Helvetia humillima ( Mello-Leitão, 1943 )

Gustavo R. S. Ruiz & Antonio D. Brescovit, 2008, Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae), Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25 (1), pp. 139-147 : 144-145

Helvetia humillima ( Mello-Leitão, 1943) , sp. reval.

Figs 17-18

Cotinusa humillima Mello-Leitão, 1943: 223 , fig. 49 [ male holotype from Itapiranga, Santa Catarina (not Rio Grande do Sul, as in Mello-Leitão, 1943), Brazil, P. Buck leg., deposited in MNRJ 41937 , not examined ].

Helvetia humillima: Galiano, 1963b: 2 (synonymized with H. santarema ); Galiano, 1965: 47.

Note. Since the type specimen of Cotinusa humillima has not been examined, the identification of this species is based on the good illustrations by GALIANO (1963b: figs 8-10, 1965: fig. 9).

Diagnosis. The male of this species has a RTA very similar to that of H. cancrimana , with a short ventral branch and a developed dorsal branch, but can be distinguished by the ventral basal projection on the RTA ( Fig. 18 ) and the longer embolus ( Fig. 17 ).

Description. Male. Described by GALIANO (1963b: 2, un- der H. santarema ).

Female. Unknown.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Paulo Lopes ( Parque Estadual do Tabuleiro , 27°55’S, 48°42’W), 1 male, 10- 20.I.2003, Equipe Biota leg. ( IBSP 78637 ) .

Distribution. Known only from the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Figures

Figures 15-20. Left palp of (15-16) Helvetia galianoae: (15) ventral view̡ (16) retrolateral view; (17-18) Helvetia humillima: (17) ventral view̡ (18) retrolateral view; (19-20) Helvetia stridulans: (19) vental view̡ (20) retrolareal view. Bars = 0.25 mm.