Tekellina miudinha Rodrigues & Estol, 2024

Estol, Narelle, Valiati, Victor Hugo, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes, 2024, On the Neotropical species of the spider genus Tekellina Levi, 1957 (Arachnida: Araneae: Synotaxidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 943, pp. 154-178 : 174-176

Tekellina miudinha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov.

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Figs 6G , 9G–H , 10

Diagnosis

Females of Tekellina miudinha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. resemble those of Tekellina miuda Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. by the long receptacles, wrapped by the copulatory ducts, but differ by the oval funnel-shaped receptacles and wide copulatory opening without a medium septum ( Fig. 6G ).

Etymology

The specific epithet is the diminutive of ‘miuda’ in the Brazilian Portuguese language and refers to the small size of the species.

Type material

Holotype

BRAZIL – São Paulo • ♀; Iporanga, Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira ; 24°35′14″ S, 48°35′41″ W; 8–15 Nov. 2001, Equipe Biota leg.; MCN 48870.

Description

Male Unknown.

Female (holotype MCN 48872)

Carapace ( Fig. 9G ) oval, light yellowish. AME bigger very close to ALE and PLE. Abdomen ( Fig. 9G– H ) oval-shaped, yellow, wider than long. Total length 1.40. Carapace length 0.52, width 0.58. Abdomen length 0.92, width 0.98, height 1.17. Legs I 1.97 (femur 0.84 + patella and tibia 0.65 + tarsus 0.27 + metatarsus 0.21); II 1.82 (0.79 + 0.58 + 0.23 + 0.22); III 1.55 (0.63 + 0.45 + 0.26 + 0.21); IV 1.78 (0.71 + 0.48 + 0.34 + 0.25). Legs formula: 1432. Epigynal plate wide than long, slightly sclerotized, light yellow. Large copulatory opening ( Fig. 6G ). Copulatory ducts long and spiral, surrounding receptacle. Fertilization ducts short. Receptacles distant from each other ( Fig. 6G ).

Distribution

Only locality type ( Fig. 10 ).

Figures

Fig. 6. A–C. Tekellina picurrucha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov., ♂ (MCN 31476) and ♀ (IBSP 50834). A. Male palp, ventral view. B. ♂, palp, retrolateral view. C. ♀, epigynum, ventral view. D–E. T. miuda Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov., ♂ (MCN 48872) and ♀ (MCN 48871). D. ♂, palp, ventral view. E. ♂, palp, retrolateral view. F. ♀, epigynum, ventral view. G. T. miudinha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov., ♀, holotype (MCN 48870), epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars = 0.25 mm. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

Fig. 9. A–C. Tekellina picurrucha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. A. ♂ (MCN 31476), habitus, dorsal view. B. ♂ (MCN 31476), habitus, lateral view. C. ♀ (IBSP 50834), habitus, dorsal view. D–F. T. miuda Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. D. ♂ (MCN 48872), habitus, dorsal view. E. ♂ (MCN 48872), habitus, lateral view. F. ♀ (MCN 48871), habitus, dorsal view. G–H. T. miudinha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. G. ♀, holotype (MCN 48870), habitus, dorsal view. H. ♀, holotype (MCN 48870), habitus, lateral view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 10. Distribution map of Tekellina picurrucha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov., T. miuda Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. and T. miudinha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov.