A new species of Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae) from India

Gawas, Vibhuti U.; Tripathi, Rishikesh; Sudhikumar, Ambaraparambil Vasu; Sawant, Nitin S.

doi:10.61186/jibs.10.1.125

A new species of Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae) from India

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Vibhuti U. Gawas ¹

Rishikesh Tripathi ²

Ambaraparambil Vasu Sudhikumar ²

Nitin S. Sawant ¹

¹ School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Taleigao, Goa 403 206, India

² Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680 125, India

10.61186/jibs.10.1.125

Abstract

A new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae), Afraflacilla goaensis Gawas & Tripathi sp. nov., is described, diagnosed and illustrated based on a single male specimen collected from a mangrove in Goa, India. Considering this finding, the genus Afraflacilla previously known from the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, and Rajasthan, is now documented for the first time in Goa. Finally, the Indian records of the genus Afraflacilla are mapped.

Graphical Abstract

A new species of Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae) from India

Keywords

Asia

Distribution map

Goa

jumping spider

mangroves

Taxonomy

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