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Dendryphantes legibilis Nicolet 1849

Description

Dendryphantes legibilis (Nicolet, 1849)

(Figs 30–31)

Attus legibilis Nicolet, 1849: 366; Ramirez, 1989: 8.

Dendryphantes legibilis: Ruiz and Brescovit, 2008: 536.

Material examined. None available.

Diagnosis. The species is only known from the female holotype. This was recently rediscovered (Ramirez 1989) and very briefly redescribed (Ruiz & Brescovit 2008). It is most similar to D. mordax in colour but can be separated on the patterning present on the abdomen of D. mordax. It can also be separated by the insemination ducts moving in a posterior direction as they approach the fossa.

Description. Male: unknown.

Female (holotype after Ruiz & Brescovit 2008): Cephalothorax light brown. Chelicerae yellow with two teeth on the promargin and one on the retromargin. Palp yellow. Sternum yellow. Abdomen and spinnerets yellow. L1 light brown, L2–4 yellow. Spination: L1, femur with no spines, patella no spines, tibia with three pairs of ventrolateral spines, metatarsus with two pairs of ventrolateral spines, L2 femur with three dorsal and two distal dorsolateral spines, patella no spines, tibia with one pair of ventrolateral spines, metatarsus with two pairs of ventrolateral spines, L3 femur with three dorsal and three distal dorsolateral spines, patella no spines, tibia with a single or one pair of ventrolateral spines, metatarsus with one pair of ventrolateral spines, L4 femur with three dorsal and one or no dorsolateral spines, patella no spines, tibia with one pair of ventrolateral spines, metatarsus with 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines. Epigynum (Figs 30–31): a rectangular plate, invaginated posteriorly. Long and coiled insemination ducts with small oval spermathecae. Dimensions: CL 2.45, EFL 1.10, CW 1.82, AEW 1.35, PEW 1.60, L1 4.17 (F1 1.30, (P1+T1) 1.80+(M1+T1) 1.07), L2 3.20 (1.05+1.25+0.90), L3 3.25 (1.05+1.20+1.00), L4 4.07 (1.30+1.55+1.22).

Distribution. Known only from type locality (“Chile”).

Notes

Published as part of Barry J. Richardson, 2010, A Review of the Jumping Spider Fauna (Araneae: Salticidae) of Chile, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 2418 on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.194411

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Salticidae
Genus
Dendryphantes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Nicolet
Species
legibilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dendryphantes legibilis Nicolet, 1849 sec. Richardson, 2010

References

  • Nicolet, H. (1849) Aracnidos. In: Gay, C. (Ed.) Historia fisica y politica de Chile: Zoologia, III. Thunot y Cia, Paris, pp. 319 - 543.
  • Ramirez, M. J. (1989) List de los typos de Araneae desciptos por Nicolet depositados en el MNHN. Bulletin du Centre International de Documentation Arachnologiques, 6, 7 - 11.
  • Ruiz, G. R. S. & Brescovit, A. D. (2008) On some Chilean jumping spider type specimens described by Nicolet (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology, 35, 535 - 537.