Neonella lubrica Galiano, 1988

Ott, Ricardo, Silva, Guilherme O., Marta, Kimberly S. & Rodrigues, Everton N. L., 2015, On the spider genus Neonella (Araneae: Salticidae): new records and taxonomic notes for species from southern South America, Zootaxa 3946 (4), pp. 583-586 : 583-584

Neonella lubrica Galiano, 1988

Figs 1‒ 4 , 13‒ 16

Neonella lubrica Galiano, 1988: 441 ‒443, figs 2‒7, 15, 20. Holotype ♀, San Benito (Pastoreo), Departamento Itapúa, Paraguay, not examined. World Spider Catalog 2015.

Description. Male and female (See Galiano 1988: 441‒443, figs 2‒7, 15, 20).

Note. Based on comparisons between drawings of the male palp given by Galiano (1988: 442, figs 5‒7) and our images ( Figs 13‒14 ), it is possible to say that the tip of the embolus of the paratype specimen illustrated in the original description is broken off.

Variation. Total length: males, 1.67‒2.18 (n= 25); females, 1.68‒2.41 (n= 37). Carapace length: males, 0.84‒1.00; females, 0.88‒1.00.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul: Cambará do Sul, 1 ♂, 11‒13.IV. 1994, A.B. Bonaldo leg. ( MCN 25509 ); Capão do Leão, 11 ♂, 26 ♀, 13.VII. 1999 ‒ 27.III. 2001 ( MCTP 13070, 13162, 11416, 13230, 13163, 13076, 13225, 13080, 13129, 11415 11418, 11653), all E.N.L. Rodrigues leg.; Triunfo, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 28.V. 2001, M.A.L. Marques leg. ( MCN 33929 ); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 28.VIII. 2001, R.S. de Araujo leg. ( MCN 34023 ); 5 ♂, 7 ♀, 12.III. 2001 ‒ 22.X. 2002 ( MCN 34036 , 34554, 34564, 34576, 34586, 34614, 34625, 34718, 34738, 34876, 34036, all R. Ott leg.; Viamão, 2 ♂, 6 ♀, 07.X. 1994 ‒ 21.XI. 1995 ( MCTP 9354, 9355, 5547, 9078); all A.A. Lise et al. leg.; 1 ♂, Foz Arroio Itapuã; Camping, 11.IX. 2001, L.E.C. Schmidt & R. Ott leg. ( MCN 34302 ).

Distribution. Paraguay (Itapúa) and Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); probably also Argentina: Misiones/Corrientes(?).

Figures

FIGURES 1 ‒ 12. Neonella spp. 1 ‒ 4 Neonella lubrica (1 male, dorsal view, 2 same, ventral view, 3 female, dorsal view, 4 same, ventral view). 5 ‒ 8 Neonella minuta (5 male, dorsal view, 6 same, ventral view, 7 female, dorsal view, 8 same, ventral view). 9 ‒ 12 Neonella montana (9 male, dorsal view, 10 same, ventral view, 11 female, dorsal view, 12 same, ventral view). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURES 13 ‒ 25. Neonella spp. 13 ‒ 16 Neonella lubrica (13 left male palp, ventral view, 14 same, retrolateral view, 15 epigyne, ventral view, 16 same, cleared, dorsal view). 17 ‒ 19 Neonella minuta (17 left male palp, ventral view, 18 epigyne, ventral view, 19 same, cleared, dorsal view). 20 ‒ 25 Neonella montana (20 male, dorsal view, showing variation in color pattern, 21 epigyne, ventral view, 22 same, cleared, dorsal view, 23 ‒ 25 embolus in expanded left male palps, lateral view, showing variation in pectinate process). Scale bars: 13 ‒ 19, 21, 22, 0.1 mm; 20, 1 mm; 23 ‒ 25, 0.05 mm. Abbreviations: at, atrium; em, embolus; op, copulatory opening; pp, pectinate process; rta, retrolateral tibial apophysis.