Rhyphelia okay, Nobre & Ruiz, 2024

Nobre, Welington B. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2024, On the boundary of the jumping spider genus Rhyphelia Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini), with description of ten new species, Zootaxa 5418 (5), pp. 471-500 : 495-499

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:20F7368E-110A-4D71-9E28-ABBBA2EEC9C5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793310

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD87C1-2123-DE7E-FF35-A668F71EFE65

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Plazi

scientific name

Rhyphelia okay
status

sp. nov.

Rhyphelia okay sp. nov.

Figs 18D–18F View FIGURE 18 , 20A–20D View FIGURE 20 , 21A–21E View FIGURE 21

Type material. Holotype: ♂ from Pico do Sol , Santuário do Caraça , Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural, Santa Barbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil (20.059°S, 43.505°W), 7.X.2010, L.N Perillo leg. (UFMG 6606). GoogleMaps

Etymology. The epithet, to be treated as a noun in apposition, is due to the embolus and paraembolic apophysis reminiscent of the sign for “okay ” in LIBRAS, the Brazilian Sign Language.

Diagnosis. The male of R. okay sp. nov. differs from all other known species of Rhyphelia by having an apophysis projecting from the base of the embolus towards the apex of the cymbium ( Fig. 21A View FIGURE 21 ). The female is similar to those of R. otti sp. nov. and R. ruizi for the narrow coupling pocket on the epigyne ( Fig. 21C View FIGURE 21 ), but differs by the shorter copulatory ducts (loops close to spermathecae).

Description. Male holotype. Total length: 3.4. Carapace dark brown, shiny; cephalic region black ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ); 1.77 long, 1.32 wide, 0.89 high. Ocular quadrangle 1.01; anterior eye row 1.34, posterior 1.2 wide. Chelicera, labium, endite, sternum and palp dark brown ( Fig. 20B View FIGURE 20 ). Leg formula: 4132; length of legs: I 3.66 (1.15 + 0.62 + 0.93 + 0.60 + 0.36), II 2.93 (0.96 + 0.48 + 0.60 + 0.53 + 0.36), III 3.56 (1.1 + 0.54 + 0.77 + 0.79 + 0.36), IV 3.80 (1.15 + 0.48 + 0.81 + 0.93 + 0.43). Legs coloration: femora, patellae, tibiae and metatarsi dark brown, tarsi yellow. Tibia I macrosetae well developed, with tips close together. Abdomen, dorsally dark brown with a pattern of transverse clear markings ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ); ventrally dark brown. Spinnerets dark brown.

Female paratype. Total length: 3.57. Carapace dark brown ( Fig. 20C View FIGURE 20 ); 1.75 long, 1.2 wide, 0.91 high. Ocular quadrangle 0.84; anterior eye row 1.29, posterior 1.15 wide. Chelicera, labium, endite and sternum dark brown ( Fig. 20D View FIGURE 20 ). Palp yellow. Leg formula: 4=312; length of legs: I 3.26 (1.01 + 0.48 + 0.84 + 0.57 + 0.36), II 2.60 (0.86 + 0.38 + 0.55 + 0.45 + 0.36), III 3.40 (1.01 + 0.48 + 0.79 + 0.74 + 0.38), IV 3.40 (1.01 + 0.43 + 0.79 + 0.74 + 0.43). Legs yellow. Macrosetae as in male.Abdomen dorsally dark brown with cream-colored transverse bar at middle and chevrons; ventrally yellow. Egipyne with circular copulatory openings and reniform spermathecae ( Figs 21C–E View FIGURE 21 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Minas Gerais, Brazil) ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Rhyphelia

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