First records of the genera Anarrhotus Simon, 1902 and Gelotia Thorell, 1890 from India (Araneae: Salticidae)
Author
Jose, Athira
Author
Tripathi, Rishikesh
Author
Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu
text
Peckhamia
2023
2023-06-04
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10831414
1944-8120
10831414
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Anarrhotus fossulatus
Simon, 1902
Figures 1A–G
,
3
Anarrhotus fossulatus
Simon, 1902: 421
(J).
Anarrhotus fossulatus
Pro
̕szyn̕ski, 1984: 401, figs 3–4 (J).
Anarrhotus fossulatus
Pro
̕szyn̕ski, 2017: 26, fig. 11B (J).
Anarrhotus fossulatus
Hoang et al., 2022: 479
, figs 1–7 (J).
Type material
.
Holotype
J from
SINGAPORE
,
Simon
leg., repository
MNHN
(14233), not examined. (Illustrations of this species given in Pro̕szyn̕ski, 1984: 401, figs. 3–4 and
Hoang et al., 2022: 479
, figs. 1–7 are diagnostic and were used for comparison.
Other material examined
.
1 J (NRC-AA-4015) from
INDIA
:
Assam
:
Guwahati
:
Nilachal
hills: near
Kamakhya Temple
(
26°10'06.6"N
,
91°42'24.1"E
;
721 m
alt.),
09 November 2022
,
R
. Tripathi leg., from bark, by hand.
Diagnosis
. For diagnosis of the species, see
Hoang et al., 2022
.
Supplementary description
.
Male
(
Figures 1A–D
). For description of the species, see
Hoang et al., 2022
. Body length 9.89. Carapace 4.44 long, 3.49 wide. Abdomen 5.46 long, 2.75 wide. Ocular area 1.95 long, 2.32 wide. Eye sizes and ocular distance: AME 0.88, ALE 0.43, PME 0.13, PLE 0.42; AME–AME 0.05, AME– ALE 0.06, PME–PME 2.33, ALE–ALE 1.91, PME–PLE 0.51, PLE–PLE 2.28, ALE–PME 0.53, ALE-PLE 1.19. Length of chelicerae 1.70 long. Clypeus height at AMEs 0.22. Sternum 1.69 long, 1.21 wide. Length of pedipalp and legs: pedipalp 3.10 [1.18, 0.44, 0.34, 1.14], I 12.17 [3.26, 2.04, 3.38, 2.30, 1.19], II 8.30 [2.57, 1.38, 2.12, 1.34, 0.89], III 8.91 [2.89, 1.26, 1.81, 1.96, 0.99], IV 8.96 [2.71, 1.12, 2.01, 2.21, 0.91]. Leg formula: 1432. Spination of pedipalp: femur pld 1 do 2, patella pl 2 do 1, tibia pld 1 do 2 rl 1, tarsus/cymbium pl 2 do 2 rl 1 rld 1; legs: femur I pld 1 do 3 rld 1, II pl 1 pld 1 do 3 rld 2, III pld 1 do 3 rld 1, IV do 3 rld 2; patellae I–II pl 1, III–IV pl 1 rl 1; tibia I–II plv 3 rlv 3, III–IV pl 1 pld 2 plv 2 do 2 rl 2 rld 1 rlv 1, metatarsus I–II plv 2 rlv 2, III–IV pl 2 pld 1 plv 2 rl 1 rld 1 rlv 2; tarsi I–IV 0. Pedipalp (
Figures 1
E-G):
segments brown. RTA short, trapeze-shaped. Embolus short, distolaterally originating, with a retrolateral curvature, with narrow claw-like tip, directed at 1 o’ clock ventrally. Tegulum slightly bulged, protraction of the posterior lobe protruding prolaterally at 9 o’clock ventrally, sperm duct running along the retrolateral end.
Female
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
India
(present data),
Malaysia
,
Singapore
(the
type
locality) and
Vietnam
(
Figure 3
;
Hoang et al., 2022
;
WSC
, 2023).
Figure 1.
Anarrhotus fossulatus
Simon, 1902
.
A,
Habitus, dorsal.
B,
Same, lateral.
C,
Same, frontal.
D,
Leg I, prolateral.
E–G,
Left pedipalp (E ventral, F retrolateral, G
prolateral). Scale bars: A, B & D
2 mm
; C
1 mm
; E–G,
0.2 mm
.