Kelawakaju gen. nov., a new Asian lineage of marpissine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Marpissina)

By

Maddison, Wayne P.
Ruiz, Gustavo
Ng, Paul. Y. C.
Vishnudas, Ettukandathil Haridas
Ambalaparambil, Sudhikumar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1130

Pages

79--102

Subjects

Classification , Dendryphantini , molecular phylogeny , new genus , new species , Salticinae , Salticoida , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1130.87730

 

Abstract

The genusKelawakajuMaddison & Ruiz,gen. nov., is described for a lineage of bark-dwelling Asian marpissine jumping spiders that represent a dispersal to Eurasia separate from that of theMarpissa-Mendozalineage, according to the phylogeny recovered from analysis of four gene regions. All species ofKelawakajuare new to science exceptKelawakaju frenata(Simon, 1901),comb. nov., which is transferred fromOcrisionaSimon, 1901.Kelawakaju frenatais known from Hong Kong, Guangdong, Guangxi, and likely Taiwan. The five new species areKelawakaju muluMaddison & Ruiz,sp. nov.(type species ofKelawakaju, from Sarawak, Malaysia, ♂♀),K. intextaMaddison & Ruiz,sp. nov.(from Sarawak, ♂),K. leucomelasMaddison & Ng,sp. nov.(Singapore and Johor Bahru, ♂♀),K. sahyadriVishnudas, Maddison, & Sudhikumar,sp. nov.(India, ♂♀), andK. singapuraMaddison & Ng,sp. nov.(Singapore, ♂♀).