Eustala minuscula Keyserling 1892
Creators: name: Poeta, Maria Rita Muniz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneidae
Eustala
Eustala minuscula

description: Eustala minuscula (Keyserling, 1892)
Fig. 88
New records. Brazil: São Paulo: São José do Barreiro (Serra da Bocaina), 22º30’S, 44º34’W, ♀, 01.–31.I.1963, Vulcano (MZSP 7844). Paraná: Ponta Grossa (Vila Velha), 25º04’S, 49°56’W, ♀, F. Lange (MHNCI 1899); Clevelândia (Fazenda Tunas, Rio Chopim), 26º24’S, 52º26’W, 2♂, II.2001, R.S. Brenils (MNRJ 3642).
Additional material examined. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Chapecó (Quebra-queixo), 26º55’S, 52º33’W, ♂, 26.–27.II.2002, M. Kammers (MCTP 12920); Rio Uruguai, 27º08’S, 53º03’W, ♂, ♀, 02.IX.2010, R.C. Francisco (MCTP 34474). Rio Grande do Sul: Erval Grande, 27º20’S, 52º33’W, ♂, 17.–20.IV.1992, A. Braul (MCTP 31963); ♂, 3♀, 17.–20.V.1992, A. Braul (MCTP 2057, 2060, 2222); Marcelino Ramos, 27º19’S, 51º53’W, ♀, II.1989, A. Braul (MCTP 19777); Nova Prata, 28º40’S, 51º35’W, ♀, 06.IX.1987, F.C. Quadros (MCTP 26133); Caxias do Sul, 28°53’S, 51°06’W, ♀, 03.–05.XI.1994, A.A. Lise (MCTP 5325); (Fazenda Souza) ♂, 18.–21.XI.1993, A.A. Lise (MCTP 32539); ♀, 11.–12.XI.1995, Equipe do Laboratório de Aracnologia (MCTP 7138); São Francisco de Paula, 29°14’S, 50°31’W, ♀, 21.–24.III.1995, R. Ott (MCTP 10379); 2♀, 25.–28.VII.1996, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 10168); ♂, ♀, 09.–12.I.1997, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 10841, 10849); (Potreiro Velho) 3♀, 05.–08.XII.1996 (MCTP 13903, 13928); ♀, 08.XII.1996 (MCTP 13925); ♀, 14.–17.XII.1996 (MCTP 31966); ♂, 05.–09.XII.1997 (MCTP 15689); 2♀, 19.III.1998 (MCTP 15688); ♀, I.1999 (MCTP 32627), all collected by A.A. Lise; Itaara, 29º26’S, 53°43’W, ♂, 01.XII.2005, L. Indrusiak (MCTP 21526); ♂, 16.II.2006, L. Indrusiak (MCTP 21527); ♀, 28.III.2006, L. Indrusiak (MCTP 21524); ♀, 22.XI.2006, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 20625); 2♀, 14.IV.2007, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 20626); ♀, 14.IX.2007, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 20747); Rio Uruguai (BR-153), ♀, IX.1989, Equipe Itá-Machadinho (MCTP 817); Santo Antônio da Patrulha, 29º42’S, 50º30’W, ♂, 27.III.1994, L. Koch (MCTP 31978); Xangri-lá, 29º47’S, 50º02’W, 3♀, 24.II.1993, A.A. Lise (MCTP 2978); Viamão, 29°59’S, 51°00’W, ♂, 2♀, 25.XI.1994, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 5809); 2♀, 29.XI.1994, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 32545); ♂, 2♀, 02.XII.1994, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 5867); ♂, 12.V.1995, A.A. Lise (MCTP 8542); ♀, 18.IV.1998, A.A. Lise (MCTP 10233); (Estação Fitotécnica de Águas Belas) ♀, 06.V.1994, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 4673); 3♂, 12.VIII.1994, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 5256); Guaíba, 30°00’S, 51°18’W, ♀, 25.X.1994, A.A. Lise et al. (MCTP 5658); Porto Alegre, 30°01’S, 51°13’W, ♂, 18.V.1991, C.L. Dorneles (MCTP 987); (Vila Nova) ♂, 05.IX.1996, E.L.C. da Silva (MCTP 28579); ♀, Pio Buck (MNRJ 2368).
Distribution. Brazil: São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul (Fig. 88).
description: Published as part of Poeta, Maria Rita Muniz, 2014, The orb-weaving spider genus Eustala Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Araneidae): eight new species, redescriptions, and new records, pp. 440-466 in Zootaxa 3872 (5) on pages 458-459, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/229126