Phenasurya daeng, a new genus and species of plexippine jumping spider (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina) from Thailand

By

Marathe, Kiran
Trębicki, Łukasz
Janik-Superson, Katarzyna
Samoh, Abdulloh
Zhang, Junxia
Maddison, Wayne P.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-11-12

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1259

Pages

335--348

Subjects

Araneae , Biodiversity , Indochina , phylogenomics , phylogenomics , phylogenomics , systematics , taxonomy , UCE

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1259.169914

 

Abstract

<br> We describe a new plexippine genus and new species,<br> Phenasurya daeng<br> gen. et sp. nov.<br> , with a striking red face, from Thailand. Its placement within Plexippina is supported by ultraconserved element (UCE)-based phylogenomic analyses, supplemented with a broader four-gene analysis. Morphological evidence further justifies its generic status.<br> Phenasurya daeng<br> is recovered near cf.<br> Colopsus<br> and<br> Pancorius<br> but is morphologically distinct from both. These findings reveal a new red-faced lineage and settle the identity of a perplexing jumping spider.<br>