On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka

By

Kanesharatnam, Nilani
Benjamin, Suresh P.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-2-4

Original Publication

Evolutionary systematics

Volume

4

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

5--19

Subjects

Arachnida , Biodiversity , India , leaf litter , new species , South Asia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Hamburg Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.47578

 

Abstract

Three new species of litter-dwelling jumping spiders, Habrocestum liptonisp. nov., Stenaelurillus ilesaisp. nov., and Tamigalesus fabussp. nov. are described from Sri Lanka. In addition, T. munnaricus is redescribed based on the new material from Sri Lanka.