Corticattus guajataca, Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), Zootaxa 3476, pp. 1-54 : 27-28

Corticattus guajataca sp. nov.

Figs 114 – 125

Type material. Holotype: male, PUERTO RICO: Isabela: Bosque de Guajataca , 18.421° N, 66.966° W, elev. 217 – 250m, wet forest, 25 July 2009, coll. J. Zhang & G. B. Edwards, WPM#09-063 (UBC-SEM AR00075). Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00076); 1 male, same data as holotype; 1 female, PUERTO RICO: Maricao: Bosque de Maricao, 18.150° N, 66.994° W, elev. 790m, wet forest, 26 July 2009, coll. J. Zhang & G. B. Edwards, WPM#09-064; 1 female, PUERTO RICO: Maricao: Bosque de Maricao at HWY105, 18.1768° N, 67.0105° W, elev. 400m, 26 July 2009, coll. J. Zhang & G. B. Edwards, WPM#09-065; 1 female, same data as previous.

Figures 120–125. Corticattus guajataca sp. nov. 120 male holotype, dorsal view; 121 female paratype, dorsal view; 122 male left palp, ventral view; 123 male left palp, retrolateral view; 124 epigynum, ventral view; 125 cleared epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: 120 – 121, 0.5 mm; 122 – 125, 0.1 mm.

Etymology. A noun in apposition taken from the holotype locality.

Diagnosis. See the diagnosis of Corticattus latus .

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00075). Carapace length 1.1; abdomen length 0.9. Fovea far behind PLEs. Chelicera: dark brown. Palp (Figs 122 – 123): yellowish brown. Embolus widened near the tip. Retrolateral tibial apophysis long and finger-like. First pair of legs robust, tibia with one ventral macroseta prolaterally and two ventral macrosetae retrolaterally; metatarsus with two pairs of ventral macrosetae. Measurements of legs: I 1.9, II 1.5, III 1.8, IV 1.8. Color in alcohol (Fig. 120): carapace dark, covered with many white setae; abdomen brownish, with some pale markings and a medial dark brown stripe; venter brown; first pair of legs yellow brown to dark yellow brown, other legs light yellow with dark annuli, anterior surface of femur of second leg dark.

Female (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00076). Carapace length 1.0 (variation 1.0 – 1.3, n=4); abdomen length 1.1. Tibia and metatarsus of first leg with two pairs of ventral macrosetae each. Measurements of legs: I 1.5, II 1.3, III 1.7, IV 2.0. Epigynum (Figs 124 – 125): window large, with a very narrow median septum; opening to copulatory duct along the median septum. Copulatory ducts short, with relatively large accessory gland; spermathecae small and oval. Color in alcohol (Fig. 121): similar to that of male except first pair of legs lighter in color.

Natural history. Specimens were found on tree trunks in humid forest.

Figures 126–131. Corticattus latus sp. nov. 126 – 129 male holotype; 130 – 131 female paratype. Figures 126 – 131 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.