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Hyetussa complicata Bustamante & Ruiz 2017, comb. nov.

Description

Hyetussa complicata (Gertsch, 1936) comb. nov.

Fig. 15

Bredana complicata Gertsch, 1936: 21 (male holotype from Weslaco [26.17°N, 97.99°W], Llano Grande, Texas, United States of America, 27.IV.1934, S. Mulaik, deposited in AMNH, examined); World Spider Catalog 2017.

Other material examined. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Texas: Hidalgo County, Bentsen R.G.V.S.P. (site 1) (26.17830°N, 98.38577°W), LF Trap, cedar elm forest: 1♂ and 1♀, 14.VIII‒5.IX.2008, J. King & E. Riley leg. (FSCA).

Diagnosis. The males resemble those of H. andalgalaensis and H. tremembe sp. nov. by the shape of embolus (see Figs 15C, 17D‒17E and Galiano 1976b: figs 43, 44), but differ from all the species of the genus by the complexity of the tip of the embolus. Females resemble those of H. mesopotamica in having five coils, but differ by having a more sclerotized epigyne (Fig. 15D).

Description. See Gertsch (1936).

Distribution. Known only from the USA (Gertsch 1936, World Spider Catalog 2017).

Notes

Published as part of Bustamante, Abel A. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2017, Systematics of Thiodinini (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species, pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 4362 (3) on pages 318-319, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1094882

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH , FSCA
Event date
1934-04-27 , 2008-08-14
Verbatim event date
1934-04-27 , 2008-08-14/09-05
Scientific name authorship
Bustamante & Ruiz
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Salticidae
Genus
Hyetussa
Species
complicata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Hyetussa complicata (Gertsch, 1936) sec. Bustamante & Ruiz, 2017

References

  • Gertsch, W. J. (1936) Further diagnoses of new American spiders. American Museum Novitates, 852, 1 - 27.
  • Galiano, M. E. (1976 b) Revision de los generos Cerionesta y Hyetussa (Araneae, Salticidae) (conclusion). Physis, Buenos Aires (C), 35 (91), 231 - 242.