Udvardya bellatrix, Gardzińska, Joanna, 2015

Gardzińska, Joanna, 2015, Revision of Tarodes Pocock, 1899 and Udvardya Prószyński, 1992 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of two new species of Udvardya from New Guinea, Zootaxa 4039 (3), pp. 445-455 : 450

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098445
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE8792-FFE4-8C6F-FF1E-AB3B0E7EFABF
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scientific name	Udvardya bellatrix
status	sp. nov.

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Udvardya bellatrix View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 18–36 View FIGURES 18 – 27 View FIGURES 28 – 36 , 50–52 View FIGURES 46 – 51 View FIGURE 52

Type material: Male holotype and female paratype from Waris [S of Hollandia], Hollandia, New Guinea ( Indonesia), VII‒VIII.59, T.C. Maa, BISHOP 223.

Etymology. The name, to be treated as a Latin adjective, refers to the horn-like mastidia in male chelicerae: bellatrix (Lat.) = bellicose, militant.

Diagnosis. Compared with U. elegans , the male palp has a thicker embolus ( Figs 24, 26 View FIGURES 18 – 27 ; compare with Prószyński 1992: fig. 130) (the male of U. fortis sp. nov. is still unknown). Female differs from U. elegans and U. fortis by pear-shaped spermathecae, placed close together (compare Figs 35–36 View FIGURES 28 – 36 with Figs 17 View FIGURES 8 – 17 , 45 View FIGURES 37 – 45 ) and abdominal color pattern with more robust and transverse pale stripes (narrow and oblique in the other two, Figs 46‒51 View FIGURES 46 – 51 ).

Description. Male (holotype, Figs 18–27 View FIGURES 18 – 27 ). Spider about 6.5 mm long. Carapace dark brown, with lateral patches of whitish hairs beside PLE and near posterior margin ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18 – 27 ). Clypeus and cheek swellings (CS) covered with pallid hairs, as in Figs 21‒22 View FIGURES 18 – 27 . Endites and labium dark brown, sternum somewhat paler ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 18 – 27 ). Abdomen cylindrical, grayish-brown, with dorsal scutum ( AS) and light pattern, as in Figs 18, 20 View FIGURES 18 – 27 . Venter with distinct scutum, thicker posteriorly ( Figs 19‒20 View FIGURES 18 – 27 ). Spinnerets brown with lighter tips ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 18 – 27 ). Legs I dark brown, with lighter tarsi; II‒IV pale brown, with darker femora ( Figs 18‒19 View FIGURES 18 – 27 ). Patellae I with prolateral patch of whitish hairs ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 18 – 27 ). Leg I spination: tibia 7+7, metatarsus 3+3 ventral spines. Palpal organ: E, RSDL and RTA as in Figs 24– 27 View FIGURES 18 – 27 . Dimensions. CL 2.75, CW 2.30, CH 1.50, AEW 1.95, PEW 2.10, EFL 1.50, AL 3.60, AW 1.65, LI: 13.35 (1.25 + 1.55+ 2.80 + 1.75 + 3.25 + 2.10 + 0.65), LII: 6.20 (0.60 + 0.50 + 1.50 + 0.90 + 1.10 + 1.10 + 0.50), LIII: 5.65 (0.60 + 0.50 + 1.50 + 0.60 + 0.90 + 1.05 + 0.50), LIV: 7.45 (0.65 + 0.55 + 1.90 + 1.00 + 1.30 + 1.50 + 0.55).

Female (paratype, Figs 28–36 View FIGURES 28 – 36 , 50–51 View FIGURES 46 – 51 ). Spider about 5 mm long. Carapace light brown, covered with whitish hairs, as in Figs 28, 30 View FIGURES 28 – 36 . Endites and labium brown, sternum somewhat paler ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 28 – 36 ). Abdomen elongate ovoid, with color pattern, as in Figs 28, 30 View FIGURES 28 – 36 , 50, 51 View FIGURES 46 – 51 . Venter light grayish ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 28 – 36 ). Spinnerets of the same color. Legs I pale brown, with yellow tarsi; II‒IV yellow, with brownish femora ( Figs 28‒29 View FIGURES 28 – 36 ). Patellae I with prolateral patch of whitish hairs. Leg I spination: tibia 7+7, metatarsus 3+3 ventral spines. Epigyne: CO, CD, S, AG, FD as in Figs 34– 36 View FIGURES 28 – 36 . Dimensions. CL 2.40, CW 2.05, CH 1.25, AEW 1.75, PEW 1.85, EFL 1.35, AL 2.80, AW 1.95, LI: 8.25 (0.80 + 0.65 + 1.80 + 1.10 + 2.00 + 1.35 + 0.55).