Description of a new species of Hypaeus (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Amycini) based on integrative taxonomy

A new species of Hypaeus Simon 1900 is described from French Guiana based on both sexes, Hypaeus olympeae sp. nov. We employed morphological evidence, field observation, as well as the mitochondrial COI rapidly evolving loci to confirm that both males and females belong to the same species. Finally, nine species are newly recorded for the salticid fauna of French Guiana, Cyllodania fasciata (Caporicaco, 1954) syn. nov. is considered junior synonym of Gypogyna forceps Simon, 1900 and 12 COI sequences corresponding to four previously unsequenced Hypaeus species are added to GenBank.

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A new species of Hypaeus, Hypaeus olympeae sp. nov., is described from French Guiana based on morphological evidence, field observation, and COI sequences. Both males and females belong to the same species. Additionally, nine new species are recorded for the salticid fauna of French Guiana, and 12 COI sequences corresponding to previously unsequenced Hypaeus species are added to GenBank.