Three new species of plexippine jumping spiders (Salticidae, Salticinae, Plexippini) from dry forest in Boeny region, north-western Madagascar

By

Murray, Katie I.
Escobar-Toledo, Jaime
Pett, Brogan L.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-10-28

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

65

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

61--74

Subjects

Afrotropics , Discovery , Evarcha , new record , new species , taxonomy , Thyene

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.126810

 

Abstract

Despite being the most diverse family of spiders, Salticidae (jumping spiders) are poorly studied in Madagascar with only 47 of the total 105 species recorded in the last 100 years. Here, we describe three new species of Plexippini Simon, 1901 from dry forests in North-western Madagascar as part of an ongoing biomonitoring programme. This paper increases the number of species in the genus Evarcha Simon, 1902 from 93 to 95 and Thyene Simon, 1885 from 55 to 56. Additionally, we publish specimen records of Plexippus petersi (Karsch, 1878) from Madagascar for the first time. All new species are diagnosed and illustrated through photographs and drawings.