0.62; III 0.85; IV 1.11. Tarsus I 0.55; II 0.50; III 0.55; IV 0.55. Leg spination: femur I d1-1-1, p2di; II d1-1-1, p2di; III d1-1-1, p1-1-2, r0- 1-1, v1 pdi; IV d1-1-1. Patella I, II, III, IV 0. Tibia I as in Fig. 92 ; II v1 p-2-0-1p-1p (2-1-0-2-1p-1p); III p1-0-1 (p0- 0-1), r1-1-1, v2-1 p-2 (1p-1p-2); IV p0, r1-1-1 (r1pr), v2 p-0-1p-2-3 (v1 p-1p-2). Metatarsus I, II v2-2; III p2di, r2di, v0-1p-2; IV p2di, r1di, v1 r-2 (v2 di). Abdomen light brown variegated with dark brown, with a longitudinal median light stripe with two pairs of lateral projections where white hairs are inserted ( Fig. 91 ); distally dark brown; ventrally light brown. Spinnerets dark brown.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. The species is only known from central Amazon ( Fig. 102 ).

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 30 – 35. Tip of embolus. Druzia flavostriata gen. et comb. nov.: 30. Breda nanica: 31. B. notata: 32. B. apicalis: 33. B. variolosa: 34. B. bicruciata: 35.

FIGURES 91 – 94. Breda variolosa. 91 male, dorsal view; 92 left tibia I, ventral view; 93 left male palp, ventral view; 94 ventroretrolateral view. Scale bars equal 0.5 mm, except when indicated otherwise.