Pochytoides Berland & Millot 1941
Creators: name: Wesołowska, Wanda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Pochytoides

description: A key to the species of Pochytoides
Males
1. Pedipalp with short apophysis on the patella (Fig. 7C) ...................................... P. patellaris sp. nov.
– Pedipalp without patellar apophysis ................................................................................................. 2
2. Embolic division serrated distally (Fig. 3A) ...................................................... P. monticola sp. nov.
– Embolic division smooth distally ..................................................................................................... 3
3. Embolus almost straight, with accompanying membrane (Fig. 9E) ................................................... ................................................................................ P. poissoni (Berland & Millot, 1941) comb. nov.
– Embolus bent, without conspicuous membrane ............................................................................... 4
4. Anterior lobe of bulb expanding distally, axe-shaped (Fig. 11E) ........................... P. securis sp. nov.
– Anterior lobe of bulb tapering distally .............................................................................................. 5
5. Embolic division curved toward prolateral side of the palp (Fig. 5A) ..................... P. obstipa sp. nov.
– Embolic division sigmoid, its tip curved toward retrolateral side .................................................... 6
6. Prolateral edge of anterior lobe of bulb with spine at base (Fig. 13C) ................. P. spiniger sp. nov.
– Prolateral edge of anterior lobe of bulb strongly sclerotized, but without spine (Fig. 1B) ................ ............................................................................................................................... P. lamottei sp. nov.
Females
1. Epigyne without pockets ................................................................................................................... 2
– Epigyne with paired pockets at epigastric furrow ............................................................................ 3
2. Area occupied by atria broader than spermathecae area (Fig. 8D) ..................................................... .................................................................................... P. perezi (Berland & Millot, 1941) comb. nov.
– Area occupied by atria narrower than spermathecae area (Fig. 15C) ................... P. spiniger sp. nov.
3. Atria weakly sclerotized (Fig. 12C) ........................................................................ P. securis sp. nov.
– Atria strongly sclerotized .................................................................................................................. 4
4. Area occupied by atria narrower than spermathecae area (Fig. 2C) ..................... P. lamottei sp. nov.
– Area occupied by atria broader than spermathecae area ................................................................... 5
5. Two semicircular hoods in front of atria, spermathecae spherical (Fig. 10D) .................................... ................................................................................ P. poissoni (Berland & Millot, 1941) comb. nov.
– Shallow depression in front of atria, spermathecae oval ................................................................... 6
6. Posterior edge of epigynal depression straight, pockets placed posteriorly to spermathecae (Fig. 4B) ............................................................................................................... P. monticola sp. nov.
– Posterior edge of epigynal depression arched, pockets placed at spermathecae level (Fig. 6C) .......... .................................................................................................................................... P. obstipa sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Wesołowska, Wanda, 2018, A revision of the genus Pochytoides Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 1-26 in European Journal of Taxonomy 418 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.418, http://zenodo.org/record/1210533