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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.97985" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1860-0743-1-123" ID-Pensoft-UUID="DE0DDF9E87C95EC0B22A93E1DCC3D8DD" ID-ZooBank="C5B919805B33442DB4BEB0D24DF5781F" ModsDocID="1860-0743-99-1-123" checkinTime="1675506074830" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal, Sen, Souvik &amp; Caleb, John T. D." docDate="2023" docId="73FC6CF0A99D59EC873F3C5DFDB0C8D6" docLanguage="en" docName="ZoosystEvol 99(1): 123-133" docOrigin="Zoosystematics and Evolution 99 (1)" docPubDate="2023-02-02" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.97985" docTitle="Stenaelurillus megamalai Sudhin &amp; Sen &amp; Caleb 2023, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="3C022979-3865-4852-841F-476C7E37E247" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="1" id="DE0DDF9E87C95EC0B22A93E1DCC3D8DD" lastPageNumber="123" masterDocId="DE0DDF9E87C95EC0B22A93E1DCC3D8DD" masterDocTitle="Two new Stenaelurillus species (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillina) from Western Ghats, India" masterLastPageNumber="133" masterPageNumber="123" pageNumber="123" updateTime="1675506074830" updateUser="pensoft">
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<mods:title>Two new Stenaelurillus species (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillina) from Western Ghats, India</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Sen, Souvik</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Caleb, John T. D.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Medical College &amp; Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 602503, Tamil Nadu, India</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/3C022979-3865-4852-841F-476C7E37E247" authority="Sudhin &amp; Sen &amp; Caleb, 2023" authorityName="Sudhin &amp; Sen &amp; Caleb" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Stenaelurillus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stenaelurillus megamalai" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megamalai" status="sp. nov.">Stenaelurillus megamalai</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figs 1A-L</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">, 2A-F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">, 3A-D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. A-D. Collecting localities of all Stenaelurillus species in India." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804535" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">, 7C</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="123" type="type material">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Holotype</emphasis>
♂. India: Tamil Nadu, Theni District, Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary,
<geoCoordinate degrees="09" direction="north" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="34.1" value="9.642805">09°38'34.1&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="77" direction="east" minutes="24" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="06.5" value="77.40181">77°24'06.5&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 871 m, 01.vii.2019, R. Venkitesan coll. (NZC-ZSI-7941/18).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Paratypes</emphasis>
: 12 ♀♀ &amp; 25 ♂♂, same data as holotype, (NZC-ZSI-7942/18).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="123" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. megamalai" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" rank="species" species="megamalai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">S. megamalai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. can be separated from other species of the colorful group by the following combination of characters: males with distinct three sub-equal white spots arranged in a transverse row on the abdomen (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">1A</figureCitation>
); clypeus covered with grayish black hairs, medially with a tuft of pale white hairs (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">1G, H</figureCitation>
); chelicerae covered with white hairs (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">1G</figureCitation>
); palpal femur pale yellow, dorsal and prolateral sides with a bunch of white hairs (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2C, D</figureCitation>
); RTA ventro-basally with a short tooth-like outgrowth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2B</figureCitation>
); cymbium with a bunch of erect white hairs prolateral (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2C, D</figureCitation>
); prolateral margin of the salticid radix not rounded but with gentle prolaterally protrusion in ventral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2A</figureCitation>
); distal projection short and pointed (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2B-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">3B</figureCitation>
). The female with yellow spinnerets; epigyne with broad epigynal pocket and short, broad copulatory ducts (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">3C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figure 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sudhin &amp; Sen &amp; Caleb" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Stenaelurillus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stenaelurillus megamalai" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megamalai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Stenaelurillus megamalai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A.</emphasis>
Male, dorsal view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">B.</emphasis>
Same, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">C.</emphasis>
Same, lateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">D.</emphasis>
Female, dorsal view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">E.</emphasis>
