Pungalina albobabata

Richardson, Barry J., 2016, New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 4114 (5), pp. 501-560 : 539

The albobabata group

Figs 150–198

Species Included:

Pungalina albobarbata ( L. Koch, 1879) comb. nov. Pungalina plurilineata sp. nov.

Pungalina semiatra ( L. Koch, 1879) comb. nov.

Remarks. Small spiders (5–6mm length) with marked white striae on the rear face of the cephalothorax and ovate abdomens. Chelicerae are unident in pattern with one small promarginal teeth and one small retromarginal tooth. Leg 1 is longest, followed by leg 4, then leg 2 and finally leg 3. There are no fringes on the patella or tibia. The endites are rounded distally in both sexes. The palps are long and relatively narrow. The tibial apophysis is single but varies between species in size and shape. Tegulum with a large ventral bulge. The origin of the embolus is on the distal anterior edge of the tegulum and arise from a broad well developed base. It varies greatly in form from species to species. In the females the atria have well sclerotised, C-shaped margins. The insemination ducts rise from the anterior margins of the atria through narrow entrances and pass posteriorly to the distal edges of the spermathecae. These are towards the midline and very close to the epigastic fold. Each fertilization duct arises from a very small diverticulum placed on the median edge of the spermatheca. The gastric fold is well sclerotised and includes a small median pouch.

Figures

FIGURES 150 – 157. Pungalina albobarbata comb. nov. 150 – 153 male (150 dorsal view, 151 lateral view, 152 ventral view, 153 anterior view); 154 – 157 female (154 dorsal view, 155 lateral view, 156 ventral view, 157 anterior view). Scale: 1 mm

FIGURES 158 – 166. Pungalina albobarbata comb. nov. 158 – 160 left male palp (158 prolateral view, 159 ventral view, 160 retrolateral view); 161 – 162 left male palp, syntypes (M. Żabka, pers. com.) (161 ventral view, 162 retrolateral view); 163 – 165 female genitalia, syntypes (M. Żabka, pers. com.) (163 ventral view, 164 dorsal view); 165 female genitalia, ventral view); 166 map showing known (red) and predicted (gray) distributions. Scale: palp 0.5 mm, epigyne 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 167 – 174. Pungalina plurilineata sp. nov. 167 – 168 male (167 dorsal view, 168 lateral view, 169 ventral view, 170 anterior view), 171 – 174 female (171 dorsal view, 172 lateral view, 173 ventral view, 174 anterior view). Scale: 2 mm.

FIGURES 175 – 181. Pungalina plurilineata sp. nov. 175 – 177 left male palp (175 prolateral view, 176 ventral view, 177 retrolateral view); 178 – 180 female genitalia (178 dorsal view, 179 ventral view, 180 ventral view); 181 map showing known (red) and predicted (gray) distributions. Scale: male 0.5 mm, epigyne 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 182 – 189. Pungalina semiatra comb. nov. 182 – 185 male (182 dorsal view, 183 lateral view, 184 ventral view, 185 anterior view); 186 – 189 female (186 dorsal view, 187 lateral view, 188 ventral view, 189 anterior view). Scale: male 1 mm, female 2 mm.

FIGURES 190 – 198. Pungalina semiatra comb. nov. 190 – 192 left male palp (190 prolateral view, 191 ventral view, 192 retrolateral view); 193 – 194 male syntype (M. Żabka, pers. com.) left palp (193 ventral view, 194 retrolateral view); 195 – 197 female genitalia (195 dorsal view, 196 ventral view, 197 ventral view); 198 map showing known (red) and predicted (gray) distributions. Scale: 0.2 mm.