Simonurius quadratarius (Simon, 1901)

Marta, Kimberly S., Bustamante, Abel A., Ruiz, Gustavo R. S., Teixeira, Renato A., Hagopián, Damián, Brescovit, Antonio D., Valiati, Victor Hugo & Rodrigues, Everton N. L., 2022, A new huriine genus and notes on morphological characters (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae), Zootaxa 5124 (4), pp. 431-457 : 454

Simonurius quadratarius (Simon, 1901)

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Akela quadrataria Simon, 1901b: 145 (holotype, ♂, Venezuela, Aragua, Colonia Tovar [10°24’15.5”N 67°17’30.7”W], E. Simon leg., in MNHN, not examined); Galiano 1963; Simon 1901a: 569, 571; Galiano 1963: 287, pl. IV, figs 3–5 (redescription).

Sidusa variegata Caporiacco, 1955: 430 , figs 71a-c, (♂ holotype, Venezuela, Distrito Federal, El Junquito [10°28’42.5”N 67°04’58.2”W], 16.X.1949, Marcuzzi leg., MUCV 737, examined by Ruiz & Brescovit 2005).

Simonurius quadratarius: Galiano 1988: 300 (transf. from Akela ); Ruiz & Brescovit 2005: 759 (syn.); Galvis & Martínez 2016: 4, figs 9–12 (distribution); World Spider Catalog 2021.

Akela campestrata Simon, 1901b: 145 (holotype, ♂, Venezuela, Aragua, Colonia Tovar [10°24’15.5”N 67°17’30.7”W], deposited in MNHN, not examined); Simon 1901a: 571; Mello-Leitão 1949: 19; Galiano 1963: 285.

Simonurius campestratus: Galiano, 1988: 300 ; World Spider Catalog 2021. New Synonymy

Remarks. Galiano (1988) pointed out the similarity between Si. quadratarius and Si. campestratus . Galiano (1963, 1988) highlighted that the only difference between the two species was that the cephalothorax of Si. quadratarius was higher, and the posterior eye row was wider than in Si. campestratus . These differences are not enough to maintain these names as separate species. In addition, regarding distribution, it is observed that the two species have the same geographic and altitudinal distribution in Aragua, Venezuela. Therefore, we consider Si. quadratarius as a senior synonym of Si. campestratus .

Distribution. Venezuela [Aragua and Distrito Federal ( Galiano 1988; Ruiz & Brescovit 2005)], Colombia [Cezar: Sierra de Perijá (Galvis & Martínez, 2016)] ( Fig. 77 ).

Altitudinal distribution: 1866–3200 m a. s. l.

Figures

FIGURES 77–78. Regionalization in Neotropical view (Morrone 2014) and distributional records for huriine jumping spiders (records of Urupuyu not included). 77 Neotropical, South America, Brazilian subregion Chacoan subregion, South America Transition Zone, Andean Region. 78 Southern of South America, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina focusing on the distribution of Guriurius.