Jumping spiders of the genus Phintelloides from India, with the description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini)
Author
Caleb, John T. D.
Author
Acharya, Shelley
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2020
2020-06-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0009
journal article
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10.35929/RSZ.0009
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Phintelloides singhi
(
Monga, Singh & Sadana, 1989
)
comb. nov.
Marpissa singhi
Monga, Singh & Sadana, 1989: 592
, figs 1-2.
Remarks:
This species was described from the female
holotype
from the Kalesar Reserve forest in the
Haryana State
. Though the authors mentioned that the type specimen will be deposited in NZC-ZSI, it has not yet arrived there and therefore is not yet available for re-examination. Since the original description and illustrations are poor, details of genital morphology remain unknown. The identity of this species thus remains unclear until further conspecific specimens are collected at the type locality. This species does not belong in
Marpissa
since no true
Marpissa
is yet reported in
India
. Therefore, a provisional placement in
Phintella
C.L.
Koch, 1846
, based on the general body form and genital morphology, was recently proposed by
Prószyński & Caleb (2015)
. The species, however, more closely resembles members of the genus
Phintelloides
.
The abdomen is devoid of any stripe or pattern like in
P. flavoviri
Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019
and
P. orbisa
Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019
, and the epigyne moreover strongly resembles that of
P. orbisa
(
Monga, Singh & Sadana, 1989
: figs 1, 2 cf.
Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019
: figs 12A, E, G, 13A). It is therefore reasonable to transfer the species to
Phintelloides
.