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| Tanzania yellapragadai Prajapati & Dudhatra, 2022 DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0082 |
Abstract
The jumping spider genus Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008, which was previously only known from Africa, is recorded from Asia for the first time. The detailed morphology-based description and illustrations of a new species, Tanzania yellapragadai sp. nov. (♂♀) from the Gujarat State of India, are provided.
KEYWORDS: taxonomy, jumping spider, Euophryini, Gujarat, India
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| Photographs of living individuals of Tanzania yellapragadai sp. nov.; dorsal view (1-2), lateral view (3-4), frontal view (5-6). (1, 3, 5) Male holotype. (2, 4, 6) Female paratype. Arrows indicate enlarged clypeal setae. |
TAXONOMY
Genus Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008
Type species: Tanzania mkomaziensis (Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000).
Tanzania yellapragadai sp. nov.
Etymology: This species is dedicated to the Indian biochemist Dr Yellapragada Subba Rao (1895-1948). He discovered the function of ATP and also developed Methotrexate, one of the first chemotherapy agents that is still widely used in cancer treatment and various autoimmune diseases.
Dhruv A. Prajapati and Ashutosh V. Dudhatra. 2022. First Record of the Spider Genus Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008 from Asia, with the Description of A New Species (Araneae: Salticidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie. 129(2); 369-374. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0082