Thrandina parocula Maddison

Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, Five new species of lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 3424, pp. 51-65 : 65

Thrandina parocula Maddison

( Figs 34–36 , 48–52 )

Diagnosis. T. parocula can be distinguished from both T. cosanga and T. bellavista by its larger median apophysis with a long spur, sinuate embolus, prolateral side of cymbium clothed in black (see Fig. 51 ), darker base of the metatarsus of leg 1 in males, and epigynal opening more posteriorly placed.

New material examined. 2 males and 7 females in UBC-SEM from: ECUADOR: Napo: Río Guamani on Jondachi-Loreto road. S 0.7223 W 77.6408. 1050 m elev. W & D Maddison, M Vega, M Reyes. (1 male 2 females from 31 October 2010, WPM#10-038; 1 males 5 females from 6 November 2010, WPM#10-053)

Natural history. A video of a living male is available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlt7_0q9Zs

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 36. Thrandina species, genitalia. (25 – 29) Thrandina cosanga, sp. n., holotype male 25 tip of embolus, oblique view between ventral and prolateral 26 male palp, ventral view 27 male palp, retrolateral view 28 epigynum, ventral view 29 epigynum, cleared, dorsal view (30 – 33) Thrandina bellavista, sp. n., 30 tip of embolus, oblique view between ventral and prolateral 31 male palp, ventral view 32 male palp, retrolateral view 33 epigynum, ventral view (34 – 36) Thrandina parocula Maddison. 34 epigynum, ventral view 35 epigynum, cleared, dorsal view 36 male palp, ventral view. (25 – 27, 30 – 32, 36) holotypes. (28 – 29, 33) paratypes. Scale bar = 0.1 mm. Figures 25 – 36 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.

FIGURES 48 – 52. Thrandina parocula Maddison. (48, 49, 51) male from Río Guamani (locality WPM # 10 - 038) 50 female from Río Guamani (locality WPM # 10 - 053) 52 female from Río Guamani (locality WPM # 10 - 038). Figures 48 – 52 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.