Description of four new species of Hypaeus Simon and redescription of H. taczanowskii Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycinae)

Magda H S Araújo; Gustavo R S Ruiz

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.2

Description of four new species of Hypaeus Simon and redescription of H. taczanowskii Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycinae)

Zootaxa. 2015 May 25;3963(1):27-44. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.2.

Authors

Magda H S Araújo¹, Gustavo R S Ruiz²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, CEP 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil; Email: unknown.
² Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, CEP 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil; Email: gustavoruiz86@hotmail.com.

PMID: 26249390
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.2

Abstract

Four new species of Hypaeus Simon are described from the Brazilian Amazon, all based on both sexes: H. tridactylus sp. nov. and H. femoratus sp. nov. from Juruti, Pará, and H. poseidon sp. nov. and H. terraemediae sp. nov. from São Félix do Xingu, Pará. Additionally, Asaracus pauciaculeis Caporiacco, 1947 is transferred from Mago O.P.-Cambridge, resulting in Hypaeus pauciaculeis comb. nov. Both sexes of H. taczanowskii (Mello-Leitão, 1948), the type species of Hypaeus, are redescribed for comparisons.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Ecosystem
Female
Male
Organ Size
Spiders / anatomy & histology
Spiders / classification*
Spiders / growth & development