Salticidae from the Himalayas. The genus Hasarius Simon, 1871 (Araneae: Salticidae)
Author
Piotr Jastrzębski
text
Genus
2010
21
319
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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.