Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago. I. Salticidae of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with comments on related species

Abstract

This paper provides preliminary reference diagnostic drawings for selected Oriental genera and species, to complement the existing scanty literature. The following new taxa are described: new genus Katya gen.n., new species: Burmattus pachytibialis sp.n., Carrhotus sundaicus sp.n., Chrysilla deelemani sp.n., Cosmophasis valerieae sp.n., Cytaea whytei sp.n., Euryattus [?] junxiae sp.n., Katya florescens sp.n., Katya ijensis sp.n., Katya inornata sp.n., Ligurra moniensis sp.n., Meata zabkai sp.n., Myrmarachne balinese sp.n., Myrmarachne glavisi sp.n., Myrmarachne jacksoni sp.n., Phaeacius azarkinae sp.n., Siler lewaense sp.n., Stergusa incerta sp.n., Thyene gangoides sp.n. and Thyene benjamini sp.n.

The genus Myrmarachne (Araneae, Salticidae) in Flores, Indonesia

“…figs 117, 119–120 in Prószyński and Deeleman-Reinhold 2010). However, the females of Myrmarachne melanocephala are distinguishable from the females of Myrmarachne glavisi by the structure of the epigyne (cf.…”

“…However, the females of Myrmarachne melanocephala are distinguishable from the females of Myrmarachne glavisi by the structure of the epigyne (cf. figs 125–126 in Prószyński and Deeleman-Reinhold 2010). We here consider Myrmarachne melanocephala different from Myrmarachne glavisi .…”

Review of Genera Evarcha and Nigorella, With Comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax, Stagetillus, and Description of Five New Genera and Two New Species (Araneae: Salticidae)

“…Emertonius is a valid genus (see below), closely related to Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839, but strikingly differing from it by body shape, color pattern and internal structure of epigyne (see original documentation of E. exasperans by Peckhams (Figs 21A)). Wanless (1978b) has hesitantly transferred it to Myrmarachne ( Figs 21B, compare with 19B), but revision by Prószyński & Deeleman (2010) (Figs 19C, 21C-D) proven that he was mistaken. That correction was emotionally dismissed by Edwards (2013: 4) (see facsimile of his text at Fig.…”

First description of the female of Chrysilla volupe (Karsch, 1879) (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India, with notes on the species’ distribution and life history

“…& Wiśniewski [2013] with Figs 7-10); the male palp with a narrow and elongated cymbium; pointed RTA; triangular bulb with posterior protrusion and the relatively long embolus (cf. figs 3-6 in Wesołowska & Wiśniewski [2013] with figs 34-37 in Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold [2010] and Figs 17-21); the epigyne with copulatory openings hidden under the large, wide, anterior pocket; vulva with the elongated insemination ducts and spherical spermathecae (cf. fig.…”