Trite caledoniensis, Patoleta, Barbara M., 2014

Patoleta, Barbara M., 2014, The species of Trite Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 3827 (3), pp. 355-365 : 361-362

Trite caledoniensis sp. nov.

Figs 12–13 , 23

Type material. Male holotype from Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, 500–700 m, 30 October 1986, R.L. Brown, sweeping, deposited in AMNH.

Additional material examined. NEW CALEDONIA: 1M, Mt. Panié, 20°35′30″S, 164°46′E, forêt dense humide [rainforest], 1638 m, 18—20 November 1986, J. Chazeau, A. & S. Tillier ( MNHN); 1M, Rivière Bleue P7, fogging, forêt dense, 21 Jul. 1992, J. Chazeau, É. Guilbert, Bonnet de Larbogne ( MNHN); 1M, Plateau de Dogny, 21°37′16″S, 165°52′26″E, Forêt humide thalweg [rainforest], 920 m, 9 January 1987, A. & S. Tillier ( MNHN); 1M, Plateau de Dogny, 200–900 m, 25 May 1987, R. Raven (QM S90639); 1M, Mt. Humboldt, 21°53′06″S, 166°24′33″E, forêt humide Araucarias [rainforest], 1370 m, 20 January 1987, A. & S. Tillier ( MNHN); 1M, Col d ′Amieu, Forest Stn., 400 m, 8—9 May 1984, G. Monteith, D. Cook (QM S35656 ); 1M, Île de Pins, 8—10 August 1982 ( HNHM); 1M, Cap Ndoua, 22°23´S, 166°55´E, 50 m, 28 November 2004 — 8 January 2005, G. Monteith, R.F. Grimbacher (QM 11877); 2M, Yahoué, 0–100 m, November 1986, N.L.H. Krauss ( AMNH); 1M, Mt. Koghi 400–600 m, December 1986, N.L.H. Krauss ( AMNH).

Etymology. After New Caledonian locality.

Diagnosis. Differs from the other representatives of Trite by the shape of tegulum, the embolus curved at its base ( Fig. 12 ) and thinner RTA ( Fig. 13 ).

Description. Male holotype. Cephalothorax dark brown, with sparse white hairs in patches on the sides and a longitudinal stripe along midline of thorax. Eyes surrounded in black. A fringe of light-orange hairs above AME. Thorax with indistinct light brown lines radiating from fovea. Clypeus brown, narrower (26%) than AME diameter, covered with long white hairs. Chelicerae brown, slender, with frontal spur and papillate anterior surface; fangs with distinctive protrusions. Promargin with single tooth, retromarginal tooth with 4 cusps. Endites and labium brown, sternum light brown. Palps light brown. Tibia short; RTA thin and short, slightly hooked at the tip ( Fig. 13 ). Tegulum rhomboid, slightly longer than wide. Embolus thin and long ( Fig. 12 ), originating at 11 o ′clock at the bulb. Legs I brown, patellae and tibiae distally lighter; ventral spination: pI: 2, tI: 2-2-2 (prolateral 1), mI: 2-2. Legs II light brown; ventral spination: pII: 0, tII: 2-2-2 (prolateral 1-1 or 1-1-1), mII: 2-2 (prolateral 1-1). Other legs light brown. Abdomen pale yellow with two longitudinal brown stripes. Venter pale-yellow. Spinnerets light brown.

Dimensions. CL 2.20, CW 1.60, CH 1.04, EFL 1.04, AEW 1.44, PEW 1.52, AL 2.12, AW 1.32, leg I: 6.22, leg II: 4.10, leg III: 4.06, leg IV: 4.66.

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Distribution records of Trite caledoniensis in New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands.

FIGURES 12 – 20. Trite caledoniensis sp. nov., male holotype 12 palp, ventral view; 13 same, retrolateral view. T. guilberti sp. nov., male holotype 14 dorsal view; 15 same, cephalothorax, lateral view; 16 same, chelicerae, endites and labium, ventral view (chp: cheliceral protrusion, eo: endites outgrowth, fs: frontal spur, pd: prolateral dentition, rd: retrolateral dentition). 17 same, palp, ventral view; 18 same, retrolateral view (e: embolus, t: tegulum, tl: tegular lobe). T. simoni sp. nov., male holotype 19 palp, ventral view; 20 same, retrolateral view. Scales as in figures.