Tekellina minor 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 minor

description: Tekellina minor Marques & Buckup, 1993
Figs 2G–I, 4A–B, 8G–I, 11
Tekellina minor Marques & Buckup, 1993: 127, figs 5–6.
Diagnosis
Males of Tekellina minor resemble those of T. bella by the large paracymbium, but differ by the shorter terminal claw of the conductor (Figs 2G–H, 4B). Females resemble those of T. bella by the shape of the epigynum, but differ by the smaller receptacles and copulation ducts (Figs 2I, 4A).
Type material examined
Holotype
BRAZIL • ♂; Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande, Estação Ecológica do Taim; 2 Sep. 1986; M.A.L. Marques leg.; MCN 15856.
BRAZIL – Acre • 1 ♂; Senador Guiomard; 10°8′53″ S, 67°43′55″ W; E.F. Morato leg.; IBSP 159016. – Bahia • 1 ♂; Salvador, Parque Joventino da Silva; 12°59′49.21″ S, 38°28′25.93″ W; 9. Apr. 2008; A. Andrade leg.; IBSP 145643. – Rio de Janeiro • 1 ♂; Resende, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia; 22°22′31″ S, 44°39′44″ W; 8–15 Jun. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; IBSP 107 • 1 ♀; Petrópolis, Fazenda Ranchinho da Roça; 22°30′18″ S, 43°10′44″ W; 15–16 Aug. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; IBSP 49738 – São Paulo • 2 ♂♂; Guarulhos, Parque Estadual Cantareira, Núcleo Cabuçu; 23°24′5″ S, 46°35′24″ W; 16–22 Jul. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; IBSP 177 • 1 ♂; São Paulo, Parque Estadual da Cantareira; 23°24′15,1″ S, 46°31′59,7″ W; 1 May 2001; R. Pinto da Rocha et al. leg.; MCN 41790 • 1 ♂; Miracatu, Fazenda Itereí; 24°03′ S, 47°13′ W; 20–26 Sep. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; MCN 40893 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; MCN 41626 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; MCN 41627 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; MCN 48868 • 1 ♂; 20–26 Sep. 2001; Equipe Biota leg.; MCN 40894 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; MCN 40895 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; MCN 48866 • 1♀; same data as for preceding; MCN 40896 • 1♀; same data as for preceding; MCN 4886 • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 9 Aug. 2000; R. Pinto da Rocha et al. leg.; MCN 41789.
Description
Male
See Marques & Buckup (1993: 127, figs 5–6).
Female (MCN 40897)
Carapace (Fig. 8I) yellowish, subtriangular. Subequal eyes, AME bigger, PLE distant from PME for almost a diameter. Legs yellowish with many setae. Abdomen (Fig. 8I) subspherical, dorsally white pigments absent. Total length 1.44. Carapace length 0.48, width 0.50. Abdomen length 0.88, width 1.05, height 1.22. Legs I 1.73 (femur 0.58 + patella & tibia 0.63 + tarsus 0.31 + metatarsus 0.21); II 1.5 (0.60 + 0.42 + 0.26 + 0.22); III 1.4 (0.48 + 0.45 + 0.26 + 0.21); IV 1.6 (0.50 + 0.48 + 0.34 + 0.28). Legs formula: 1423.
Distribution
Previously known from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Herein newly recorded from the states of Acre, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, 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 163-164, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2593, http://zenodo.org/record/12707422