Thursday, September 29, 2016

[Arachnida • 2016] Stenaelurillus digitus & S. gabrieli • Two New Species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) from India


 Stenaelurillus lesserti   Reimoser, 1934  
male from Kuchimudi
photo: K. S. Nafin. DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.5

Abstract


Stenaelurillus digitus sp. nov. and Stenaelurillus gabrieli sp. nov. are described from India. New distributional records for Stenaelurillus albus Sebastian et al., 2015 and Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934 and maps for these species are given.

Keywords: Araneae, jumping spiders, Oriental region, taxonomy, systematics


Prajapati, Dhruv A., Prashanthakumara S. Murthappa, Pradeep M. Sankaran and Pothalil A. Sebastian. 2016. Two New Species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa. 4171(2); 321–334. DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.5