On three species of Plexippoides Prószyński, 1984 (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Central Asia, with notes on a taxonomic validity of the genus

Eleven species of jumping spiders from Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae)

“… Epeus , one of the members of the subtribe Plexippina Simon, 1901 ( Maddison 2015 ), contains 19 species distributed mainly in East, South, and Southeast Asia (WSC 2024). The genus has always been considered to be closely related to Plexippoides Prószyński, 1984 and a relatively comprehensive comparison of those two genera was provided by Logunov (2021) , who summarized seven characters to distinguish Epeus and Plexippoides . However, the conclusion could not be perfect.…”

“…Those two genera share similar palpal structure, especially in having a cluster of setae antero-retrolateral to the bulb on cavity, the presence of tegular lobe, and the sclerotized RCA ; however, Epeus can be distinguished from Plexippoides by the following: 1) the slender body, covered with sparse setae on carapace (for illustrations, see Metzner 2024 ), versus rather dumpy body, setose on carapace in Plexippoides ( Logunov 2021 : figs 1, 6, 9, 14, 45, 50); 2) the most anterior margin of bulb cavity is far away from cymbial tip at least ca. one-third the cymbial length (for illustrations, see Metzner 2024 ), versus close to cymbial tip no more than one-third the cymbial length in Plexippoides (Lougunov 2021: figs 17, 23, 28); 3) the weakly sclerotized copulatory ducts run posteriorly and form multi-loops ( Patoleta et al 2020 ), but sclerotized copulatory ducts do not form similar loops in Plexippoides ( Logunov 2021 : figs 33, 37, 41). P. guangxi and P. dilucidus have slender bodies, and their most anterior margin of bulb cavity is far away from cymbial tip more than one-third the cymbial length ( Peng and Li 2002 : fig.…”

A review of the Ptocasius Simon, 1885 spiders of Gaoligong Mountains, China (Araneae: Salticidae)

“…The genus Ptocasius Simon, 1885 contains 52 species distributed in the Oriental region (World Spider Catalog 2023), the majority of them having been described from China and Bhutan (Simon 1885(Simon , 1902Thorell 1895;Peckham & Peckham 1907;Żabka 1980, 1981, 1985Logunov 1995Logunov , 2021Cao et al 2016;Liu et al 2016;Li et al 2018;Lin & Li 2020;Patoleta et al 2020;Peng 2020). Żabka (1980, 1981, 1985) revised the genus and recorded 27 new species from Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal.…”

Behavioural responses and feeding preference of Aellurilus Logunovi Azarkina, 2004 (Araneae: Salticidae) to prey in a controlled environment

“…Most Salticids are likely polyphagous predators who prefer to prey on soft-bodied and convenient to handle arthropods (Bartos, 2004;Guseinov, 2005;Huseynov, 2006). The jumping spiders of Pakistan have the least studies family than adjacent countries Iran, China and India (Ali et al, 2018;Ali, 2021;Azarkina, 2004;Azarkina, 2019;Bauer & Freudenschuss, 2015;Caleb et al, 2019;Caleb et al, 2022;Dyal, 1935;Kadam et al, 2021;Li, 2020;Logunov 2021a;c;Prószyński & Żochowska, 1981;Tripathi et al, 2021]. Aelurillus logunovi Azarkina, 2004 was first described from a type of material from district Swabi, collected by A. H. Wild in 1958 from Hazara and Haripur-Tarbela Road and deposited in the Natural History Museum of United Kingdom (BMNH) (Azarkina, 2004).…”