Sunday, December 31, 2023

[Arachnida • 2023] Stenaelurillus megamalai & S. neyyar • Two New Stenaelurillus Species (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) from Western Ghats, India


Stenaelurillus neyyar
Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023


Abstract
Two new species – Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. (♂♀) from the colorful group and Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. (♂♀) from the black and white group – are described from the southern Western Ghats of India. Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations, as well as the distribution maps are provided. New distributional data for three other species, Stenaelurillus albus Sebastian, Sankaran, Malamel & Joseph, 2015, S. arambagensis (Biswas & Biswas, 1992) and S. wandae Logunov, 2020 are also provided.

Key Words: Jumping spider, Kerala, species discovery, Tamil Nadu, taxonomy

Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov.
A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view.
 Scale bars: 1 mm (A–H).


Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin, Souvik Sen and John T. D. Caleb. 2023. Two New Stenaelurillus Species (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillina) from Western Ghats, India. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 99(1): 123-133. DOI: 10.3897/zse.99.97985