Architis helveola (Simon, 1898)

Santos, Adalberto J., 2007, A revision of the Neotropical nursery-web spider genus Architis (Araneae: Pisauridae), Zootaxa 1578 (1), pp. 1-40 : 24-26

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scientific name

Architis helveola (Simon, 1898)
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Architis helveola (Simon, 1898) View in CoL

Figures 12A–E View FIGURES 12 , 17 View FIGURE 17

Sisenna helveola Simon 1898b: 12 . Simon 1898a: 292, figs 290–291.

Sisenna helvola Simon. Roewer 1954: 123 ; Bonnet 1958: 4065 (invalid emendation).

Architis helveola (Simon) View in CoL . Carico 1993: 202–204, figs 1–4, table 1; Platnick 1998: 594.

Type material. Lectotype: male (designated by Carico 1993), São Paulo de Olivença, state of Amazonas, Brazil, 3 o 27’S, 68 o 48’W ( MNHN 6895 About MNHN )(examined) GoogleMaps . Paralectotype: female, data as lectotype ( MNHN 6895 About MNHN )(examined) GoogleMaps .

Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Mato Grosso: Diamantino ( Rio Arinos ), 16 o 31’S, 53 o 13’W, October 1983, A. Cerrutti, 1♀ ( MNRJ 3823 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Bahia: Una ( Reserva Biológica do Una ), 15 o 18’S, 39 o 4’W, 15– 28 November 2000, A.D. Brescovit et al., 2♀ ( IBSP 45232 View Materials , 47341 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . COLOMBIA: Vaupés: Mitú , 01 o 08’N, 70 o 03’W, 9–15 July 1990, L.E. Peña, 1♀ ( AMNH) GoogleMaps . ECUADOR: Francisco de Orellana: ( Reserva Étnica Waorani , 1 km S Onkone Gare Camp), 00 o 39’25.7”S, 76 o 27’10.8”W, 20 January 1994, T.L. Erwin et al., 1♂, 2♀ ( USNM) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The males of Architis helveola share with those of A. tenuipes the VTA which is articulated with the apex of the pedipalpal tibia ( Figs 9A, B View FIGURES 9 , 12B, C View FIGURES 12 ), but differ by the small vRTA which is not fused to the VTA ( Figs 12B, C View FIGURES 12 ). Females can be distinguished from all other Architis by the medially projected lateral lobes of the epigynum which cover the anterior half of the median field like a pair of keels ( Fig. 12D View FIGURES 12 ) and the non-encapsulated CD which are shorter than the spermathecae ( Fig. 12E View FIGURES 12 ).

Description

Male ( based on lectotype from São Paulo de Olivença, Brazil)

Body and legs homogeneously cream-coloured. Anterior eye row procurved, eyes of similar size, laterals projecting ventrally. Posterior eyes of similar size, slightly larger than anterior eyes. Femur I with nine pairs of ventral thin spines. Tibia I with five pairs of ventral spines. Tibia I with long and curved dorsal and lateral tri- chobothria. Total length 8.0. Carapace 2.9 long, 2.4 wide. Tibia I length 5.8, II 5.5, III 3.3, IV 3.6. Opisthosoma 5.1 long, 1.1 wide. The embolus apex is wide, flattened and notched ( Fig. 12B View FIGURES 12 ).

Female (based on IBSP 45232 from Una, Brazil)

Carapace wide and flattened ( Fig. 12A View FIGURES 12 ), orange, with black scales forming two longitudinal median stripes. Eye configuration as male ( Fig. 12A View FIGURES 12 ). Chelicerae and sternum cream-coloured, labium and endites orange. Pedipalpi and legs cream-coloured. Leg spination as male. Opisthosoma elongated, gray, dorsum with sparse white guanine spots and black scales ( Fig. 12A View FIGURES 12 ). Total length 11.3. Carapace 4.0 long, 3.3 wide. Tibia I length 7.3, II 6.6, III 4.4, IV 4.6. Opisthosoma 6.5 long, 1.4 wide.

Variation. Females, total length 7.5–11.3, carapace width 2.5–3.4.

Natural history. The females from Una (IBSP 45232, 47341) were collected by beating understorey vegetation during the day.

Distribution. Colombia to southeastern Brazil ( Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17 ).

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pisauridae

Genus

Architis

Loc

Architis helveola (Simon, 1898)

Santos, Adalberto J. 2007
2007
Loc

Architis helveola (Simon)

Platnick, N. I. 1998: 594
Carico, J. E. 1993: 202
1993
Loc

Sisenna helvola Simon. Roewer 1954: 123

Bonnet, P. 1958: 4065
Roewer, C. F. 1954: 123
1954
Loc

Sisenna helveola

Simon, E. 1898: 12
Simon, E. 1898: 292
1898
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