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| Habrocestum swaminathan and (G-H) H. benjamin Jose, Caleb & Sudhikumar, 2024 |
Abstract
Two new species of the ground-dwelling jumping spider genus Habrocestum Simon, 1876 from the wet evergreen forests of the southern Western Ghats, India are described: H. benjamin sp. nov. (♂♀) and H. swaminathan sp. nov. (♂♀). Furthermore, H. emanasakgrensis Kadam & Tripathi, 2023 is synonymized with Chinattus validus (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993) syn. nov.. Diagnoses, digital illustrations, morphological descriptions, natural history notes and discussion are provided.
Araneae, ground spiders, Kerala, Meghalaya, new species, new synonym, primary forest, Western Ghats
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| General habitus of Habrocestum swaminathan sp. nov. (A–F). A. Holotype male, dorsal view; B. Same, lateralview; C. Same, frontal view; D. Paratype female, dorsal view; E. Same lateral view; F. Same, frontal view. General habitus of Habrocestum benjamin sp. nov. (G–H). G. Holotype male, dorsal view; H. Paratype female, dorsal view. |
Habrocestum benjamin
Athira Jose, John T.D. Caleb and Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar. 2024. On Three Species of the Genus Habrocestum Simon, 1876 (Araneae: Salticidae: Hasariini) from India. Zootaxa. 5448(2); 212-224. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.3
