Neonella minuta Galiano, 1965

Ott, Ricardo, Silva, Guilherme O., Marta, Kimberly S. & Rodrigues, Everton N. L., 2015, On the spider genus Neonella (Araneae: Salticidae): new records and taxonomic notes for species from southern South America, Zootaxa 3946 (4), pp. 583-586 : 585-586

Neonella minuta Galiano, 1965

Figs 5‒8 , 17‒19

Neonella minuta Galiano, 1965: 25 , figs 1‒8. Holotype ♂, Paraná de los Palmas y Canal 6; Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, not examined. Galiano 1988: 439, figs 17, 19. World Spider Catalog 2015.

Description. Male and female (See Galiano 1965: 25‒28, figs 1‒8).

Variation. Total length: male, 1.55 (single new male record); females (n=5), 1.18‒1.87 Carapace length: male, 0.71; females, 0.67‒0.82.

Material Examined. BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul: Cachoeirinha, l♂, I.2001, E. Costa leg. ( MCTP 18052); 3♀, Estação Experimental do Arroz, Instituto Riograndense do Arroz, 27.V.2005, E.N.L. Rodrigues leg. (MCN 40534); Cerrito, 2♀, 24.I.2008, J.L.O. Rosado leg. (MCN 46728).

Distribution. Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); probably also Uruguay.

Figures

FIGURES 1 ‒ 12. Neonella spp. 1 ‒ 4 Neonella lubrica (1 male, dorsal view, 2 same, ventral view, 3 female, dorsal view, 4 same, ventral view). 5 ‒ 8 Neonella minuta (5 male, dorsal view, 6 same, ventral view, 7 female, dorsal view, 8 same, ventral view). 9 ‒ 12 Neonella montana (9 male, dorsal view, 10 same, ventral view, 11 female, dorsal view, 12 same, ventral view). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURES 13 ‒ 25. Neonella spp. 13 ‒ 16 Neonella lubrica (13 left male palp, ventral view, 14 same, retrolateral view, 15 epigyne, ventral view, 16 same, cleared, dorsal view). 17 ‒ 19 Neonella minuta (17 left male palp, ventral view, 18 epigyne, ventral view, 19 same, cleared, dorsal view). 20 ‒ 25 Neonella montana (20 male, dorsal view, showing variation in color pattern, 21 epigyne, ventral view, 22 same, cleared, dorsal view, 23 ‒ 25 embolus in expanded left male palps, lateral view, showing variation in pectinate process). Scale bars: 13 ‒ 19, 21, 22, 0.1 mm; 20, 1 mm; 23 ‒ 25, 0.05 mm. Abbreviations: at, atrium; em, embolus; op, copulatory opening; pp, pectinate process; rta, retrolateral tibial apophysis.