Corythalia bromelicola Zhang & Maddison, 2012, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zhang, Jun-Xia
name: Maddison, Wayne P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Corythalia
Corythalia bromelicola

description: Corythalia bromelicola sp. nov.
Figs 152 – 164
Type material. Holotype: male, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Barahona: Cachote-La Cienega Road, 18.0562° N, 71.1416° W, elev. 730 m, 20 July 2009, coll. W. Maddison, G. B. Edwards, J. Zhang, G. Ruiz, N. Corona, WPM#09-048 (UBC-SEM AR00055). Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00056).
Etymology. Refers to the habitat, bromeliads.
Diagnosis. Differs from other species by the larger and flatter body, the long legs, and the markings on the abdomen (Figs 152 – 159). Similar in palp to Corythalia broccai, but differs in the wider median septum of the epigynum (Fig. 163) and the shape of the vulva (Fig. 164).
Figures 152–157. Corythalia bromelicola sp. nov. 152 – 155 male holotype; 156 – 157 female paratype. Figures 152 – 157 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.
Figures 158–164. Corythalia bromelicola sp. nov. 158 male holotype, dorsal view; 159 female paratype, dorsal view; 160 male left palp, ventral view; 161 male carapace, dorsal view; 162 male left chelicera, back view; 163 epigynum, ventral view; 164 cleared epigynum, dorsal view. Scale bars: 158, 2.0 mm; 159, 1.0 mm; 160 – 164, 0.2 mm.
Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00055). Carapace length 2.9; abdomen length 2.9. Chelicera (Fig. 162): red brown; with one bicuspid promarginal tooth and one retromarginal tooth. Palp (Fig. 160): yellow brown. Embolus short and slightly curved; retrolateral sperm duct loop reduced. Retrolateral tibial apophysis long and finger-like. Tibia and metatarsus of first leg with three pairs of ventral macrosetae each. Measurements of legs: I 8.7, II 6.2, III 6.6, IV 7.3. Abdomen with a mound in front of the spiracle opening. Color in alcohol (Fig. 158): carapace dark brown, with narrow white lateral margins and markings around PLEs composed of white scales; abdomen dark brown with a white medial marking and white margins; venter gray; legs gray brown.
Female (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00056). Carapace length 2.7; abdomen length 3.4. Chelicera: with one bicuspid promarginal tooth and one retromarginal tooth. First leg with three pairs of ventral macrosetae on tibia and metatarsus each. Measurements of legs: I 5.9, II 5.5, III 6.2, IV 6.8. Epigynum (Figs 163 – 164): window almost round, occupying about half of epigynal plate, with opening to copulatory duct at its posterior margin. Copulatory ducts with accessory gland near the opening; spermathecae small and oval, located right anterior to the window. Color in alcohol (Fig. 159): similar to that of the male except legs lighter in color.
Natural history. Specimens were found in bromeliads in cloud forest.
Figures 165–170. Corythalia coronai sp. nov. 165 – 168 male paratype; 169 – 170 female paratype. Figures 165 – 170 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 3476 on pages 32-35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282237