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Issue: Vol. 4184 No. 1: 3 Nov. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.7
Page range: 117–129
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 1

Edwardsya, a new genus of jumping spiders from South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Freyina)

Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, CEP 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Pará / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
Araneae Amazon ground dweller igapó várzea

Abstract

Edwardsya gen. nov. is proposed to include the type species Attus simoni Taczanowski, 1871 from lower Amazon River, and E. igapo sp. nov. from upper Amazon River, both known only from Brazil. The male of Edwardsya simoni comb. nov. is redescribed and the correct female is described for the first time. Both sexes of the second species are described and illustrated. A modified endite apophysis is described, and a stimulatory role in copulation is proposed for it.

 

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