On the taxonomy of some neotropical species of jumping spiders described by Caporiacco (Araneae, Salticidae)

Abstract

Pseudattulus incertus Caporiacco, 1955 is synonymized with P. kratochvili Caporiacco, 1947 and the male of this species is redescribed. The genus Uspachus Galiano, 1995 is synonymized with Romitia Caporiacco, 1947 and the male of its type species, R. nigra Caporiacco, 1947, is redescribed. The following new combinations are established for the species formerly included in Uspachus: Romitia albipalpis (Taczanowski, 1878), Romitia andina (Taczanowski, 1878), Romitia bahiensis (Galiano, 1995), Romitia colombiana (Galiano, 1995), Romitia juquiaensis (Galiano, 1995), Romitia ministerialis (C.L. Koch, 1846), Romitia misionensis (Galiano, 1995) and Romitia patellaris (Galiano, 1995). The genus Pseudamphidraus Caporiacco, 1947 is synonymized with Noegus Simon, 1900 by transfer of its type species, Noegus niger (Caporiacco, 1947) comb. nov., whose male is herein redescribed. The species Pseudamphidraus variegatus Caporiacco, 1947 and Marma trifidocarinata Caporiacco, 1947 are synonymized with Marma nigritarsis (Simon, 1900).

Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini)

“…We synonymize Pseudattulus (see Ruiz et al 2007) based on its shortcut spermophore loop and flattened cymbium, which suggest close relationship to (or membership in) the palpalis group. We accept (and thus re-assert) Ruiz et al's (2007) synonymy of Sitticus cabellensis Prószyński, 1971 with Pseudattulus kratochvili.…”

Redescription and resolution of some Neotropical species of jumping spiders described by Caporiacco and description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae)

“…RUIZ & BRESCOVIT (2005) examined the type specimens of some of his species from Venezuela and established several taxonomic changes. Some of Caporiacco's species from Guyana were also revised by RUIZ et al (2007), but most of his taxa from that country are revised in the present paper. The single species from Guatemala/Mexico and the 25 from French Guiana are the most taxonomically problematic, due to his bad illustrations and the fact that almost all of the type specimens are lost.…”

“…After the two previous papers on the taxonomy of those problematical species (RUIZ & BRESCOVIT 2005;RUIZ et al 2007), the present study is a third attempt to clarify the identity of Caporiacco's Neotropical species.…”