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<figureCitation id="CFC32C52CB453A68F4EEFD86CB649F12" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Phintella luna sp. nov. (A, B), Phintella rajbharathi sp. nov. (C, D) and Phintella platnicki Sudhin, Sen &amp; Caleb, 2023 (E, F). A, E. Female epigyne, ventral view; B, F. Vulva, dorsal view; C. Left male palp, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, E, F); 0.25 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974788" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">, 6A, B</figureCitation>
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<bibRefCitation id="2DC31C6B3C584D82B94ACA246D2C770C" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50510-8" author="Tyagi, K" journalOrPublisher="Scientific Reports" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" pagination="1 - 13" refId="B20" refString="Tyagi, K, Kumar, V, Kundu, S, Pakrashi, A, Prasad, P, Caleb, JTD, Chandra, K, 2019. Identification of Indian spiders through DNA barcoding: cryptic species and species complex. Scientific Reports 9 (14033): 1 - 13, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50510-8" title="Identification of Indian spiders through DNA barcoding: cryptic species and species complex." url="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50510-8" volume="9" year="2019">Tyagi et al., 2019</bibRefCitation>
: supplement, figs S3.29-30 (♀ misidentified).
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<paragraph id="8C9B999E808664F318D1722B505BEBA4" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Type material.</paragraph>
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♀. INDIA: West Bengal, Nadia District, Kalyani,
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,
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, 17.ix.1969, D. Sinharny coll. (NZC-ZSI-6559/18);
<emphasis id="6E75EE219BCF89C68A4DB17FFA162687" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Paratype</emphasis>
: 1♀, Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari District, Kittukuru,
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,
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, 05.xii.2021, D. Jaiswal coll. (NZC-ZSI-8374/18).
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<paragraph id="9325EC5EAD2A3DB7EE7F23AC2CC3F7ED" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="B342FC33A01AEC96941B3C7954E399F8" class="Arachnida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. luna" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luna">
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sp. nov. is similar to
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(C.L. Koch, 1846) in having the similar body colour patterns and female genitalia with well-developed epigynal scape and rounded spermathecae, but it can be distinguished by the following characters: epigyne with straight anterior epigynal border (arched in
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); copulatory ducts gently curved, U-shaped and relatively longer (straight, converging posteriorly, V-shaped in
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<emphasis id="C44D80E333148976BC5190B5C6E2153E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">P. vittata</emphasis>
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) (cf. Figs
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with Figs
<figureCitation id="8A6BCFC315E0BAF376F7278DBBBD64D4" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Phintella vittata (C. L. Koch, 1846). A. Male, dorsal view; B. Female, dorsal view; C. Male, frontal view; D. Female, frontal view; E. Left male palp, ventral view; F. Same, retrolateral view; G. Female epigyne, ventral view; H. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-F); 0.1 mm (G-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974794" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">12G</figureCitation>
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).
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(Holotype, NZC-ZSI-6559/18) (Figs
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,
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): Measurements: body length 2.92; carapace length 1.24, width 1.07; abdomen length 1.60, width 1.25. Ocular area length 0.82, width 0.94. Eye diameters: AME 0.35, ALE 0.18, PME 0.03, PLE 0.16. Eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.02, ALE-AME 0.02, ALE-ALE 0.73, ALE-PLE 0.37, PLE-PLE 0.77, PME-PME 0.81, PME-PLE 0.17. Clypeus height 0.06. Length of chelicera 0.43. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 1.18 [0.43, 0.15, 0.20, 0.40], leg I 2.37 [0.76, 0.34, 0.55, 0.44, 0.28], II 2.13 [0.76, 0.23, 0.52, 0.36, 0.26], III 2.77 [0.89, 0.30, 0.60, 0.67, 0.31], IV 3.23 [1.02, 0.32, 0.75, 0.78, 0.36]. Leg formula: 4312. Leg setation: femur I-IV pl 1 rldo 3; patella III-IV rl 1; tibia I pl 1 plv 3 rlv 3, II pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2 III pl 1 rl 1 plv 2 rlv 1, IV pl 1 rl 2 plv 1 rlv 1; metatarsus I pl 1 rl 1 plv 2 rlv 2, II pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, III-IV pl 2 rl 2 plv 1 rlv 1. Carapace oval, sloping posteriorly, light yellowish-brown, with few black patches and stripes (Fig.
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); eye bases black (Fig.
