A new huriine genus and notes on morphological characters (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) Marta, Kimberly S. Bustamante, Abel A. Ruiz, Gustavo R. S. Teixeira, Renato A. Hagopián, Damián Brescovit, Antonio D. Valiati, Victor Hugo Rodrigues, Everton N. L. Zootaxa 2022 2022-04-05 5124 4 431 457 7H36 Galiano, 1988 Galiano 1988 [151,473,402,429] Arachnida Salticidae Simonurius Animalia Araneae 17 448 Arthropoda genus   Fig. 77    Typespecies.  Akela gladiferaSimon, 1901 =  Simonurius gladifer(Simon, 1901), by original designation.  Revised diagnosis.Among huriines, males of  Simonuriushave the shortest embolus; in addition,  Simonuriusmales differ from all other huriines by having a prolateral tegular apophysis (see Galiano 1988: figs 28, 34). Females differ from those of the remaining huriine genera by having large primary spermathecae, long and thin secondary spermathecae and short copulatory ducts ( Figs 57 –58).  Note.In the original description, Galiano (1988: 296)compared  Simonuriuswith  AkelaPeckham & Peckham, 1896(Aellurillini: Freyina) and referred to  Simonuriusas the only genus of huriines with a median apophysis. Since the jumping-spiders of the subfamily Salticinaedo not have true median apophyses ( Ramírez 2014; Maddison 2015), the novel tegular apophysis of  Simonuriusneeds further study in future works, in order to determine its origin and function.   Distribution. Peru[ Cusco( Galiano 1985)], Venezuela[ Araguá, Distrito Federal( Galiano 1988; Ruiz & Brescovit 2005; Galvis & Martínez 2016)] and Brazil( Rio Grande do Sul) ( Fig. 77).  Natural history. Species occur between 24 and 3000 ma. s. l.