A new species of Neonella Gertsch, 1936 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini), new records and conservation issues for the genus from Uruguay
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.
Authors
- Gabriel Pompozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8083-2103)
- M. Belén Maldonado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2832-9022)
- Miguel Simó (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9477-5880)
- Damián Hagopián (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9060-0306)
- Álvaro Laborda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-069X)
- Manuel Cajade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1497-2315)
Institutions
- Universidad de la República de Uruguay (UY)
- Centro Científico Tecnológico - Mendoza (AR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arachnology
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1143
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00