New records of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Nepal
Author
Magar, Kiran Thapa
Author
Shrestha, Bimal Raj
Author
Gurung, Tek Bahadur
Author
K. C., Rabin Bahadur
Author
Babu
Author
Lamichhane, Ram
Author
Hill, David E.
Author
Thapa, Arjun
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Peckhamia
2020
2020-08-31
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.7171256
2818c076-661c-4ff6-89ad-479fbb54b12e
1944-8120
7171256
BD03CE80-90FB-46C8-B322-953241231171
1.
Asemonea tenuipes
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)
(Figures 2-3)
Material examined
.
Continent
:
Asia
; country:
Nepal
; province:
Bagmati
; district:
Chitwan
; locality:
Kasara
sector,
Chitwan National Park
; habitat: forest; elevation:
178 m
asl
; latitude:
27.5382N
; longitude:
84.3385E
; sampling protocol: vegetation beating; sex:
1 female
.
Global distribution
. Andaman Islands,
India
,
Myanmar
,
Nepal
(new record),
Singapore
,
Sri Lanka
and
Thailand
.
Identification.
Identification of the female
A. tenuipes
was based on the unique appearance of pale yellow in colouration of the entire body with greenish blue or brown spots on the dorsum of abdomen (after Tay & Li 2010).
Habitat notes
. This specimen was found on the leaf of a Sal tree (
Shorea robusta
).