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<figureCitation id="9A9EB796B74BC395A87FFDB5D7B6FB4B" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Figs 1A-H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="95EF16AE8C9BF078673D33B91BEC844E" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">, 2A-D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="06A477BC4CC5CD46CD946C8BEC9E6857" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">, 4A-D</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="7E29B4433247818A1B504AAB73BEBA3A" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Type material.</paragraph>
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♂. INDIA: Karnataka, Shimoga District, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary,
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, 629 m elev., 07.xii.2022, P.P. Sudhin coll. (NZC-ZSI-8369/18).
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: 1♀, same data as holotype (NZC-ZSI-8370/18).
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The male copulatory organ of
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sp. nov. is most similar to that of
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Kanesharatnam &amp; Benjamin, 2019, from which it can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: RTA robust without basal minute teeth (relatively narrower with basal minute teeth in
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<emphasis id="F449EAADEE26779EF40F0ADCAAAF2B9D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">P. jaleeli</emphasis>
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); embolus long and narrower, with the distal tip directed at 12
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position in ventral view (short and robust with the distal tip directed at 1
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position in
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<emphasis id="2E1E5D7C8CE03A64FBA2B4138AA7FB5A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">P. jaleeli</emphasis>
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) (cf. Figs
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,
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with figs 31D, E and 33A, B in
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). The female genitalia of
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sp. nov. is most similar to that of
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Patoleta, 2009 from which it can be easily distinguished by the small copulatory openings, relatively short copulatory ducts and bilobed spermathecae (cf. Figs
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,
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with figs 6-7 in
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).
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<paragraph id="DFD102C973F5C9AF339932A72B98E120" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Description.</paragraph>
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(Holotype, NZC-ZSI-8369/18) (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="0150CBFD91ECA0CAD7E7FA6959A6207D" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="5DBDAB69F12FDCC069635CEE875A65B3" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">4A, B</figureCitation>
): Measurements: body length 4.26; carapace length 1.93, width 1.66; abdomen length 2.22, width 1.17. Ocular area length 1.44, width 1.23. Eye diameters: AME 0.51, ALE 0.23, PME 0.06, PLE 0.24. Eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.01, ALE-AME 0.02, ALE-ALE 1.03, ALE-PLE 0.53, PLE-PLE 1.11, PME-PME 1.18, PME-PLE 0.23. Clypeus height 0.15. Length of chelicera 0.47. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 1.57 [0.60, 0.21, 0.16, 0.60], leg I 4.01 [1.36, 0.62, 0.96, 0.67, 0.40], II 3.16 [1.03, 0.43, 0.74, 0.58, 0.38], III 3.71 [1.10, 0.48, 0.77, 0.86, 0.50], IV 4.23 [1.31, 0.44, 0.99, 0.96, 0.53]. Leg formula: 4132. Leg setation: femur I-III pl 1 rl 1 do 3, IV pl 1 rl 2 do 3; patella III-IV rl 1; tibia I plv 4 rlv 2, II pl 2 rl 2, III pl 1 rl 2 rlv 2, IV pl 2 rl 3 rlv 1; metatarsus I plv 2 rlv 2, II pl 1 rl 1 plv 2 rlv 2, III pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 3, IV pl 2 rl 2 plv 1 rlv 2. Carapace oval, high, sloping posteriorly, reddish-brown, covered with short white setae, margin of carapace with black lines (Fig.
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); anterior region of thorax with a transverse diamond-shaped yellow-brown area behind eye field (Fig.
<figureCitation id="179C039859FA744EFDB65BA65B8FA423" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1A</figureCitation>
); eye field brown; eye bases black; AMEs surrounded by pale yellow setae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="86FB9DA0EAC19DF2EFBCFE8850B11082" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1G</figureCitation>
). Clypeus short, reddish-brown, covered with white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="DC28F6661A3E2613666B1DEEA3936528" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1G</figureCitation>
). Chelicerae small, sub-vertical, slightly diverging, reddish-brown, inner frontal face with tooth-like outgrowth, situated closer to base (Fig.
<figureCitation id="67CC8AA22A3CB50B968493CE8FB551A5" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1B</figureCitation>
); chelicerae retromargin with two stout teeth with wide bases, arranged closely and transversely. Endites light brown, scopulate, with pale yellow inner margins; distal tip with beak-like curve (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8D35EABEE2B8CBDF7216B82971AB763B" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1B</figureCitation>
). Labium light brown, distally pale yellow, covered with setae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="974E47606A5789E073DF28B2DD30F422" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1B</figureCitation>
). Sternum oval, truncated anteriorly, pale yellow, with reddish-brown margins (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E1578E84BAD8B91BC5FF9FD313A8A216" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1B</figureCitation>
). Abdomen oval, narrowing posteriorly, pale yellow, laterally with longitudinal white stripes formed of white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AA85257B68ED0FEE1C4621ED48AE1F3B" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1A</figureCitation>
); lateral region dark brown (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E001CB602552475D92ADFB05748B8380" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1C</figureCitation>
); venter light brown, laterally with longitudinal white stripes and medially with a pair of yellowish dotted lines (Fig.
