Agobardus oviedo, Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), Zootaxa 3476, pp. 1-54 : 10-11

Agobardus oviedo sp. nov.

Figs 31 – 42

Type material. Holotype: male, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Pedernales: Laguna de Oviedo , 17.802° N, 71.349° W, elev. 5 m, 14 July 2009, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, WPM#09-032 (UBC-SEM AR00036). Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00037).

Etymology. A noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Similar to Agobardus brevitarsus Bryant, 1943 in the shape of male chelicera (Fig. 40), and to A. perpilosus Bryant, 1943 in the shape of male palp (Fig. 39). It differs from A. brevitarsus in the shorter embolus (Fig. 39), the dentition on the male chelicera (Fig. 40), and the smaller epigynal window (Fig. 41). It can be distinguished from A. perpilosus by the teeth pattern and the presence of a cusp on the fang of the male chelicera (Fig. 40).

Figures 37–42. Agobardus oviedo sp. nov. 37 male holotype, dorsal view; 38 female paratype, dorsal view; 39 male left palp, ventral view; 40 male left chelicera, back view; 41 epigynum, ventral view; 42 cleared epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: 37 – 38, 0.5 mm; 40, 0.2 mm; 39, 41 – 42, 0.1 mm.

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00036). Carapace length 1.5; abdomen length 1.2. Chelicera (Fig. 40): yellow brown; fang with a small cusp near the middle. Palp (Fig. 39): light brown. Embolus short but curved for about half a circle. Retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like. Palpal femur and patella with white hairs. Measurements of legs: I 3.4, II 2.9, III 3.4, IV 3.6. Color in alcohol (Fig. 37): carapace dark brown, covered with dark hairs, and with wide lateral margins and a central stripe composed of white setae; abdomen light yellow, with a pair of dark patches near the center and some orange markings; venter with a central grayish marking; legs light yellow.

Female (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00037). Carapace length 1.4; abdomen length 1.4. Measurements of legs: I 2.7, II 2.5, III 3.1, IV 3.5. Epigynum (Figs 41 – 42): window small, with opening of copulatory duct at the posterior margin of the window. Copulatory ducts short and with big accessory gland; spermathecae spherical. Color in alcohol (Fig. 38): similar to that of male.

Natural history. Specimens were found on rocks in a dry forest.