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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figs 4A-H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Female epigyne, ventral view; E. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-C, E); 0.1 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804533" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">, 5A-E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">, 6A-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>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Type material.</paragraph>
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♂. India: Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram District, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary,
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,
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, 118 m, 26.vi.2022, P. Girish Kumar coll. (NZC-ZSI-7943/18).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Paratypes</emphasis>
: same data as holotype, 6♀♀ &amp; 8♂♂ (NZC-ZSI-7944/18).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The male of
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sp. nov. is distinct from all other species by the thin embolus arising from 10
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position, with the tip directed at 12
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position in ventral view; RTA short and thick with obtuse dorsal margin, tip pointed directed apically in retrolateral view. The female epigyne with sclerotized W-shaped projections on the posterior margin; copulatory openings lie close to each other; spermathecae nearly oval (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Female epigyne, ventral view; E. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-C, E); 0.1 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804533" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">5B-E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">6A-D</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Description.</paragraph>
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(Holotype, NZC-ZSI-7943/18) (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4A-C, G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Female epigyne, ventral view; E. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-C, E); 0.1 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804533" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">5A-C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">6A, B</figureCitation>
): Measurements: body length 4.22; carapace length 2.12, width 1.54; abdomen length 1.94, width 1.41. Ocular area length 1.01, width 1.23. Eye diameters: AME 0.36, ALE 0.24, PME 0.07, PLE 0.21. Eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.05, ALE-AME 0.05, ALE-ALE 0.91, ALE-PME 0.35, PLE-PLE 1.01, PME-PME 1.10, PME-PLE 0.16. Clypeus height 0.17. Length of chelicera 0.45. Measurement of legs: leg I 3.06 [1.03, 0.45, 0.70, 0.36, 0.52], II 3.11 [1.13, 0.44, 0.63, 0.52, 0.39], III 4.89 [1.59, 0.69, 0.97, 1.11, 0.53], IV 5.07 [1.38, 0.49, 1.01, 1.65, 0.54]. Leg formula: 4321. Leg setation: femur I, IV pl 2 rl 2 do 3, II pl 2 rl 3 do 3, III pl 3 rl 2 do 3; patella I-IV pl 1 rl 1; tibia I-II pl 2 plv 2 rlv 3, III-IV pl 3 rl 3 do 1 plv 2 rlv 1; metatarsus I-II pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, III-IV pl 4 rl 4 do 1 plv 2 rlv 2. Carapace pear-shaped, moderately high, densely covered with black setae, laterally with dense white setae forming a white band, and dorsally with a pair of white longitudinal bands extending from behind PLEs (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4A, C</figureCitation>
); eye field densely covered with black bristles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4A</figureCitation>
). Clypeus high, light yellowish-brown with irregular dark brown patches, clothed with sparse white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4G</figureCitation>
). Chelicerae short, vertical, dorsal region light yellowish- brown, covered with black setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4G</figureCitation>
), retromargin with one and promargin with two teeth. Fangs short, light brown. Endites yellowish brown with paler inner tips. Labium light brown with paler tip. Sternum oval, light yellow, lateral region with light brown lines, covered with elongated white erect setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4B</figureCitation>
). Legs: coxae and trochanters yellow; femora and tarsi pale yellow; patellae, tibiae, and metatarsi darker than other leg segments. Abdomen nearly oval, black, densely covered with black setae, anteriorly with inconspicuous transverse white band and posteriorly with three white spots, which together form an inverted triangle (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4A</figureCitation>
). Lateral abdomen dull yellow with a black longitudinal line and few black spots (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4C</figureCitation>
). Venter dull yellow, densely covered with light yellow and few long black setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4B</figureCitation>
). Spinnerets brownish. Palpal segments pale yellow, the distal region of femur with prolateral black patch; femur distally with a short macrosetae and dorsally with several long yellowish-white setae; patella and tibia with long black setae; RTA black, short and stout, with flat dorsal side, and tip sub-acute directed apically in retrolateral view (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Female epigyne, ventral view; E. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-C, E); 0.1 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804533" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">5C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">6B</figureCitation>
); VTA broad, with round end, directed at 2
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position in ventral view (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">6A</figureCitation>
); cymbium oval, densely covered with setae; tegulum with broad and rounded tegular process, almost reaches height of embolus, sperm duct visible in ventral view; functional tegulum with well-developed and pointed proximal projection and without a distal projection (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">6A</figureCitation>
