Agobardus phylladiphilus, 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 : 11-13

Agobardus phylladiphilus sp. nov.

Figs 43 – 53

Figures 43–46. Agobardus phylladiphilus sp. nov. 43 – 45 male paratype; 46 female paratype. Figures 43 – 46 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.

Type material. Holotype: male, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Pedernales: P. N. Sierra de Bahoruco , 18.128° N, 71.558° W, elev. 1340 m, 15 July 2009, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, N. Corona, WPM#09- 0 33 (UBC-SEM AR00038). Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00039); 5 males and 2 females in five vials, same data as holotype.

Figures 47–53. Agobardus phylladiphilus sp. nov. 47 male paratype, dorsal view; 48 female paratype, dorsal view; 49 male left palp, ventral view; 50 male left palp, retrolateral view; 51 male left chelicera, back view; 52 epigynum, ventral view; 53 cleared epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: 47, 1.0 mm; 48, 2.0 mm; 51, 0.2 mm; 49 – 50, 52 – 53, 0.1 mm.

Etymology. The specific epithet means "leaf litter loving", based on the Greek "phyllas" for leaf litter, and refers to its habitat.

Diagnosis. Male chelicerae are not modified (Fig. 51), as in Agobardus cordiformis and A. gramineus . Differs from A. cordiformis by the wider retrolateral sperm duct loop (Fig. 49), and the pear-shaped spermathecae, which are closer to each other (Fig. 53). Differs from A. gramineus by the narrower median septum of the epigynum (Fig. 52), and the pear-shaped spermathecae, which are closer to the epigynal groove (Fig. 53).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00038). Carapace length 1.6 (variation 1.4 – 1.7, n=6); abdomen length 1.6. Chelicera (Fig. 51): yellow brown; not elaborate. Palp (Figs 49 – 50): light brown. Embolus slightly curved. Retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like. Palpal femur and patella with long white hairs. Measurements of legs: I 3.7, II 3.4, III 3.7, IV 4.4. Color in alcohol (Fig. 47): carapace dark brown, with wide lateral margins and a central stripe behind fovea covered with white setae; abdomen light brown, with a pair of dark brown irregular stripes; venter with dark brown speckles; legs I and II dark brown, legs III and IV light brown.

Female (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00039). Carapace length 1.6 (variation 1.6 – 1.9, n=3); abdomen length 1.7. Measurements of legs: I 3.6, II 3.4, III 3.9, IV 4.7. Epigynum (Figs 52 – 53): window occupying about half of the epigynal plate; opening of copulatory duct at the posterior margin of the window. Copulatory ducts short and with accessory gland; spermathecae pear-shaped and close to each other. Color in alcohol (Fig. 48): similar to that of the male, but the white lateral margins on carapace narrower, and the dark colored stripes on abdomen more obvious.

Natural history. Specimens were found in leaf litter in a pine forest, usually beneath the litter.