Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) and Menemerus marginatus (Kroneberg, 1875), new records for Pakistan (Aranei: Salticidae)

Abstract

The present work provides two new spider records for the fauna of Pakistan: Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) and Menemerus marginatus (Kroneberg, 1875). Both sexes of M. marginatus and the male of P. flavescens are illustrated. The distribution of both species and the current state of knowledge of the Pakistani jumping spiders are discussed. РЕЗЮМЕ. В настоящая работа приводятся две новые находки пауков для фауны Пакистана: Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) и Menemerus marginatus (Kroneberg, 1875). Проиллюстрированы оба пола M. marginatus и самец P. flavescens. Кратко обсуждаются распространение обоих видов и уровень изученности пакистанских пауков-скакунчиков.

New chrysilline and aelurilline jumping spiders from Pakistan (Araneae, Salticidae)

“…In our collecting, we found a male matching M.nigli in close proximity and in similar habitat to a female of similar size and markings. As no other species of Menemerus has yet been collected from Pakistan, except the distinctly different M.bivittatus (Dufour, 1831) and M.marginatus (Kroneberg, 1875) (Bauer et al 2015), we interpret the female collected to be that of M.nigli . The female is described for the first time.…”

“…There are other species with broad atria that open more or less to the anterior, but in most the atria are less deep and more laterally-facing: Menemerusmarginatus (Kroneberg, 1875) (see Bauer et al 2015), Menemerusminshullae Wesołowska, 1999 (see Wesołowska 1999), and Menemerusrubicundus Lawrence, 1928 (see Wesołowska 1999). The epigynum of Menemerusnamibicus Wesołowska, 1999 is perhaps most similar to M.nigli , in that the atria face directly to the anterior, but they are not so spacious, and the distinctive fold of M.nigli is lacking (Wesołowska 1999).…”

“…The salticid spider fauna of Pakistan is little studied, with only a few species reported to date (Azarkina 2004; Bauer et al 2015; Logunov and Azarkina 2018; Logunov et al 2011; Wesołowska and Freudenschuss 2012). However, an ongoing project to discover the country’s salticid diversity is revealing that many species are present, especially of the tribes Chrysillini and Aelurillini.…”

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).…”

A new record of Genus Icius Simon, 1876 for Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Pakistan

“…The jumping spiders of family Salticidae of Pakistan has never been the subject of intensive taxonomic studies because of two reasons lack of taxonomic knowledge and inappropriate curation of the specimens. Only few works with a few species reported to date (Ali et al 2018;Ali et al 2016;Azarkina 2004;Bauer et al 2015;Caleb et al 2019;Logunov 2021;Logunov 2020;Logunov and Azarkina 2018;Logunov et al 2011;Wesołowska and Freudenschuss 2012). However, an ongoing project to discover the country's salticid diversity is revealing that many species are present, especially of species Palearctic, African and oriental regions distributed in Pakistan.…”