Peckhamia wesolowskae, Cala-Riquelme & Bustamante & Crews & Cutler, 2020

Cala-Riquelme, Franklyn, Bustamante, Abel A., Crews, Sarah C. & Cutler, Bruce, 2020, New species of Peckhamia Simon, 1900 (Salticidae: Dendryphantini: Synagelina) from the Greater Antilles, Zootaxa 4899 (1), pp. 141-160 : 152

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.7

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4400863

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087EF-F667-A431-2896-43A7FB8EF3E5

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Plazi

scientific name

Peckhamia wesolowskae
status

sp. nov.

Peckhamia wesolowskae View in CoL sp. nov.

Figures 27–42 View FIGURE 27–33 View FIGURES 34–36 View FIGURES 37–42

Etymology. The species epithet is a noun in apposition in honor of the Polish salticidologist Dr. Wanda Wesołowska, for her contributions to the study of salticids.

Diagnosis. Male Peckhamia wesolowskae sp. nov. ( Figs 31 View FIGURE 27–33 , 36 View FIGURES 34–36 ) can be distinguished from other Peckhamia by the embolus with the rR reduced and the pbR truncated and developed. Female P. wesolowskae sp. nov. ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 27–33 ) can be distinguished by lacking the abdominal white area ( Fig. 28 View FIGURE 27–33 ), which is present in P. areito sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 1–7 ), P. espositoae sp. nov. ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 8–14 ), P. surcaribensis sp. nov. ( Fig. 21 View FIGURE 20–26 ), P. formosa comb. nov. and P. magna comb. nov. ( Fig. 52 View FIGURE 49–55 ); the CD without an ovoid coil, which is present in P. espositoae sp. nov. ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 8–14 ) and P. magna comb. nov. ( Fig. 53 View FIGURE 49–55 ); the SS that is longer than wide, while SS as long as wide in P. espositoae sp. nov. ( Figs 14 View FIGURE 8–14 ) and P. formosa comb. nov. ( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 49–55 ) and separated from the PS; and SS close to PS in P. formosa comb. nov. ( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 49–55 ).

Description. Male (Holotype, ICN-Ar-12800). Coloration ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 37–42 , in alcohol): Carapace dark reddish, almost black in interocular region. Chelicerae reddish; endites and labium gray to pale yellow. Leg I yellow to reddish; legs II–IV, pale gray to dark brown. Abdomen ventrally gray to black; dorsally, reddish to black with sparse white scales. Total length 4.0. Carapace 1.8 long, 1.1 wide at position of PLE, 0.65 high, 0.59 times wider than high, flat from AME to PLE, then with a soft descent to an inconspicuous groove just behind PLE; carapace 0.56 times longer than OQ. AER 0.85 wide, PER 1.05 wide. OQ 1.0 long, slightly longer than wide. Clypeus 0.1 high and lacking decoration. Sternum longer than wide, 0.7 long, 0.32 wide. Abdomen 2.0 long, with very slight constriction of the anterior third. Legs 4213; leg I: femur 1.0 long, 0.55 wide; patella 0.65 long, 0.25 wide; patella somewhat flattened dorsally; femur wide dorsally. Palpal structure as in Figs 30–32 View FIGURE 27–33 , 35–36 View FIGURES 34–36 : femur straight, 0.56 times longer than wide, femur 0.5 times longer than patella+tibia; RTA dark, wide ( Fig. 32 View FIGURE 27–33 ); embolus, pdR very elongated and thin compared to rR, pbR truncated and developed.

Female (Paratype, ICN-Ar-12801). Coloration as in male ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 37–42 , in alcohol). Total length 3.3. Carapace 1.6 long, 0.8 wide, 0.7 high; 0.53 times longer than OQ. Clypeus 0.1 high. AER 0.85 wide, PER 1.0 wide. OQ length 0.85. Sternum 0.75 long, 0.4 wide. Abdomen 1.55 long, longer than wide. Leg formula 4213; leg I: femur 0.85 long, 0.43 wide; patella 0.55 long, 0.2 wide. Genitalia ( Fig. 33 View FIGURE 27–33 ): WE occupying much more than 1/2 of epigynal plate; CD curved; SS developed, longer than wide; PS as wide as CD; FD distant from CD; BG depressed or superficial.

Type material. Holotype ³ CUBA: Pinar del Río Province: Guanacahabibes, Maria La Gorda , 21.8199959°N, 84.4939488°W, leg. F. Cala-Riquelme, 14.XI.2012 (beating in dry forest) (ICN-Ar-12800). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 1³ 1♀ (ICN-Ar-12801) GoogleMaps . Pinar del Río Province: Viñales National Park Maravillas de Viñales , 22.65346°N, 83.69967°W, leg. F. Cala-Riquelme & A. Deler-Hernández, 18.IV.2012 (beating in dry forest), 1³ (ICN-Ar-12802) GoogleMaps ; Artemisa Province: San Antonio de los Baños , 22.899345°N, 82.496934°W, leg. L. De Armas, 1–30. V.1985 (manual collection in secondary forest), 1³ (ICN-Ar-12803) GoogleMaps ; Matanzas Province: Cardenas, Laguna de Maya , 23.128917°N, 81.325195°W, leg. F. Cala-Riquelme, 23.III.2014 (beating in dry forest), 1♀ (ICN-Ar-12803) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Known only from Pinar del Río, Artemiza and Matanzas ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 56 ).

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Peckhamia

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