Tekellina minor Marques & Buckup, 1993

Figs 2G–I, 4A–B, 8G–I, 11

Tekellina minor Marques & Buckup, 1993: 127, figs 5–6.

Diagnosis

Males of Tekellina minor resemble those of T. bella by the large paracymbium, but differ by the shorter terminal claw of the conductor (Figs 2G–H, 4B). Females resemble those of T. bella by the shape of the epigynum, but differ by the smaller receptacles and copulation ducts (Figs 2I, 4A).

Type material examined

Holotype

BRAZIL • ♂; Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande, Estação Ecológica do Taim; 2 Sep. 1986; M.A.L. Marques leg.; MCN 15856.

BRAZIL – Acre • 1 ♂; Senador Guiomard; 10°8′53″ S, 67°43′55″ W; E.F. Morato leg.; IBSP 159016 . – Bahia • 1 ♂; Salvador, Parque Joventino da Silva; 12°59′49.21″ S, 38°28′25.93″ W; 9. Apr. 2008; A. Andrade leg.; IBSP 145643 . – Rio de Janeiro • 1 ♂; Resende, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia; 22°22′31″ S, 44°39′44″ W; 8–15 Jun. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; IBSP 107 • 1 ♀; Petrópolis, Fazenda Ranchinho da Roça; 22°30′18″ S, 43°10′44″ W; 15–16 Aug. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; IBSP 49738 – São Paulo • 2 ♂♂; Guarulhos, Parque Estadual Cantareira, Núcleo Cabuçu; 23°24′5″ S, 46°35′24″ W; 16–22 Jul. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; IBSP 177 • 1 ♂; São Paulo, Parque Estadual da Cantareira; 23°24′15,1″ S, 46°31′59,7″ W; 1 May 2001; R. Pinto da Rocha et al. leg.; MCN 41790 • 1 ♂; Miracatu, Fazenda Itereí; 24°03′ S, 47°13′ W; 20–26 Sep. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; MCN 40893 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; MCN 41626 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; MCN 41627 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; MCN 48868 • 1 ♂; 20–26 Sep. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; MCN 40894 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; MCN 40895 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; MCN 48866 • 1♀; same data as for preceding; MCN 40896 • 1♀; same data as for preceding; MCN 4886 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 9 Aug. 2000; R. Pinto da Rocha et al. leg.; MCN 41789 .

Description

Male

See Marques & Buckup (1993: 127, figs 5–6).

Female (MCN 40897)

Carapace (Fig. 8I) yellowish, subtriangular. Subequal eyes, AME bigger, PLE distant from PME for almost a diameter. Legs yellowish with many setae. Abdomen (Fig. 8I) subspherical, dorsally white pigments absent. Total length 1.44. Carapace length 0.48, width 0.50. Abdomen length 0.88, width 1.05, height 1.22. Legs I 1.73 (femur 0.58 + patella & tibia 0.63 + tarsus 0.31 + metatarsus 0.21); II 1.5 (0.60 + 0.42 + 0.26 + 0.22); III 1.4 (0.48 + 0.45 + 0.26 + 0.21); IV 1.6 (0.50 + 0.48 + 0.34 + 0.28). Legs formula: 1423.

Distribution

Previously known from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Herein newly recorded from the states of Acre, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil (Fig. 11).