Pungalina semiferruginea

Richardson, Barry J., 2016, New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 4114 (5), pp. 501-560 : 531

The semiferruginea group

Figs 117–149

Species Included:

Pungalina semiferruginea ( L. Koch, 1879) comb. nov.

Pungalina waldockae sp. nov.

Remarks: The general morphology of the males and females of these medium-sized species differ. The males have a slenderer build and much longer, more gracile, limbs. Unlike the females, and the males and females of other groups in the genus, males of this group can be collected from foliage as well as from the, more usual, litter habitat. Well marked white striae are found on specimens of both sexes. In the females there are two large atria with well sclerotised margins. The insemination ducts rise from the posterior margin through spout-like entrances and pass laterally to the spermathecae, which are placed laterally and very close to the epigastic fold. Each fertilization duct arises from a diverticulum placed on the median edge of the spermatheca. The epigastric fold is well sclerotised and includes a distinct median pouch.

The tegulum has a large ventral bulge. The endites in males are laterally extended. The origin of the embolus is on the proximal anterior edge of the tegulum. It is strongly built, but varies greatly in form from species to species. Several more species that can be placed in this group have been discovered very recently in Australia (author unpubl., R.J. Whyte, pers. com.). Included amongst these are males of species showing embolus morphology of several stages in the evolution from a more typical form to the extreme seen in P. waldockae .

Figures

FIGURES 117 – 124. Pungalina semiferruginea comb. nov. 117 – 120 male (117 dorsal view, 118 lateral view, 119 ventral view, 120 anterior view); 121 – 124 female (121 dorsal view, 122 lateral view, 123 ventral view, 124 anterior view). Scale: 2 mm.

FIGURES 125 – 133. Pungalina semiferruginea comb. nov. 125 – 127 left male palp (125 prolateral view, 126 ventral view, 127 retrolateral view); 128 – 129 left male palp, syntype (M. Żabka, pers. com.) (128 ventral view, 129 retrolateral view); 130 – 132 female genitalia (130 dorsal view, 131 ventral view, 132 ventral view); 133 map showing known (red) and predicted (gray) distributions. Scale: palp 0.5 mm, epigyne 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 134 – 141. Pungalina waldockae sp. nov. 134 – 137 male paratype (134 dorsal view, 135 lateral view, 136 ventral view, 137 anterior view); 138 – 141 female holotype (138 dorsal view, 139 lateral view, 140 ventral view, 141 anterior view). Scale: 2 mm.

FIGURES 142 – 149. Pungalina waldockae sp. nov. 142 – 145 left male palp paratype (142 prolateral view, 143 ventral view, 144 retrolateral view, 145 retrolateral tibial apophysis); 146 – 147 female genitalia, holotype (146 dorsal view, 147 ventral view); 148 female genitalia, ventral view; 149 map showing distribution. Scale: palp 0.5 mm, epigyne 0.2 mm.