Popcornella yunque, Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), Zootaxa 3476, pp. 1-54 : 45-47

Popcornella yunque sp. nov.

Figs 224 – 233

Type material. Holotype: male, PUERTO RICO: Río Grande: El Yunque National Forest: trail from HWY186 S of El Verde station, 18.3174° N, 65.8314° W, elev. 470m, 29 July 2009, coll. J. Zhang & G. B. Edwards, WPM#09- 0 71 (UBC-SEM AR00073). Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00074); 6 males and 2 females in two vials, same data as holotype.

Figures 224–227. Popcornella yunque sp. nov. 224 – 226 male paratype; 227 female paratype. Figures 224 – 227 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.

Etymology. A noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. See the diagnosis of Popcornella nigromaculata .

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00073). Carapace length 0.8 (variation 0.8 – 0.9, n=7); abdomen length 0.5. Chelicera: yellow brown. Palp (Figs 230 – 231): pale yellow with cymbium brown. Embolus long spurlike, not spiral, retrolateral sperm duct loop not obvious. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short. Measurements of legs: I 1.5, II 1.1, III 1.3, IV 1.4. Color in alcohol (Fig. 228): carapace dark brown, without distinct markings; abdomen dark brown, with large brownish patches; ventral abdomen brownish, with two dark markings at posterior end; legs grayish brown to brownish.

Female (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00074). Carapace length 0.8 (variation 0.8 – 0.9, n=3); abdomen length 0.8. Measurements of legs: I 1.3, II 1.1, III 1.2, IV 1.4. Epigynum (Figs 232 – 233): without distinct window structure. Copulatory ducts short; spermathecae kidney-shaped. Color in alcohol (Fig. 229): similar to that of male.

Natural history. Specimens were found in leaf litter in cloud forest.

Figures 228–233. Popcornella yunque sp. nov. 228 male paratype, dorsal view; 229 female paratype, dorsal view; 230 male left palp, ventral view; 231 male left palp, retrolateral view; 232 epigynum, ventral view; 233 cleared epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: 228 – 229, 0.5 mm; 230 – 233, 0.1 mm.

Figures 234–237. Truncattus cachotensis sp. nov. 234 – 235 male paratype; 236 – 237 female paratype. Figures 234 – 237 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.