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
127
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95
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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 undulata
(
Caleb & Karthikeyani, 2015
)
comb. nov.
Cosmophasis undulata
Caleb & Karthikeyani, 2015: 97
, figs 1-10.
Remarks:
This species was described from
Maharashtra State
, from the male
holotype
only. It was originally placed in
Cosmophasis
due to resemblance in palp morphology. However, the general body color pattern is clearly different, resembling that of a few members previously placed in
Phintella
. We propose to place this species in the recently erected genus
Phintelloides
since it shares a synapomorphic character, i.e. the presence of a short white moustache on the clypeus, along with other characters such as a pale white band behind the anterior eye row, abdomen with a yellowish brown median band and two lateral whitish bands, and the palp with a comparably longer, more slender embolus, the tegulum with a small posterior lobe and a tegular bump, the RTA broader at its base and narrowing apically, with a hook-shaped tip (see
Caleb & Karthikeyani, 2015
: figs 1, 3, 6, 9). Thus we are convinced that its transfer to
Phintelloides
is fully justified.