Taxonomic notes on the genus Epeus Peckham &amp;amp; Peckham, 1886 (Araneae, Salticidae) from India

Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin; Ramankutty Jwala; Souvik Sen; Vishwanath D. Hegde

doi:10.3897/zse.100.118686

Zoosystematics and Evolution (Apr 2024)

Taxonomic notes on the genus Epeus Peckham &amp; Peckham, 1886 (Araneae, Salticidae) from India

Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin,
Ramankutty Jwala,
Souvik Sen,
Vishwanath D. Hegde

Affiliations

Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin: Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan
Ramankutty Jwala: University of Calicut
Souvik Sen: Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan
Vishwanath D. Hegde: Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.118686
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 100, no. 2
pp. 447 – 455

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This paper provides the re-description of Epeus albus Prószynski, 1992, with the first description of its male. Additionally, Epeus chilapataensis (Biswas & Biswas, 1992) is synonymised with E. albus and a new taxonomic combination is proposed: Epeus khandalaensis (Tikader, 1977) comb. nov. (ex Phidippus). Clarification on the record of Epeus daiqini Patoleta, Gardzińska & Żabka, 2020 from India is provided. The current distribution of the genus in India is also mapped.

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LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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