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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2593

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12735146

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9DB36011-8537-4470-8F6A-6C5F09B2E319

taxon LSID

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treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Tekellina miudinha Rodrigues & Estol
status

sp. nov.

Tekellina miudinha Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov.

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Figs 6G View Fig , 9G–H View Fig , 10 View Fig

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 View Fig ).

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. GoogleMaps

Description

Male Unknown.

Female (holotype MCN 48872)

Carapace ( Fig. 9G View Fig ) oval, light yellowish. AME bigger very close to ALE and PLE. Abdomen ( Fig. 9G– H View Fig ) 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 View Fig ). Copulatory ducts long and spiral, surrounding receptacle. Fertilization ducts short. Receptacles distant from each other ( Fig. 6G View Fig ).

Distribution

Only locality type ( Fig. 10 View Fig ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theridiidae

Genus

Tekellina

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