Dendryphantes legibilis ( Nicolet, 1849 )

Barry J. Richardson, 2010, A Review of the Jumping Spider Fauna (Araneae: Salticidae) of Chile, Zootaxa 2418, pp. 1-49 : 16-17

Dendryphantes legibilis ( Nicolet, 1849)

( Figs 30–31)

Attus legibilis Nicolet, 1849: 366 ; Ramirez, 1989: 8.

Dendryphantes legibilis: Ruiz and Brescovit, 2008: 536 .

Material examined. None available.

Diagnosis. The species is only known from the female holotype. This was recently rediscovered ( Ramirez 1989) and very briefly redescribed ( Ruiz & Brescovit 2008). It is most similar to D. mordax in colour but can be separated on the patterning present on the abdomen of D. mordax . It can also be separated by the insemination ducts moving in a posterior direction as they approach the fossa.

Description. Male: unknown.

Female (holotype after Ruiz & Brescovit 2008): Cephalothorax light brown. Chelicerae yellow with two teeth on the promargin and one on the retromargin. Palp yellow. Sternum yellow. Abdomen and spinnerets yellow. L1 light brown, L2–4 yellow. Spination: L1, femur with no spines, patella no spines, tibia with three pairs of ventrolateral spines, metatarsus with two pairs of ventrolateral spines, L2 femur with three dorsal and two distal dorsolateral spines, patella no spines, tibia with one pair of ventrolateral spines, metatarsus with two pairs of ventrolateral spines, L3 femur with three dorsal and three distal dorsolateral spines, patella no spines, tibia with a single or one pair of ventrolateral spines, metatarsus with one pair of ventrolateral spines, L4 femur with three dorsal and one or no dorsolateral spines, patella no spines, tibia with one pair of ventrolateral spines, metatarsus with 2 pairs of ventrolateral spines. Epigynum ( Figs 30–31): a rectangular plate, invaginated posteriorly. Long and coiled insemination ducts with small oval spermathecae. Dimensions: CL 2.45, EFL 1.10, CW 1.82, AEW 1.35, PEW 1.60, L1 4.17 (F1 1.30, (P1+T1) 1.80+(M1+T1) 1.07), L2 3.20 (1.05+1.25+0.90), L3 3.25 (1.05+1.20+1.00), L4 4.07 (1.30+1.55+1.22).

Distribution. Known only from type locality (“Chile”).