Macutula santana, Ruiz, Gustavo Rodrigo Sanches, 2011

Ruiz, Gustavo Rodrigo Sanches, 2011, Description of Macutula, a new genus of jumping spiders from Northeastern Brazil (Araneae: Salticidae: Amycoida), Zootaxa 2785, pp. 53-60 : 58

Macutula santana sp. nov.

Figs 23–24

Type material. Holotype: male from Serra de São José, Feira de Santana , Bahia, Brazil, coordinates -12.133333, - 39.016667, 2009–2010, G. da S.C. Ferreira ( IBSP 160507). Paratype: 1 male, same data as holotype ( IBSP 160514).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a toponymic name in apposition.

Diagnosis. Males of this species differ from those of the other two by having a curling embolus slightly longer than 1.5 turns around the bulb, and having the sperm duct loop on the distal, retrolateral region of the tegulum ( Fig. 23 ).

Description. Male holotype: Total length: 5.10. Coloration as in M. aracoiaba sp. nov., except for legs III and IV. Carapace 2.30 long, 1.70 wide, 1.15 high. Ocular quadrangle 1.20 long. Anterior eye row 1.65 wide and posterior 1.60 wide. Leg III with coxa and trochanter light brown, femur, patella, tibia and distal half of metatarsus dark brown, proximal half of metatarsus and tarsus yellow; IV as in III, except for the light brown median third of the tibia. Length of femur: I 1.40, II 1.15, III 1.40, IV 1.30; patella + tibia: I 1.85, II 1.35, III 1.50, IV 1.45; metatarsus + tarsus: I 1.20, II 1.00, III 1.25, IV 1.40.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the State of Bahia, Brazil.

Biological note. The specimens mentioned above were collected from the ground using a pitfall trap.

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 28. Macutula santana sp. nov. 23 – 24 left male palp (23 ventral, 24 retrolateral). Macutula caruaru sp. nov. 25 – 26 left male palp (25 ventral, 26 retrolateral); 27 epigyne, ventral view; 28 vulva, dorsal view.