Zoosystematics and Evolution (Jan 2024)

Additions to the knowledge on the genus Phintella Strand, 1906 (Araneae, Salticidae, Chrysillini) from India

  • Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin,
  • John T. D. Caleb,
  • Souvik Sen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.113049
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 100, no. 1
pp. 31 – 48

Abstract

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Four new species of the chrysilline genus Phintella – P. dentis sp. nov. (♂♀), P. handersoni sp. nov. (♂♀), P. luna sp. nov. (♀) and P. rajbharathi sp. nov. (♂) – are described from India. Additionally, the unknown female of Phintella platnicki Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 is described and new distributional data are provided for this species. Notes on the type locality and distribution of P. accentifera (Simon, 1901) are provided along with clarification on the identity of other non-type materials. Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations and a distributional map are also given.