A new species of Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae) from India

Abstract

A new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae), Afraflacilla goaensis Gawas & Tripathi sp. nov., is described, diagnosed and illustrated based on a single male specimen collected from a mangrove in Goa, India. Considering this finding, the genus Afraflacilla previously known from the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, and Rajasthan, is now documented for the first time in Goa. Finally, the Indian records of the genus Afraflacilla are mapped.

Keywords

• asia
• distribution map
• goa
• jumping spider
• mangroves
• taxonomy