Lapsias ciliatus Simon, 1900

Maddison, Wayne P., 2019, A new lapsiine jumping spider from North America, with a review of Simon's Lapsias species (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeinae), ZooKeys 891, pp. 17-29 : 17

Lapsias ciliatus Simon, 1900 Figs 19-29

Type material.

In MNHN Paris, 25 males from Colonia Tovar, Aragua State, Venezuela, most in a single vial with label "21083 Laps. ciliatus E.S., Tovar!" and more recent label "det Szűts 0012". When I received the specimens from the MNHN, one male matching this species was in a separate vial without label except one in Galiano’s handwriting reading "Typus? M.E. Galiano II 1959" and another "det Szűts 0013". Insofar as Galiano (1963) indicated she designated a lectotype from the type vial, this specimen can be safely considered that specimen. I have therefore made a copy of the label "21083 Laps. ciliatus E.S., Tovar!" and placed it in that male lectotype’s vial. The same applies to a female separated and with only Galiano’s label "Allotypus ♀ det. M.E. Galiano II 1959". The vial with most specimens also includes 7 females, which cannot be considered type material because Simon’s description makes no mention of females.

Notes.

The female is illustrated for the first time in Figs 27-29 . The epigynal openings are beneath a common central hood. Although Galiano separated off a female and labelled it as allotype, neither she nor Simon gave any acknowledgement or description of a female of L. ciliatus . The matching of these females to males of L. ciliatus is reasonably secure, even though three species of Lapsias occur at Colonia Tovar. The females of form shown in Figs 27-29 and the males matching the lectotype appear to have been abundant together, judging by the numbers of specimens. Both are larger and more robust, with wider carapaces, than the other two smaller, more delicate species from Colonia Tovar ( L. cyrboides and L. tovarensis ). Both male and female show a faint pale spot just posterior to the PLE.

Figures

Figures 19 - 29. Lapsias ciliatus, lectotype male (19 - 25) paralectotype (26), and associated female (27 - 29). 19 - 21 Male palp 19 ventral view 20 retrolateral view of tibia 21 ventral view 22 male body from above 23 body from below 24 chelicera from below 25 face 26 paralectotype male body from above 27 epigyne from below 28 vulva from above 29 body of same female as 27, 28. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (19, 27); 1.0 mm (otherwise).