<figureCitation id="64F756B493133F06A0DB6243CEC35A03" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1B</figureCitation>
). Leg I brown with yellow metatarsi and tarsi (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E4A9D049CD52E8C9BBAF1BEF6D0CE734" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1C</figureCitation>
), patella and tibia ventrally provided with brown setae; other leg articles pale yellow (Fig.
<figureCitation id="06B1E4AF3D011F7D8E3B1DD8ED6179A4" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1C</figureCitation>
). Palps yellow-brown (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F1F0C4B92D5ADD50CBB00D468404A9CF" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2A, B</figureCitation>
); RTA stout, directed anteriorly, wide at base, narrowing distally, tip slightly bent ventrally (Figs
<figureCitation id="66CF54E1E41C7FAB7C1168F44099FA41" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="5DCCFA98E0BDE7B44DCA54A3DFBD3EE2" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">4B</figureCitation>
); cymbium elongate oval, covered with long setae (Figs
<figureCitation id="03886DBD4C294FC3E669474508B88F67" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2A, B</figureCitation>
,
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); tegulum nearly rectangular with small U-shaped posterior lobe (Figs
<figureCitation id="70C5D206889FE10049CF4084BACFF91C" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="49EBD0F4AE673C69BBB8D24761EA1322" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">4A</figureCitation>
); sperm duct visible on the retrolateral shoulder of tegulum (Figs
<figureCitation id="CE316766431E8522BB28BFA4FC9B6A72" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7687FC9D69D3F97B219FE701EE676E8E" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">4A</figureCitation>
); embolus relatively long, situated anterior to bulbus, narrowing towards tip (Figs
<figureCitation id="2DD5BD27D00F4B41745BC160ACD40EBC" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2A</figureCitation>
,
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).
</paragraph>
<caption id="AAAF7F247A3E6515AE3F02A8F0BB7AB2" doi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
<paragraph id="1437E832E25FD6F20EB3974BD8D87A52" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="7AF78934EF688EC6640CC44EC0C913E7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3163EFDF90ED527D2307B410212C9A57" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Phintella dentis</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis id="7F490149EB2BC20F3F8580F5503D653B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">A.</emphasis>
Male, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="D02C7A830A365E9F0B042A3227433357" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">B.</emphasis>
Same, ventral view;
<emphasis id="CF561E687DC50705D64C5F51B2CCB7E8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">C.</emphasis>
Same, lateral view;
<emphasis id="7BF69CBB8BFF7D4FD1DF0635FFD70268" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">D.</emphasis>
Female, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="F6A5900A946CBF89C1B9891F99093F83" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">E.</emphasis>
Same, ventral view;
<emphasis id="9F2A80E06785F758CDDABD0A0A6699CB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">F.</emphasis>
Same, lateral view;
<emphasis id="A68E83F0B2302EB6BC749C84413455C9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">G.</emphasis>
Male, frontal view;
<emphasis id="6438E117B834B598DD9117727125B8EB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">H.</emphasis>
Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis id="2104603636D205AA58451B716A2AFFF9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">A-H</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="5CF2DB670597E55F9ED8D26C1B49CADB" doi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="B788B0266F14BA70B9C303AE948FC726" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="223CE5399BC49EE410ABF19F2692D5C5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="419E793DC4C2364AB5CFBB446B3605E5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Phintella dentis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (
<emphasis id="E186C33DED7241B26E50084E77617C05" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">A-D</emphasis>
) and
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<emphasis id="95313BA3115C5BCCC4226836BFF27303" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Phintella handersoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (
<emphasis id="167DB68A8B5D329FE89CA9652283AAEE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">E-H</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="6A170A32FE9F6E558DE2750F0646B316" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">A, E.</emphasis>
Left male palp, ventral view;
<emphasis id="19146BDA5681D4E8F160F5E3B3A8D1A6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">B, F.</emphasis>
Same, retrolateral view;
<emphasis id="F0FE18A995E31152CDAF512C4EC69208" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">C, G.</emphasis>
Female epigyne, ventral view;
<emphasis id="7D0FB7CF0EB2151D4057724753885C09" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">D, H.</emphasis>
Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
<emphasis id="598A47447406D26793C6011B1ED2F3D7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">A-H</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BC7437A837DA2A66EBB8B03F1C2AF8EB" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="CBC1D53CFA97C67EB906977B402E2185" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Female</emphasis>
(Paratype) (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="8F366E8AB31DA61066A62F9EFBF63276" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="AB25E2235D94AEEEC12DD2E7C874E964" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">4C, D</figureCitation>
): Measurements: body length 4.63; carapace length 1.99, width 1.72; abdomen length 2.70, width 1.46. Ocular area length 1.26, width 1.50. Eye diameters: AME 0.48, ALE 0.25, PME 0.04, PLE 0.23. Eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.06, ALE-AME 0.05, ALE-ALE 1.01, ALE-PLE 0.58, PLE-PLE 1.07, PME-PME 1.16, PME-PLE 0.27. Clypeus height 0.16. Length of chelicera 0.65. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 1.43 [0.48, 0.16, 0.28, 0.51], leg I 4.84 [1.50, 0.66, 1.27, 0.84, 0.57], II 4.10 [1.35, 0.55, 0.92, 0.75, 0.53], III 4.44 [1.39, 0.67, 0.84, 1.03, 0.51], IV 4.92 [1.49, 0.55, 1.18, 1.16, 0.54]. Leg formula: 4132. Leg setation: femur I-IV pl 1 do 3; tibia I plv 4 rlv 4, II plv 3 rlv 3; metatarsus I plv 2 rlv 2, II pl 1 plv 2 rlv 2, III-IV pl 1 rl 1. In all details as male, except the following: carapace dark brown (Fig.
