Gephyrellula violacea ( Mello-Leitão, 1918 )

Schinelli, Hector Baruch Pereira, Wanderley do Prado, André, Cerqueira Baptista, Renner Luiz & Takiya, Daniela Maeda, 2025, A new species and the phylogenetic placement of the Neotropical genus Gephyrellula Strand, 1932 (Araneae, Philodromidae), Evolutionary Systematics 9 (1), pp. 87-98 : 87-98

Gephyrellula violacea ( Mello-Leitão, 1918)

Gephyrella violacea Mello-Leitão, 1918: 122; Mello-Leitão 1929: 108 [♀].

Gephyrellula v.: Strand 1932: 137 (implicit combination through replacement name for genus).

Gephyrellula paulistana Soares, 1943: 10, figs 8, 9 [♂]. Gephyrellula v.: Santos and Rheims 2018: 382, figs 1–23 [♂ ♀, redescription, synonym with G. paulistana].

New records.

Argentina: Corrientes: • 1 ♀; Ituzaingó, Islas Apipé Grande y Apipé Chico ; 1945; W. Hanke leg.; MACN 1766 • 1 ♀ 2 J; Esquina ; 1999; L. A. Compagnucci leg; MACN 18574 . Jujuy: • 1 ♀; Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Lagunas de Yala ; 1949; N. Kormilev leg.; MACN 2751 .

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: • 1 J; Rio de Janeiro, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu, Trilha São José ; 12. vii. 2018; G. Assunção leg.; UFRJ 2421 . Minas Gerais: • 1 ♂ 1 J; Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Trilha Mirante das Lagoas, Portaria Retiro ; 03. xi. 2021; A. W. do Prado, H. B. P. Schinelli, R. L. C. Baptista leg.; UFRJ 2420 / ENT 6107 .

Paraguay: Central: • 1 ♀ 2 J; Villeta ; 30. viii. 1984; J. A. Kochalka leg.; IBNP -Invert-JAK-CR 2574 . Itapúa: • 1 ♀; Isla Yacyretá ; 23. vi. 1994; J. A. Kochalka leg.; IBNP -Invert-JAK-CR 2576 . Paraguari: • 1 ♀; Acahay ; 21. iv. 1984; J. A. Kochalka leg.; IBNP -Invert-JAK-CR 2575 • 1 ♀; Ybycuí National Park, Arroyo Corrientes ; 4. ix. 1984; J. A. Kochalka leg.; IBNP -Invert-JAK-CR 2577 .

Distribution.

G. violacea is known from Argentina (Corrientes and Jujuy provinces), Paraguay (Central, Paraguari e Itapúa) and all regions of Brazil (Fig. 5 ).

Figures

Figure 5. Distribution map of Gephyrellula, including records given by Santos and Rheims (2018) and new records. Type-localities are shown as stars, localities of voucher specimens of DNA sequences are shown with a dot in the middle. Records of G. violacea are in purple and G. condeuba sp. nov. in yellow.