Thymoites puer ( Mello-Leitão, 1941 ), Mello-Leitao, 1941

Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2015, On the spider genus Thymoites in the Neotropical Region (Araneae, Theridiidae): nine new species, complementary descriptions and new records, Zootaxa 3972 (2), pp. 181-207 : 195-198

Thymoites puer ( Mello-Leitão, 1941)

Figs. 44–46 , 86

Theridion puer Mello-Leitão, 1941: 211 , fig. 15 (Female holotype from Guadalupe, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, deposited in Museu de la Plata, not examined).

Thymoites puer, Levi, 1964: 460 , figs. 25–26 (Transf.). Ibarra-Núñez, Maya-Morales & Chamé-Vázquez, 2011: 1186, fig. 5g.

Diagnosis. The male of Thymoites puer ( Mello-Leitão, 1941) resembles that of T. pinheiral new species in the form of the carapace, high and unmodified in ocular area ( Figs. 45, 46 ) and the shape of palp ( Fig. 44 ), but differs in conductor developed, trajectory of the sperm duct in the tegulum, the shape of embolus ( Fig. 44 ) and without setae between AME.

Description. Male (from Peru Velho, MCN 32482). Total length 1.79. Carapace length 0.75, width 0.65. Clypeus height 0.31. Sternum length 0.40, width 0.46. Abdomen length 1.08, width 0.86, height 0.84. Leg formula I/IV/II/III; segment length (I/II/III/IV): femora 0.94/0.79/0.62/0.86; patellae + tibiae 0.94/0.79/0.58/0.80; metatarsi + tarsi 1.08/0.85/0.66/0.81; total 2.96/2.43/1.96/2.47. Carapace ( Figs. 45, 46 ) yellow with median dark spots. Eyes with dark borders. AME smaller than the other eyes. Sternum, endites, chelicerae, and labium yellow. Legs pale yellow, except femur IV with posterior dark spots. Abdomen longer than wide, pale yellow with dark dots: two anterior and one posterior ( Fig. 45 ). Spinnerets pale yellow. Palp with conductor developed and the embolus curved ( Fig. 44 ).

Female. Described by Mello-Leitão (1941) and illustrated by Levi (1964: figs. 25, 26).

Remarks. Males and females were collected together.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Paraná: Santa Helena (Refúgio Biológico de Santa Helena, 24°51’36”S; 54°19’58”W), 12–16.XI.1991, A. B. Bonaldo leg., 2F (MCN 21690); Três Barras do Paraná (Foz do Córrego Três Barras, Rio Guarani, 25°25’08”S; 53°10’51”W), 20–26.II.1993, A. B. Bonaldo leg.,1F (MCN 23130); Capitão Leonidas Marques (Salto Caxias, Rio Iguaçú, 25°28’44”S; 53°36’50”W), 20–28.III.1993, A. B. Bonaldo leg., 4F (MCN 23748). Santa Catarina: Itá (Estrada Nova Teutônia, 27º11'00''S, 52º29'01''W), 01.II.1996, A. B. Bonaldo, A. B. Kury & Rocha leg., 3F (MCN 27140). Rio Grande do Sul: Santa Maria ( Peru Velho, 29º41'03"S, 53º48'25"W), 12.VIII.1998, C. Kotzian & L. Indrusiak leg., 1M, 1F (MCN 32482).

Distribution. Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul) and Argentina (Santa Fe).

Figures

FIGURES 44 – 48. Thymoites puer (Mello-Leitão, 1941): 44 – 46, Male: 44, Palp, ventral. 45, Body, dorsal view. 46, Body, lateral view. Thymoites melloleitaoni (Bristowe, 1938): 47 – 48, Epigynum: 47, Ventral. 48, Dorsal, cleared Scale bars, 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 86 – 89. Records of the Thymoites species. 86, Thymoites murici n. sp., Thymoites ilhabela n. sp., Thymoites tabuleiro n. sp., Thymoites puer (Mello-Leitão, 1941). 87, Thymoites piratini n. sp., Thymoites pinheiral n. sp., Thymoites melloleitaoni (Bristowe, 1938), Thymoites piarco (Levi, 1959). 88, Thymoites taiobeiras n. sp., Thymoites camaqua n. sp., Thymoites bocaina n. sp., Thymoites ilvan Levi, 1964, Thymoites struthio (Simon, 1895). 89, Thymoites cristal n. sp., Thymoites iritus Levi, 1964, Thymoites anicus Levi, 1964.