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), anterior eyes surrounded by pale white setae. Clypeus low, light yellowish-brown. Chelicerae small, vertical, yellow-brown, promargin with two teeth and retromargin with a single tooth. Endites pale yellow, scopulate, margins with narrow reddish-brown lines (Fig.
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). Labium pale yellow, distally with few light brown setae (Fig.
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). Sternum yellowish-brown, with pale yellow posterior sides (Fig.
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). Abdomen oval, pale yellow with light brown anterior region, medially with a dark brown transverse band and posterior tip with a dark brown patch (Fig.
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). Venter pale yellow without any prominent markings (Fig.
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). Legs pale yellow. Epigyne nearly round, moderately sclerotised, posterior region with well-developed epigynal scape (Figs
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,
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); copulatory openings small, widely separated from each other, situated antero-laterally (Figs
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,
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); copulatory ducts comparatively long, gently curved and connected to anterior region of spermathecae (Figs
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,
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); spermathecae nearly round, separated from each other (Figs
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,
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); fertilisation duct long, orientated laterally, located at anterior region of spermathecae (Figs
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,
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).
</paragraph>
<caption id="B044B06EA27D606C8C5242554D8B0F6F" doi="10.3897/zse.100.113049.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974787" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="C2A91758547B800536017CE81D6D499A" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="AFDAC951A41193D6F9E2447B01FF0DA1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A20E340A1D5983D606CA6CE9B8CB2852" authorityName="Sudhin, Sen &amp; Caleb" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Phintella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phintella luna" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luna">
<emphasis id="B6F52AF570E79350F26837DCA8ED0435" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Phintella luna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="F011EE169337C16D95C4A9EA80B1484E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">A.</emphasis>
Female, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="3AFB183D2356D7A107CD2770C6B2A14E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">B.</emphasis>
Same, ventral view;
<emphasis id="E805054834017D4AA7996420E6739718" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">C.</emphasis>
Same, lateral view;
<emphasis id="CDD7E58D02484EC349FACCD090D244FB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">D.</emphasis>
Female epigyne, ventral view;
<emphasis id="75A276DE30EB6F5D624C9D83D9665548" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">E.</emphasis>
Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="42F9B73F5FFDBFFAFA9DA07B3D771748" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">A-C</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis id="1F4B6442ED01C8A2D14565FD5C24B50C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">D-E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="98AF41DF1F8015FB94BC9218A1D43D6E" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="E7E9F2CAC4524CAFBEC961418B5E8C19" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Male.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1DF2A39780289E28E04D2F7D8F7CD679" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="CD55E930F00D9B2E4750A1772F81C9E5" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E032FA6904E99A50C90A09B82A5AB468" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
The specific epithet is noun in apposition, referring to the curved, crescent-like copulatory ducts (
<normalizedToken id="7F7AE76A3C99716D1F425421BB252941" originalValue="luna">'luna'</normalizedToken>
in Latin for the moon). We also take this occasion to mark the successful landing of the spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 close to the South Pole of the moon for the first time during the third Indian lunar expedition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="EFC2DBC1E54309242214C7DD4F4B26EF" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="5E9F2B9106C408C6CF01AA89F812DCDC" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AB2FFC3A1F43A71A77EED05EC4397A1C" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
India: West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat (
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) (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="67FB82C7F8963955F87C5E7DE15A475E" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="46ADE244E5F2E529654316E001272935" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3908EEE55EAD2C1393DC0C4BF2BDCB58" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">
A specimen previously identified as
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<emphasis id="9ED3C5431CF0FE8D8FD437A8C06C2452" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">P. vittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Gujarat (
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) has been listed here as belonging to this species. The epigyne of this specimen has a longitudinal groove on the ventral surface, present at the mid-line just below the spermathecae. The spermathecae are also comparatively wider than the type illustrated here. The scape is similar to that of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="8EF2AA3BFFE597D8C2326EB12EE14F40" authorityName="Grube" authorityYear="1859" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Salticus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Salticus ranjitus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ranjitus">
<emphasis id="21A43C207FA6E586CB78D27FDAD969B5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Salticus ranjitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Tikader, 1967 (a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="988372A6C7C0C2A4451F60E31C8DFCCC" authorityName="Sudhin &amp; Caleb &amp; Sen" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Phintella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phintella vittata" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vittata">
<emphasis id="2435ABDC2F6C832A4BD34DB69C55D348" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="31">Phintella vittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (cf. fig. S3.29 in
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with Fig.
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herein).
</paragraph>
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