New chrysilline and aelurilline jumping spiders from Pakistan (Araneae, Salticidae)

By

Ali, Pir Asmat
Maddison, Wayne P.
Zahid, Muhammad
Butt, Abida

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

783

Pages

1-15

Subjects

Aelurillina , Araneae , Chrysillini , Epocilla , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , new species , Pakistan , Salticidae , Stenaelurillus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.21985

 

Abstract

EpocillapakhtunkhwaAli & Maddison,sp. n.andStenaelurillusmardanicusAli & Maddison,sp. n.are described from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Noted for the first time is the presence inEpocillaof a small bump just anterior to the fovea of the carapace, of unknown functional significance, otherwise known in the unrelatedOpisthoncusL. Koch, 1880 andCocalusPocock, 1897. In addition, the female ofMenemerusnigliWesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012 is described for the first time.