Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901

Gustavo R. S. Ruiz & Antonio D. Brescovit, 2008, Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae), Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25 (1), pp. 139-147 : 142

Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901

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Helvetia albovittata Simon, 1901b: 157 ( female holotype from Paraguay, Germain leg., deposited in MNHN 9341 , examined ); Galiano, 1963a: 361, pl. XIX, fig. 17; Galiano, 1965: 47, figs 7- 8 (misidentified male, actually H. galianoae sp. nov. described in this paper); Platnick, 2007.

Admestina insularis Banks, 1902 : 66, pl. 2, fig. 4 ( male holotype from Narborough , Galapagos Islands, 4.VII.1899, Hopkins & Stanford Expedition leg., deposited in American Museum of Natural History, not examined). Syn. nov .

Helvetia otiosa Galiano, 1976: 54 , figs 8-12 ( male holotype from Embalse , Córdoba, Argentina, 27.XII.1974, M.E. Galiano leg., deposited in MACN 6737 , not examined ). Synonymized with H. insularis by Galiano 1989: 49.

Helvetia insularis ; Galiano, 1989: 49; Platnick, 2007.

Note. Since the type specimen of Admestina insularis has not been examined, the synonymy is established based on the very good illustrations of Helvetia otiosa by GALIANO (1976, figs 8-12).

Diagnosis. The male of this species is easily dintinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the very long embolus, the form of the RTA and the presence of a depression on the retrolateral cymbium where the tip of the embolus is held in resting position (see GALIANO 1976, figs 10-11). Females are very like those of H. santarema but can be distinguished by the medial posterior fusion of the copulatory openings, like that of H. labiata ( Fig. 13 ).

Description. Male. Described by GALIANO (1976: 54, un- der H. otiosa ).

Female. Described by GALIANO (1963a: 361).

New records. BRAZIL, São Paulo: Primavera (Usina Hidrelétrica Sérgio Motta), 8 males and 7 females, 2001, Equipe IBSP leg. (IBSP 53068 , 53152 ); Santa Catarina: Caçador, 1 male, X.1982, D. Lorenzato leg. (IBSP 4255 ).

Distribution. Known from Ecuador (Galapagos Islands, possibly introduced), Paraguay, Argentina, and from the states of São Paulo and Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Figures

Figures 11-14. Epigynum of (11-12) Helvetia santarema: (11) ventral view̡ (12) dorsal view; (13-14) Helvetia albovittata: (13) ventral view̡ (14) dorsal view. Bars = 0.25 mm.