Redefinition and partial revision of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae)
Author
Logunov, Dmitri V.
Author
Azarkina, Galina N.
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-05-02
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Stenaelurillus lesserti
Reimoser, 1934
Figs 87–89
,
336–337
, 509
Stenaelurillus lesserti
Reimoser, 1934: 504
, figs 25–26 (D♂
♀
);
syntypes
in MNHN, not examined.
Figs 336–337.
Stenaelurillus lesserti
Reimoser, 1934
,
♀
from
Sri Lanka
(Pollonaruwa).
336
. Epigyne, ventral view.
337
. Spermathecae, dorsal view. Scale bars:
0.1 mm
.
Material examined
INDIA
:
1 ♀
,
Pondicherry
[= Puduchery], ca
11°54′ N
,
79°48′ E
, 1909, M. Maindron leg. (
MNHN
5367).
SRI LANKA
:
1 ♀
,
North Central Prov.
, Pollonaruwa,
7°55′57.5″ N
,
81°00′13.2″ E
,
27 Jan. 1969
, P. Lehtinen leg. (
ZMTU
).
Remarks
Sebastian
et al.
(2015
: figs 6A–C) and
Caleb & Sanap (2016
: figs 10–11) reported on a female of
S. lesserti
that differs from the
syntype
♀
of
S. lesserti
, re-described and illustrated by
Wesołowska (2014a
: figs 3B–D). However, the male and female
syntypes
were not collected together and therefore the
syntype
♀
of
S. lesserti
reported by
Wesołowska (2014a)
seems to belong to a different species that is close to
S. arambagensis
. The matter requires special attention in the future, when more numerous specimens of
Stenaleurillus
from
India
are available. The correct sex matching for
S. lesserti
was also presented by
Prajapati
et al.
(2016)
.
Distribution
Southern
India
and
Sri Lanka
(
Wesołowska 2014a
;
Sebastian
et al.
2015
;
Prajapati
et al.
2016
;
Caleb & Sanap 2016
; present data) (
Fig. 509
).