Hypaeus pauciaculeis ( Caporiacco, 1947 ) Caporiacco, 1947

Araújo, Magda H. S. & Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., 2015, Description of four new species of Hypaeus Simon and redescription of H. taczanowskii Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycinae), Zootaxa 3963 (1), pp. 27-44 : 37

Hypaeus pauciaculeis ( Caporiacco, 1947) comb. nov.

Asaracus pauciaculeis Caporiacco, 1947: 32 (female holotype from Garroway Landing, Potaro River, Guyana [5.363587°N, 58.943621°W], 30.III.1936, C. Romiti, deposited in MZLS 568, examined); Caporiacco 1948: 714, fig. 144; Berdondini & Whitman 2002: 147.

Mago pauciaculeis: Ruiz & Brescovit 2008: 488 , figs 4–6; World Spider Catalog 2015.

Note. Since knowledge on epigynal patterns in Hypaeus was limited to that described by Galiano (1968), Ruiz & Brescovit (2008) tentatively transferred Asaracus pauciaculeis Caporiacco to Mago . The similarities with the herein described females of H. tridactylus and H. poseidon allow a more accurate position for this species in Hypaeus .

Diagnosis. Females of H. pauciaculeis are similar to those of H. tridactylus sp. nov. and H. poseidon sp. nov. in having the double pocket (female of H. annulifer is still unknown). However, they can be distinguished from those of H. tridactylus sp. nov. for the posterior position of the pockets and from those of H. poseidon sp. nov. for having wider pockets (see Ruiz & Brescovit 2008: 488, figs 4–6). Males are still unknown.