[Arachnida • 2017] Revision of Hindumanes Logunov, 2004 (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae), with Description of A New Species, H. wayanadensis, from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Hindumanes karnatakaensis   (Tikader & Biswas, 1978)

 Sudhin, Nafin & Sudhikumar, 2017

 DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.7 

Abstract

The monotypic genus Hindumanes Logunov, 2004 is revised. We present fresh specimens of Hindumanes karnatakaensis (Tikader & Biswas, 1978), the type species, and describe Hindumanes wayanadensis sp. nov. from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of the Western Ghats, Kerala, India. This paper provides the first description of the male of H. karnatakaensis and a redescription of its female. We also transfer the genus from Asemoneinae Maddison, 2015 to Lyssomaninae Blackwall, 1877. The relationship between Hindumanes and Lyssomanes Hentz, 1845 and the zoogeography of the subfamily are discussed. The distribution records of the genus are mapped.

Keywords: Araneae, long-legged jumping spider, subfamily placement, zoogeography, relict, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, biodiversity hotspot

Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin, Karunnappilli Shamsudheen Nafin and Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar. 2017. Revision of Hindumanes Logunov, 2004 (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae), with description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Zootaxa. 4350(2); 317–330.  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.7

[Arachnida • 2017] Langelurillus lacteus & L. onyx • Two New Species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) from India

 Langelurillus lacteus & L. onyx  

Sanap, Joglekar,  Prajapati & Caleb, 2017

 DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.6

Abstract

Two new species, Langelurillus lacteus sp. nov. and L. onyx sp. nov., are described from India. Detailed illustrations and record map are given.

Keywords: Araneae, Jumping spiders, Mumbai, systematics, taxonomy

Rajesh Sanap, Anuradha Joglekar, Dhruv Prajapati and John T.D. Caleb. 2017. Two New Species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa.  4318(1); 135-146. DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.6

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[Arachnida • 2017] Nineteen New Species of Amphidraus Simon, 1900 (Salticidae: Euophryini) from Colombia, with Comments About their Conservation

Amphidraus zaque Galvis, 2017

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.1 

Abstract

The Andean region of Northern South America is widely recognized as a hotspot with extreme levels of diversity, endemism, and threat. In a taxonomic study on jumping spiders from Colombia, nineteen new species of Amphidraus Simon, 1900 were found, all of which with small-scale endemic distributional patterns. Sixteen of these new species are described from the Andean region, eight of which being restricted to the Cundiboyacense high-Andean plateau (A. bochica sp. nov., A. guatavita sp. nov., A. mae sp. nov., A. pae sp. nov., A. sie sp. nov., A. sotairensis sp. nov., A. tisquesusa sp. nov. and A. tundama sp. nov.), in the Boyacá and Cundinamarca departments. The eight remaining Andean species are distributed out of this high-Andean plateau, in the Eastern Mountain Range of Boyacá (A. chie sp. nov., A. somondoco sp. nov. and A. sua sp. nov.), Cundinamarca (A. quinini sp. nov. and A. zaque sp. nov.), Huila (A. guaitipan sp. nov.) and Santander (A. zipa sp. nov.) departments, and in the Central Mountain Range of Risaralda department (A. quimbaya sp. nov.). Additionally, A. sikuani sp. nov. is described from the Eastern department of Meta, and A. colombianus sp. nov. and A. tanimuca sp. nov. from the Amazonian department of Vaupés. Finally, a map with these new records is included, along with a short comment about conservation of biota in the Andean region.

Keywords: Araneae, Cundiboyacense high-Andean plateau, endemism, hotspot, jumping spiders

Amphidraus zaque sp. nov.,  male holotype (ICN–Ar 3378) 

William Galvis. 2017. Nineteen New Species of Amphidraus Simon, 1900 (Salticidae: Euophryini) from Colombia, with Comments About their Conservation.
 Zootaxa. 4286(1); 1-40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.1

[Arachnida • 2016] Description of Three New Species of the Tropical Asian Jumping Spider Genus Onomastus Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae) from High Altitude Cloud Forests of Sri Lanka

Onomastus jamestaylori  

Benjamin & Kanesharatnam, 2016 

  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.5.2 

Abstract

Spiders of the tropical Asian jumping spider genus Onomastus Simon, 1900 are small to medium-sized, delicate, translucent, commonly found inhabitants of Asian evergreen forest foliage. In this paper, three new species of the genus, Onomastus jamestaylori sp. nov. (♂♀), Onomastus corbetensis sp. nov. (♂♀) and Onomastus maskeliya sp. nov. (♂♀) are described from Sri Lanka. The three new species are added to the matrix of a previous study to assess their phylogenetic position. The resulting cladistic analysis, based on 35 morphological characters from 18 taxa (13 Onomastus species and 5 outgroups) supports the monophyly of the genus. Additionally, a monophyletic, well-supported South Asian clade (India, Sri Lanka), which is restricted to the Sri Lanka-Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, is recovered in most analysis. The three newly described species might be endangered due to their small population size and restricted distribution in high altitude cloud forest.

Keywords: Araneae, Phylogeny, endemics, synapomorphies, monophyly, parsimony, India, mountaintops

FIGURE 1. Onomastus jamestaylori sp. nov. from Loolecondera, Deltota; Male in life.  

Benjamin, Suresh P. and Nilani Kanesharatnam. 2016. Description of Three New Species of the Tropical Asian Jumping Spider Genus Onomastus Simon, 1900 from High Altitude Cloud Forests of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Salticidae).

Zootaxa. 4205(5); 431–453.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.5.2