Tekellina bella Marques & Buckup 1993
Creators: name: Estol, Narelle
name: Valiati, Victor Hugo
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
name: Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Theridiidae
Tekellina
Tekellina bella

description: Tekellina bella Marques & Buckup, 1993
Figs 2A–C, 3A–B, 5A–B, F, 8A–C, 11
Tekellina bella Marques & Buckup, 1993: 128, figs 9–12.
Diagnosis
Males of Tekellina bella resemble those of Tekellina miuda Rodrigues & Estol sp. nov. by the acuminated shape of the paracymbium, but differ by the terminal claw of the longer conductor and the mesal arm of the conductor not coiled and surpassing the cymbium (Figs 2A, 3B, 5A–B). Females resemble those of T. archboldi (see Levi 1957: figs 11–12) by the shape of the receptacles (Fig. 3A), but differ by the distinct course of the fertilization ducts and the distance between the copulatory openings (Fig. 2C).
Type material examined
Holotype
BRAZIL • ♂; Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Florestal Adolpho Duck; 2°55′ S, 59°59′ W; 21 Feb. 1992; J. Adis et al. leg.; INPA.
Paratypes
BRAZIL • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; INPA • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; 19–21 Aug. 1991; J. Adis et al. leg.; MCN 22502 • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; 18–25 Feb. 1992; A.D. Brescovit leg.; MCN 22474 • 2 ♀ ♀; same data as for preceding; MCN 22021, 22474 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Roraima, Ilha de Maracá, Rio Uraricoera; 3°24′ N, 61°42′ W; 14 Nov. 1992; A.A. Lise and A.B. Bonaldo leg.; MCTP 2225.
Other material examined
BOLIVIA – Beni • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Beni Biological Station; 49′59.99″ S, 34′59.99″ W; 27–29 Aug. 1993; H. Höfer and A.D. Brescovit leg.; MCN 24681.
BRAZIL – Amazonas • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Manaus, Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke; 2°55′ S, 59°59′ W; 21 Feb.1992; J. Adis et al. leg.; MCN 22170. – Minas Gerais • 1 ♂; Nova Lima, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Mata Samuel de Paula; 20°03′ S, 43°52′ W; 12–14 Oct. 2006, J.P.P.P. Barbosa et al. leg.; UFMG 3099 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 29–30 Apr. 2007; UFMG 2672. – Pará • 1 ♀; Portel, Rio Camarapi, Igarapé Banã; 2°1′31.58″ S, 50°42′43.58″ W; 2018; R. Saturnino leg.; MPEG 35565 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 2°12′5.70″ S, 50°42′10.17″ W; 2018; R. Saturnino, L.R. Fernandes and L. Feitosa leg.; MPEG 35568 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 2°12′40.00″ S, 50°28′23.10″ W; 2018; Leonardo leg.; MPEG 35552 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Portel, Rio Camarapi, Igarapé Açaítuba; 2°12′21.48″ S, 50°27′51.09″ W; 2018; Adriano leg.; MPEG 35553 • 1♀; same data as for preceding; 2°1′38.50″ S, 50°42′55.80″ W; 2018; L.R. Fernandes leg.; MPEG 35563 • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 2°4′11.85″ S, 50°43′4.71″ W; 2018; R. Saturnino leg.; MPEG 35561 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding 2°3′21.30″ S, 50°42′21.60″ W; 2018; L. Feitosa leg.; MPEG 35569 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; MPEG 35557 • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; MPEG 35564 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; MPEG 35559 • 1 same data as for preceding; MPEG 35556 • 1 ♀; MPEG 35567 • 1 ♂; Portel, Igarapé Banã; 2°3′59.62″ S, 50°42′53.46″ W; 2018; R. Saturnino leg.; MPEG 35560 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; Miguel leg.; MPEG 35566 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; MPEG 35558 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; L. Feitosa leg.; MPEG 35562 • 1 ♂; Portel, Rio Camarapi, Igarapé Mirituba; 2°6′34.50″ S, 50°39′9.00″ W; 2018; Azenildo leg., MPEG 35555.
Description
See Marques & Buckup (1993: 128, figs 9–12).
Distribution
Previously known from the states of Amazonas and Roraima. Herein newly recorded from Beni, Bolivia, and states of Pará and Minas Gerais, Brazil (Fig. 11).
description: Published as part of Estol, Narelle, Valiati, Victor Hugo, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes, 2024, On the Neotropical species of the spider genus Tekellina Levi, 1957 (Arachnida: Araneae: Synotaxidae), pp. 154-178 in European Journal of Taxonomy 943 on pages 159-160, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2593, http://zenodo.org/record/12707422