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| Neonella almita Hagopián & Simó, in Hagopián, Cajade, Maldonado, Pompozzi, Laborda et Simó. 2024. |
Abstract
A new species of Neonella Gertsch, 1936 is described from Uruguay: N. almita n. sp., which inhabits natural grasslands. Additionally, first records of N. acostae Rubio, Argañaraz & Gleiser, 2015, and new records of N. lubrica Galiano, 1988, N. minuta Galiano, 1965, and N. montana Galiano, 1988 are given. Illustrations of the habitus, sexual characters, photographs of living specimens, natural history data and a distribution map of species of Neonella from Uruguay are provided. Conservation issues based on distributional patterns of the species are proposed.
KEYWORDS: conservation, Jumping spiders, natural history, taxonomy
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| Neonella almita n. sp., photographs in vivo. A grassland with Saccharum angustifolium (Nees) Trin; B, D, F male; C, E, G female. |
Salticidae Blackwall, 1841
Salticinae Blackwall, 1841
Euophryini Simon, 1901
Neonella Gertsch, 1936
Neonella Gertsch, 1936: 24
(type species by monotypy: Neonella vinnula Gertsch, 1936).
Neonella almita Hagopián & Simó n. sp.
Etymology: The specific epithet is a Spanish noun in apposition and means ‘small soul’, in reference to the small size of the species and because it is one of the smallest jumping spiders in the world.
Damián Hagopián, Manuel Cajade, M. Belén Maldonado, Gabriel Pompozzi, Álvaro Laborda and Miguel Simó. 2024. A New Species of Neonella Gertsch, 1936 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini), new records and conservation issues for the genus from Uruguay. Arachnology. 19(9):1143-1151. DOI: doi.org/10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1143 [13 November 2024]