Same, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">F.</emphasis>
Same, lateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">G.</emphasis>
Male, frontal view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">H.</emphasis>
Same, fronto-lateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">I.</emphasis>
Female, frontal view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">J.</emphasis>
Male, left leg I, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">K.</emphasis>
Same, left leg II, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">L.</emphasis>
female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A-C, G, J</emphasis>
); 2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">D-F, I</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">H, K-L</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sudhin &amp; Sen &amp; Caleb" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Stenaelurillus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stenaelurillus megamalai" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megamalai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Stenaelurillus megamalai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A.</emphasis>
Left male palp, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">B.</emphasis>
Same, retrolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">C.</emphasis>
Same, prolatero-ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">D.</emphasis>
Same, retrolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">E.</emphasis>
Female epigyne, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">F.</emphasis>
Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A-D</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">E-F</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sudhin &amp; Sen &amp; Caleb" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Stenaelurillus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stenaelurillus megamalai" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megamalai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Stenaelurillus megamalai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A.</emphasis>
Left male palp, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">B.</emphasis>
Same, retrolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">C.</emphasis>
Female epigyne, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">D.</emphasis>
Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A, B</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">C, D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="123" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
Male (Holotype, NZC-ZSI-7941/18) (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">1A-C, G-H, J-K</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">3A, B</figureCitation>
): Measurements: body length 4.76; carapace length 2.57, width 1.76; abdomen length 2.21, width 1.85. Ocular area length 1.01, width 1.35. Eye diameters: AME 0.37, ALE 0.24, PME 0.11, PLE 0.28. Eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.05, ALE-AME 0.09, ALE-ALE 0.96, ALE-PME 0.34, PLE-PLE 1.03, PME-PME 1.17, PME-PLE 0.20. Clypeus height 0.25. Length of chelicera 0.51. Measurement of legs: leg I 3.66 [1.26, 0.57, 0.86, 0.47, 0.50], II 3.27 [1.01, 0.51, 0.77, 0.52, 0.46], III 6.48 [2.15, 0.81, 1.43, 1.42, 0.67], IV 6.59 [1.96, 0.78, 1.36, 1.60, 0.89]. Leg formula: 4312. Leg setation: femur I, IV pl 2 rl 2 do 3, II-III pl 3 rl 2 do 3; patella I-II pl 1, III-IV pl 1 rl 1; tibia I pl 2 plv 2 rlv 1, II pl 3 rl 1 plv 3 rlv 1, III pl 3 rl 3 do 1 plv 2 rlv 1, IV pl 3 rl 3 do 1 plv 3 rlv 1; metatarsus I pl 2 rl 1 plv 1 rlv 1, II pl 2 rl 2 do 1 plv 2 rlv 2, III pl 3 rl 3 plv 3 rlv 4, IV pl 3 rl 4 plv 2 rlv 1. Carapace yellowish-brown, with yellowish-white lateral sides, covered with brown setae, carapace margin with black lines, anterolateral sides densely covered with long dull white setae (Fig.
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); eye field black, densely covered with dark brown bristles, anterior row of eyes encircled with white setae, a tuft of black erect setae present at anterior margin of PLEs, they appear as short horns in front view (Fig.
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). Clypeus high, covered with greyish-black setae, medially with a tuft of white setae, either side of it with a tuft of black setae, and lateral sides with lustrous scales (Fig.
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). Chelicerae short, yellow, dorso-laterally with long white setae (Fig.
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), retromargin with one and promargin with two teeth. Fangs short. Endites light yellow with pale white inner tips. Labium light yellow. Sternum oval, light yellow, covered with short white setae (Fig.
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). Leg segments pale yellow; femur I prolaterally and dorsally provided with fringe of white setae, the dorsal one prominent, ventrally with thick black setae (Fig.
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); patella I and tibia I ventrally with black setae (Fig.
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); femur II prolaterally and dorsally provided with fringe of white setae (Fig.
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), the femur I prominent. Abdomen oval, covered with black setae, dorsum with an anterior transverse white line and mid-dorsal three black patches with three white spots (Fig.
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); abdomen lateral edges fringed with black setae interspersed with patches of white setae; abdomen posterior end covered with grey white setae (Fig.
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). Spinnerets light grey. Venter densely covered yellowish white setae, interspersed with few light brown setae (Fig.
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). Palpal segments pale yellow covered with white and brown setae (Fig.
