A new species of jumping spider Neonella Gertsch, with notes on the genus and male identification key (Araneae, Salticidae)

By

Rubio, Gonzalo D.
Argañaraz, Carina
Gleiser, Raquel M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

532

Pages

1-14

Subjects

Argentina , Dichotomous key , Neotropical , salticids

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.532.6078

 

Abstract

The American genus Neonella Gertsch, 1936 consists of very small jumping spiders whose biology is not well known. The genus currently includes eleven valid species, of which eight are known from both sexes and two are only known from one sex. This paper describes and illustrates a new species Neonella acostae sp. n., demonstrates male palpal variation in Neonella montana Galiano, 1988, and provides some information on the ecology of three sympatric species. New records of N. montana and N. minuta Galiano, 1965 are reported. Because the previously described species of Neonella were well illustrated and diagnosed, a dichotomous key to males is given along with genital illustrations of both sexes for all known species.