Tullgrenella nadjae Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020

Marta, Kimberly S., Bustamante, Abel A., Hagopián, Damián, Teixeira, Renato A., Brescovit, Antonio D., Valiati, Victor H. & Rodrigues, Everton N. L., 2024, Taxonomic revision of the jumping spider genus Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina), Zootaxa 5411 (1), pp. 1-71 : 32-33

Tullgrenella nadjae Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020

Figs 7G , 23A–D , 24A–D , 51A–B

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Tullgrenella nadjae Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020: 357 , figs 1–6, 15–16, 20–22, 26–27 (holotype, male, BOLIVIA, La Paz, Huatajata, Titicaca Lakeshore [16º12’S 68º41’W], 8.VIII.1993, A. Brescovit & H. Höfer leg. (MCN 23782), examined); paratype, 1 female, ditto holotype ( MCN 56814 ), examined ).

Revised diagnosis. Males of Tullgrenella nadjae Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020 resemble those of T. quadripunctata by the pointed and sickle-shaped cymbium, and those of T. lunata ( Mello-Leitão, 1944) by the lanceolate conductor ( Figs 21C–D , 23C–D ), but differ from both species by the retrolateral tibial apophysis long and sinuous, and from T. lunata ( Figs 23C–D vs 25C–D) and by the oblique tegulum in T. nadjae ( Fig. 23C ). Females of T. nadjae resemble those of T. quadripunctata ( Mello-Leitão, 1944) and T. lunata ( Mello-Leitão, 1944) by the shape of epigynum, as long as wide, and the antero-medially situated copulatory opening ( Figs 7F–G , 22C–D ). However, they differ from those of T. quadripunctata and T. lunata by the straight loop of the copulatory ducts, above the spermathecae, distant from each other ( Figs 7F vs 7G, 24C–D vs 26C–D).

Description. Male and female described by Estol et al. (2020).

Distribution. Bolivia (La Paz) ( Figs 51A–B ).

Natural history. Recorded at the limits of the Brazilian subregion and South America Transitional Zone ( Figs 51–B ). The altitudinal occurrence of this species is 3960 m a. s. l. ( Estol et al. 2020) ( Figs 51A–B ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Illustrations of female epigynum of Tullgrenella, dorsal view. A–E morenensis group: A T. morenensis (Tullgren, 1905) (MCN 19940), B T. guayapae Galiano, 1970 (MCN 55520), C T. brescoviti Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020 (MCN 24104), D T. musica (Mello-Leitão,1945) (MCN 53372), E T. corrugata Galiano, 1981 (MACN-Ar 7206). F–H quadripunctata group: F T. quadripunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1944) (MCTP 2239), G T. nadjae Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020 (MCN 56814), H T. lunata (Mello-Leitão, 1944) (MACN-Ar 6214). I–J melanica group: I T. melanica (Mello-Leitão, 1941) (MACN-Ar 6244), J T. yungae Galiano, 1970 (MCTP 39713). K–O serrana group: K T. serrana Galiano, 1970 (MCTP 12173), L T. legalissima Marta & Hagopián, sp. nov. (IBSP 118228), M T. aisenbergae Marta, sp. nov. (IBSP 123129), N T. gertschi Galiano, 1981 (MACN-Ar 7206), O T. sciosciae Marta & Bustamante, sp. nov. (MCTP 31135). P–Q peniaflorensis group: P T. peniaflorensis Galiano, 1970 (MACN-Ar 6242), Q T. selenita Galiano, 1970 (FNAC 36). Scale bars: 0.25 mm.

FIGURE 21. Male of T. quadripunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1944). A habitus (MCN 14882), dorsal view, red arrow: spotted coloration pattern. B same, ventral view. C left palp (IBSP 123127), ventral view, red arrow: tegulum central depression. D same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A–B 1 mm, C–D 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 22. Female of T. quadripunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1944). A habitus (MCN 14882), dorsal view, red arrow: spotted coloration pattern. B same, ventral view. C epigynum (MCTP 2239), ventral view. D same, dorsal view. Scale bars: A–B 1 mm, C–D 0.25 mm.

FIGURE 23. Male of T. nadjae Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020 (MCN 23782). A habitus, dorsal view. B same, ventral view. C left palp, ventral view. D same, retrolateral view, red arrow: ventral projection on tibia. Scale bars: A–B 1 mm, C–D 0.50 mm.

FIGURE 24. Female of T. nadjae Estol, Marta & Rodrigues, 2020 (MCN 56814). A habitus, dorsal view, red arrow: spotted coloration pattern. B same, ventral view. C epigynum, ventral view, red arrow: subseptum. D same, dorsal view. Scale bars:A–B 1 mm, C–D 0.25 mm.

FIGURE51. NeotropicalandAndean regionalization(Morrone 2014) anddistributional recordsfor speciesof the quadripunctata group. A Neotropical, South America, Brazilian subregion Chacoan subregion, South America Transition Zone and Andean region. B Southern South America, focusing on species occurrence. C habitat inference, Uruguay: Montevideo, Melilla, photographed by collector Damián Hagopián.