New species and records of the jumping spiders from India and Nepal (Aranei: Salticidae)

Abstract

for 508 valid species in 61 genera (plus 73 invalid names) [Canard, 2005]. There is no doubt that the actual number of Salticidae occurring in South Asia is hardly less than that in Europe (sensu Canard [2005]), but likely to be higher. Hence, it is not surprising that any new collection of Salticidae from South Asia brings new records and species. In recent years, two salticid collections from India and Nepal fell into the author's hands; both prove to be interesting, containing both undescribed species and new records to the regional faunas.The aims of the present paper are as follows:(1) to provide new faunistic data from Nepal and India for 11 salticid species; (2) to describe a new Carrhotus species from India; and (3) to describe unknown females for two poorly known or recently described species. Material and methodsThis work is based on museum collections of jumping spiders which were sent to the author for identification. A total of 35 adult specimens, including those of Thyene imperialis (Rossi, 1846) from the Mediterranean used for comparative purposes, belonging to 12 species of Salticidae have been studied. The depositories of the studied material are abbreviates in the text as follows: BMNH -British Museum of Natural History, London, UK (J. Beccaloni);

A new species and new synonym in the genus Colopsus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina) from India

“…COMMENTS. Colopsus cinereus was originally described based on the holotype # from Mihintale Sanctuary, Sri Lanka [Kanesharatnam, Benjamin, 2021] and was later redescribed and reported from Andhra Pradesh, India [Logunov, 2021a]. The species however, is identical to C. manu described earlier in 2014 from Chennai, India [Caleb et al, 2014: sub Hyllus m.] in both somatic morphology and details of the copulatory organs.…”

“…DISTRIBUTION. India (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh) [Caleb, 2019: sub Hyllus m.;Logunov, 2021a], Sri Lanka [Kanesharatnam, Benjamin, 2021] (Map).…”

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The genus was earlier considered a synonym of Evarcha Simon, 1902[Prószyński, 1984, but has recently been revalidated based on both morphological and molecular evidence [Kanesharatnam, Benjamin, 2021]. Colopsus was recorded from India with the discovery of C. cinereus Kanesharatnam et Benjamin, 2021[Logunov, 2021a, which was originally described from Sri Lanka [Kanesharatnam, Benjamin, 2021]. While studying salticid specimens from Karnataka, we have found out that they are very similar both to Hyllus manu Caleb, Christudhas, Laltanpuii et Chitra, 2014 known from South India and to C. cinereus known from India and Sri Lanka.

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Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae: Salticidae) der Kanarischen Inseln mit der Erstbeschreibung von Euophrys arnograbollei spec. nov.

“…Diese Synonymie wird hiermit revidiert. Wie in Metzner (1995) und Logunov (2015) beschrieben, lassen sich beide Arten eindeutig anhand ihrer Genitalmerkmale voneinander unterscheiden. Diese abgrenzenden Merkmale fanden sich im kompletten vom Autor untersuchten kanarischen Material.…”

“…Alle bis 2010 auf den Kanarischen Inseln nachgewiesenen Springspinnenarten wurden in der „Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias, Hongos, plantas y animales terrestres“(Arechavaleta et al 2010) zusammengefasst. In der Folge meldeten Hernández-Teixidor et al (2011), Logunov (2015), Bellvert (2018), Suárez (2018), García & Suárez (2019) und Logunov & Schäfer (2019) weitere neue Nachweise.…”