); embolus base wide, embolus thin and medium sized, initially oriented retrolaterally, which is slightly bent medially, with sub-acute tip directed at 12
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position in ventral view (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">6A</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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Male, dorsal view;
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Same, ventral view;
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Same, lateral view;
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Female dorsal view;
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Same, ventral view;
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Same, lateral view;
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Male, frontal view;
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Female, frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804533" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sudhin &amp; Sen &amp; Caleb" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Stenaelurillus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stenaelurillus neyyar" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="neyyar">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Stenaelurillus neyyar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A.</emphasis>
Left male palp, prolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">B.</emphasis>
Same, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">C.</emphasis>
Same, retrolateral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">D.</emphasis>
Female epigyne, ventral view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">E.</emphasis>
Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A-C, E</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sudhin &amp; Sen &amp; Caleb" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Stenaelurillus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stenaelurillus neyyar" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="neyyar">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Stenaelurillus neyyar</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: 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A, B, D</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">C</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Female</emphasis>
(paratype) (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4D-F, H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Female epigyne, ventral view; E. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-C, E); 0.1 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804533" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">5D, E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">6C, D</figureCitation>
): Measurements: body length 6.23; carapace length 2.65, width 1.85; abdomen length 3.25, width 2.75. Ocular area length 0.88, width 1.51. Eye diameters: AME 0.46, ALE 0.26, PME 0.11, PLE 0.25. Eye inter distances: AME-AME 0.06, ALE-AME 0.06, ALE-ALE 1.08, ALE-PME 0.35, PLE-PLE 1.23, PME-PME 1.38, PME-PLE 0.19. Clypeus height 0.21. Length of chelicera 0.83. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 1.82 [0.62, 0.21, 0.31, 0.68], leg I 3.57 [1.27, 0.62, 0.72, 0.41, 0.55], II 3.77 [1.40, 0.57, 0.73, 0.48, 0.59], III 6.06 [2.01, 0.80, 1.32, 1.21, 0.72], IV 6.11 [1.85, 0.74, 1.23, 1.54, 0.75]. Leg formula: 4321. Leg setation: femur I, IV pl 2 rl 2 do 3, II pl 2 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 4 rl 3 plv 2 rlv 1, IV pl 3 rl 3 do 1 plv 2 rlv 1; metatarsus I-II pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, III-IV pl 3 rl 3 do 2 plv 2 rlv 2. In all details as male, except the following: carapace lighter in color (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4D</figureCitation>
); chelicerae promargin with single tooth; abdomen pale-yellowish with several black markings (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Stenaelurillus neyyar 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.99.97985.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804532" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">4D</figureCitation>
); spinnerets yellowish-brown. Epigyne simple, covered with long setae, posterior border line with sclerotized W-shaped projections; copulatory opening large, round, lie close to each other, situated posterior region of epigyne; copulatory ducts short, entering posteriorly into spermathecae; spermathecae nearly oval, contiguous; fertilization ducts long, oriented laterally, positioned at anterior region of spermathecae (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Female epigyne, ventral view; E. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-C, E); 0.1 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804533" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">5D, E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Stenaelurillus neyyar sp. nov. A. Left male palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Female epigyne, ventral view; D. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B, D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804534" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">6C, D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</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 its type locality, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary. 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.
<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>
<caption doi="10.3897/zse.99.97985.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804535" pageId="0" pageNumber="123" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Figure 7.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">A-D.</emphasis>
Collecting localities of all
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Stenaelurillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in India.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="123" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="123">Body length: Male: 4.00 to 4.50 (n=9); female: 4.70 to 6.23 (n=6).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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