Helvetia albovittata Simon 1901
Creators: name: Ruiz, Gustavo R. S.
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Helvetia
Helvetia albovittata

description: <i>Helvetia albovittata</i> Simon, 1901 <b>Figs 13-14</b> <i>Helvetia albovittata</i> Simon, 1901b: 157 (female holotype from Paraguay, Germain <i>leg.</i>, deposited in MNHN 9341, examined); Galiano, 1963a: 361, pl. XIX, fig. 17; Galiano, 1965: 47, figs 7- 8 (misidentified male, actually <i>H</i>. <i>galianoae</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> described in this paper); Platnick, 2007. <i>Admestina insularis</i> Banks, 1902: 66, pl. 2, fig. 4 (male holotype from Narborough, Galapagos Islands, 4.VII.1899, Hopkins &amp; Stanford Expedition <i>leg.</i>, deposited in American Museum of Natural History, not examined). <b>Syn. nov.</b> <i>Helvetia otiosa</i> Galiano, 1976: 54, figs 8-12 (male holotype from Embalse, Córdoba, Argentina, 27.XII.1974, M.E. Galiano <i>leg.</i>, deposited in MACN 6737, not examined). Synonymized with <i>H</i>. <i>insularis</i> by Galiano 1989: 49. <i>Helvetia insularis</i>; Galiano, 1989: 49; Platnick, 2007. Note. Since the type specimen of <i>Admestina insularis</i> has not been examined, the synonymy is established based on the very good illustrations of <i>Helvetia otiosa</i> by GALIANO (1976, figs 8-12). Diagnosis. The male of this species is easily dintinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the very long embolus, the form of the RTA and the presence of a depression on the retrolateral cymbium where the tip of the embolus is held in resting position (see GALIANO 1976, figs 10-11). Females are very like those of <i>H</i>. <i>santarema</i> but can be distinguished by the medial posterior fusion of the copulatory openings, like that of <i>H</i>. <i>labiata</i> (Fig. 13). Description. Male. Described by GALIANO (1976: 54, un- der <i>H</i>. <i>otiosa</i>). Female. Described by GALIANO (1963a: 361). New records. BRAZIL, <i>São Paulo</i>: Primavera (Usina Hidrelétrica Sérgio Motta), 8 males and 7 females, 2001, Equipe IBSP <i>leg.</i> (IBSP 53068, 53152); <i>Santa Catarina</i>: Caçador, 1 male, X.1982, D. Lorenzato <i>leg.</i> (IBSP 4255). Distribution. Known from Ecuador (Galapagos Islands, possibly introduced), Paraguay, Argentina, and from the states of São Paulo and Santa Catarina, Brazil.
description: Published as part of <i>Gustavo R. S. Ruiz &amp; Antonio D. Brescovit, 2008, Revision of Helvetia (Araneae: Salticidae: Heliophaninae), pp. 139-147 in Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25 (1)</i> on page 142, DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752008000100018, http://zenodo.org/record/3678502
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