Salticidae from the Himalayas. The genus Hasarius Simon, 1871 (Araneae: Salticidae) Author Piotr Jastrzębski text Genus 2010 21 319 323 journal article Hasarius tropicus sp. n. (Figs 2-3, 6-7) etymology Named from occurrence in tropical forest. diagnoSiS This species can be differentiated from related H . adansoni by the long, dense, white hairs on the patellae and internal edge of palpal’s tibiae; embolus thin, short, placed on the top of bulbus. descriPtion Male. Surroundings of posterior eyes black. The rest of cephalothorax dark brown; dorsum of thoracic part lighter. Abdomen grey, only frontally white; with wide, longitudinal fawn belt and dots forming slanting stripes. Spinnerets light grey. Clypeus and chelicerae brown. Maxillae light brown, its tips white. Labium brown. Sternum yellow. Venter white. Pedipalps dark brown, only patellae white. On the patellae and internal edge of palpal’s tibiae long, dense, white hairs. Bulbus oval. Embolus thin, short, placed on the top of bulbus. Tibial apophysis narrow, short, with sharp tip. Legs I - brown; remain - light brown; all covered with brown spines. Scopula absent. Spines formula: tI: p1-1-1 r1-1-1; mI: p1-1 r1-1; tII: p1-1-1 r1-1-1; mII: p1-1 r1-1. Measurements: CL 2.19, CW 1.68, EFL 0.90, AEW 1.62, PEW 1.56, AL 2.22. Female unknown. 4-7. General character: of Hasarius Simon, 1871 : female of H . adansoni (Audouin, 1826) : 4. dorsal aspect; 5. frontal aspect. Male of H . tropicus sp. n. : 6. dorsal aspect; 7. frontal aspect type material Holotype , male , Bhutan : Phuntsholing , 200-400 m , 21.04.1972 ., coll. wittmer, stemmler, baroni-Urbani &würmli ( NHMB ) . habitat Bhutan: tropical forest, 200-400 m a.s.l.