Redescription of Asemonea cristata Thorell, 1895 (Araneae: Salticidae: Asemoneinae), with notes on its synonymy and distribution

Abstract

basis of the fresh material. Additionally, we argue that the names Asemonea picta Thorell, 1895 and A. santinagarensis (Biswas et Biswas, 1992) are to be synonymised with A. cristata. The current geographic distribution of the species is mapped as well. Materials and methodsPhotos of live specimens were taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark-III using Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens, Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x Macro Lens and Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Flash. Spiders were collected by beating vegetation and the collected specimens were stored in 70% ethanol. Morphological examination was undertaken under a Leica M205 C stereomicroscope. The digital images were taken by means of Leica DMC4500 digital camera attached to Leica M205 C stereomicroscope, with the software package Leica Application Suite (LAS), version 4.3.0. LAS montage facility. All measurements are in mm. Measurement data for palps and legs are as follows: total length [femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus (except palp), tarsus]. The terminology follows Wanless [1980]; for leg spination the format by Bossellaers & Jocque [2000] is followed. The studied specimens are deposited in the reference collection at the

A new species of Pancorius Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Western Ghats, India

“…2022; Kadam, Tripathi & Sudhikumar 2023), and Asemonea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 (two species from eastern India and southern India) (Sudhin et al . 2020).…”