A new species of the jumping spider Flurica from Southwest Amazon forest (Araneae: Salticidae: Simonellini)

Abstract

A new species of the ant-resembling jumping spider tribe Simonellini, Flurica amazonicasp. nov., is described from the Southwest Amazon forest in Beni Department, Bolivia. The species can be separated from its only congener Flurica sikimiraPerger & Rubio, 2022 by the male palp lacking a dorsal tibial apophysis, the ventral tibial apophysis shorter, the embolus arising at the proximo-retrolateral side of the tegulum, and the chelicerae with three promarginal teeth. Adults of both Flurica species are likely mimics of the turtle ant Cephalotes pusillus (Klug, 1824).