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); eye field black, middle region decorated with shiny golden yellow patch (Fig.
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); clypeus red-brown (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A346372548C69DA3FE1C20705E105F2E" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1H</figureCitation>
); chelicerae vertical, not diverging, reddish-brown, without any modification; cheliceral promargin with two teeth and retromargin with a single tooth; endites yellowish-brown, without any modifications (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1C02A6AFB532D8BCCE7A07A493B349FC" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1E</figureCitation>
); labium brown (Fig.
<figureCitation id="20D412BBD7C1F1C915C776570E02E942" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1E</figureCitation>
); sternum nearly round, yellowish-brown with darker sides, margin with dark brown lines (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8E32E2D1B47AD3F963EFD84F7A84AC6F" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1E</figureCitation>
); abdomen brown with yellow patches, medially with two closely-arranged U-shaped pale yellow stripes extending longitudinally from below anterior margin to posterior end (Fig.
<figureCitation id="30B3FE557C545FB2EC3A55B38676E76E" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1D</figureCitation>
); abdomen dorso-laterally with thin yellow stripes, bending, moving to ventral margin and terminating just before spinnerets (Fig.
<figureCitation id="624BB60A3195D849D92D52E51B01F83A" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1F</figureCitation>
); abdomen lateral sides brown with thin yellow streaks (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3FC4689B00A307040849523D1A64E743" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1F</figureCitation>
); venter pale yellow with light brown middle region (Fig.
<figureCitation id="DDA6BE9694C451C395D24E7E9BA10CA3" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Phintella dentis sp. nov. A. Male, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view; D. Female, dorsal view; E. Same, ventral view; F. Same, lateral view; G. Male, frontal view; H. Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974783" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">1E</figureCitation>
). Epigyne simple, moderately sclerotised, wider than long (Figs
<figureCitation id="D7F7D9475E98B4EA9959D835F499C958" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2C</figureCitation>
,
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); copulatory openings small, widely separated from each other, situated antero-laterally (Figs
<figureCitation id="13F5E128919680FA97AD765B54B8D5B3" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="F8D3E62894B02BE10649F505E9822561" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">4C</figureCitation>
); copulatory ducts long, relatively narrow, sclerotised, anteriorly curved, leading posteriorly and connected to anterior part of spermathecae (Figs
<figureCitation id="82BF53DC81D9ACEDD0F1D8DD5C29EC36" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="14B31631579EB96652894EF3F1035E2C" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">4C, D</figureCitation>
); spermathecae bilobed, posterior lobe large and oval shaped, anterior lobe small and hump-shaped (Figs
<figureCitation id="8461A03BBA6F242A7A149A3B2BE6FE2F" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974784" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">2D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="5B8553A8753DBC2FF0F342ECC90396D6" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Phintella dentis sp. nov. (A-D) and Phintella handersoni sp. nov. (E-H). A, E. Left male palp, ventral view; B, F. Same, retrolateral view; C, G. Female epigyne, ventral view; D, H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974786" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">4D</figureCitation>
); fertilisation ducts orientated anterolaterally, located at the anterior region of spermathecae (Figs
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,
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).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D89F5AEFF56376AC0BD87200D727B197" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="46970316029156811EDD7B979C20D833" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="54B7DCBE4AE8B6BB80CE14363F3F15A2" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
The species name is a noun in apposition originating from the Latin word '
<emphasis id="5501E0382AF379E5EDE2F7DBF2FD7448" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">dentis</emphasis>
', meaning tooth and referring to the presence of a tooth-like outgrowth on the frontal face of the male chelicerae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CF14B6F01586B99056D678508AA63D01" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="AA6930D9B0BA533FC61F0BEF28D711EF" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC817F7452BEFC3CE0E7FBEBEC835AE1" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
Known only from the type locality in Karnataka, India (Fig.
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).
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</subSubSection>
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