Udvardya bellatrix Gardzińska, 2015, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Gardzińska, Joanna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Udvardya
Udvardya bellatrix

description: Udvardya bellatrix sp. nov.
Figs 18–36, 50–52
Type material: Male holotype and female paratype from Waris [S of Hollandia], Hollandia, New Guinea (Indonesia), VII‒VIII.59, T.C. Maa, BISHOP 223.
Etymology. The name, to be treated as a Latin adjective, refers to the horn-like mastidia in male chelicerae: bellatrix (Lat.) = bellicose, militant.
Diagnosis. Compared with U. elegans, the male palp has a thicker embolus (Figs 24, 26; compare with Prószyński 1992: fig. 130) (the male of U. fortis sp. nov. is still unknown). Female differs from U. elegans and U. fortis by pear-shaped spermathecae, placed close together (compare Figs 35–36 with Figs 17, 45) and abdominal color pattern with more robust and transverse pale stripes (narrow and oblique in the other two, Figs 46‒51).
Description. Male (holotype, Figs 18–27). Spider about 6.5 mm long. Carapace dark brown, with lateral patches of whitish hairs beside PLE and near posterior margin (Fig. 18). Clypeus and cheek swellings (CS) covered with pallid hairs, as in Figs 21‒22. Endites and labium dark brown, sternum somewhat paler (Fig. 19). Abdomen cylindrical, grayish-brown, with dorsal scutum (AS) and light pattern, as in Figs 18, 20. Venter with distinct scutum, thicker posteriorly (Figs 19‒20). Spinnerets brown with lighter tips (Fig. 19). Legs I dark brown, with lighter tarsi; II‒IV pale brown, with darker femora (Figs 18‒19). Patellae I with prolateral patch of whitish hairs (Fig. 21). Leg I spination: tibia 7+7, metatarsus 3+3 ventral spines. Palpal organ: E, RSDL and RTA as in Figs 24– 27. Dimensions. CL 2.75, CW 2.30, CH 1.50, AEW 1.95, PEW 2.10, EFL 1.50, AL 3.60, AW 1.65, LI: 13.35 (1.25 + 1.55+ 2.80 + 1.75 + 3.25 + 2.10 + 0.65), LII: 6.20 (0.60 + 0.50 + 1.50 + 0.90 + 1.10 + 1.10 + 0.50), LIII: 5.65 (0.60 + 0.50 + 1.50 + 0.60 + 0.90 + 1.05 + 0.50), LIV: 7.45 (0.65 + 0.55 + 1.90 + 1.00 + 1.30 + 1.50 + 0.55).
Female (paratype, Figs 28–36, 50–51). Spider about 5 mm long. Carapace light brown, covered with whitish hairs, as in Figs 28, 30. Endites and labium brown, sternum somewhat paler (Fig. 29). Abdomen elongate ovoid, with color pattern, as in Figs 28, 30, 50, 51. Venter light grayish (Fig. 29). Spinnerets of the same color. Legs I pale brown, with yellow tarsi; II‒IV yellow, with brownish femora (Figs 28‒29). Patellae I with prolateral patch of whitish hairs. Leg I spination: tibia 7+7, metatarsus 3+3 ventral spines. Epigyne: CO, CD, S, AG, FD as in Figs 34– 36. Dimensions. CL 2.40, CW 2.05, CH 1.25, AEW 1.75, PEW 1.85, EFL 1.35, AL 2.80, AW 1.95, LI: 8.25 (0.80 + 0.65 + 1.80 + 1.10 + 2.00 + 1.35 + 0.55).
Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 52).
description: Published as part of Gardzińska, Joanna, 2015, Revision of Tarodes Pocock, 1899 and Udvardya Prószyński, 1992 (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of two new species of Udvardya from New Guinea, pp. 445-455 in Zootaxa 4039 (3) on page 450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/243160