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); femur dorsal and prolateral sides provided with bunch of long white setae, their length decreases towards the distal region, retrolateral side with light brown setae (Fig.
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); patella proximo-retrolateral region with black markings; tibia distally with a stiff and long black dorsal setae (Fig.
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); RTA simple, basally broad with a short tooth-like outgrowth, distally narrowing, with the tip slightly bent ventrally (Figs
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,
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); tibia with two ventral apophyses, VTA 1 broad, rounded, VTA 2 conical, projecting ventrally (Figs
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,
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); cymbium oval, densely covered with setae (Fig.
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); functional tegulum with well-developed proximal projection (Figs
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,
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); tegulum with anterior transversal rim decorated with stiff bristles (Figs
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,
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); tegular process finger shaped, directed at 10
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position in ventral view (Figs
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,
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); embolus short, with blunt tip directed at 11
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position in ventral view (Figs
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,
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).
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(paratype) (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2E-F</figureCitation>
,
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): Measurements: body length 7.68; carapace length 3.34, width 2.26; abdomen length 4.05, width 3.26. Ocular area length 1.22, width 1.83. Eye diameters: AME 0.50, ALE 0.30, PME 0.12, PLE 0.27. Eye inter distances: AME-AME 0.08, ALE-AME 0.13, ALE-ALE 1.23, ALE-PME 0.36, PLE-PLE 1.49, PME-PME 1.65, PME-PLE 0.26. Clypeus height 0.40. Length of chelicera 0.85. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 2.03 [0.65, 0.36, 0.37, 0.65], leg I 4.22 [1.50, 0.60, 0.91, 0.55, 0.66], II 4.30 [1.48, 0.70, 0.90, 0.64, 0.58], III 7.08 [2.20, 0.78, 1.74, 1.60, 0.76], IV 7.12 [2.12, 0.82, 1.50, 1.66, 1.02]. Leg formula: 4321. Leg setation: femur I, IV pl 2 rl 2 do 3, II pl 3 rl 3 do 3, III pl 3 rl 2 do 3; patella I-II pl 1, III-IV pl 1 rl 1; tibia I-II pl 2 plv 2 rlv 3, III pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 1, IV pl 4 rl 4 plv 2 rlv 1; metatarsus I-II pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, III pl 4 rl 4 do 2 plv 2 rlv 2, IV pl 4 rl 4 plv 3 rlv 3. In all details as male, except the following: eye field covered with yellowish-brown bristles, anterior row of eyes encircled by yellowish-brown setae (Fig.
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). Clypeus light yellow, covered with yellowish-brown setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">1I</figureCitation>
). Chelicerae slightly longer, yellowish-brown. Abdomen light yellowish brown, lightly covered with black and gray setae, dorsum medially with a triangular black patch, medially with a pair of white spots and a white spot further down, and laterally with two broad irregular black stripes extending from middle to the posterior tip (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">1D</figureCitation>
); abdomen lateral sides with brown longitudinal stripes and few brown patches (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">1F</figureCitation>
); venter pale white, scarcely covered with black setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Stenaelurillus megamalai 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. Same, fronto-lateral view; I. Female, frontal view; J. Male, left leg I, prolateral view; K. Same, left leg II, prolateral view; L. female, left leg I, prolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C, G, J); 2 mm (D-F, I); 0.5 mm (H, K-L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804529" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">1E</figureCitation>
). Epigyne with broad epigynal pocket located in between the copulatory openings (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">3C</figureCitation>
); copulatory openings large, located just above the posterior margin of the epigyne, separated by a distance that is almost less than the diameter of each opening (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2E</figureCitation>
); copulatory ducts short, and broad (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">3C</figureCitation>
); spermathecae round, separated from each other (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">3D</figureCitation>
); fertilization ducts oriented anterolaterally, situated at anterior region of spermathecae (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, prolatero-ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Female epigyne, ventral view; F. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-D); 0.2 mm (E-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804530" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">2F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Stenaelurillus megamalai sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804531" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">3D</figureCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="123" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">The species is named after the Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary from where it was collected. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="123" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
Known only from the type locality (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="123" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Body length: Male: 3.70-5.00 (n=26); female: 4.60-7.68 (n=12).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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