taxonID	type	description	language	source
C9297900FFB8FFC4FFC8FD9E41BD329B.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Plexippus viduus C. L. Koch, 1846	en	Caleb, John T. D., Sampathkumar, Muthusamy (2024): A new species of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4): 747-754, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.4.747, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.4.747
C9297900FFB8FFC1FFC8FD47467432E3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♂ (NIM / NBAIR / SAL / CARR / H – 240724), India, Tamil Nadu, Dindigul, Thadiyankudisai (10 ° 17 ' 33.7 " N, 77 ° 42 ' 31.8 " E) 1098 m a. s. l., 27.12.2016, coll. M. Sampathkumar.	en	Caleb, John T. D., Sampathkumar, Muthusamy (2024): A new species of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4): 747-754, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.4.747, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.4.747
C9297900FFB8FFC1FFC8FD47467432E3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the generic name of the plant (Piper nigrum L.) on which the holotype was collected.	en	Caleb, John T. D., Sampathkumar, Muthusamy (2024): A new species of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4): 747-754, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.4.747, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.4.747
C9297900FFB8FFC1FFC8FD47467432E3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species is similar to both Carrhotus andhra Caleb, 2020 and Carrhotus spiridonovi Logunov, 2021 in having a prolateral tegular protrusion. It can be distinguished from both species by the protrusion arising from an 8 o’clock position and directed dorsad (vs. arising at a 10 o’clock position and directed distad in both C. andhra and C. spiridonovi), and the embolus beak-shaped and directed retrolaterally in ventral view (vs. directed distad in C. andhra and C. spiridonovi) (cf. Figs 4, 5, 7, 9 with figs 6, 7, 9 in Caleb et al., 2020 and fig. 8 in Logunov, 2021).	en	Caleb, John T. D., Sampathkumar, Muthusamy (2024): A new species of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4): 747-754, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.4.747, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.4.747
C9297900FFB8FFC1FFC8FD47467432E3.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body length 5.10. Carapace 2.49 long; 1.33 wide. Abdomen 2.34 long; 1.57 wide. Carapace brown; light brown triangular portion from fovea and anterior thoracic region covered with sparse white scales; ocular area dark brown covered with yellow-brown scales (Fig. 1). Anterior eyes surrounded by yellow-brown orbital setae (Fig. 3). Ocular area length 2.81, width 1.76. Eye diameters and inter-distances: AME 0.55, ALE 0.33, PME 0.07, PLE 0.24. AME – ALE 0.08, PME – PME 1.47, ALE – ALE 1.18, PME – PLE 0.26, PLE – PLE 1.40, ALE – PME 0.40. Clypeus brown. Clypeus 0.10 high. Chelicerae brown, each with two promarginal and one retromarginal teeth. Length of chelicera 0.91. Sternum oval, pale brown. Maxillae dark brown with pale white margin. Labium brown. Legs yellow; femora I and II dark brown; tibia I with brown distal half (Figs 1 – 3). Measurement of palp and legs: palp 1.53 [0.37, 0.17, 0.3, 0.69]; leg I 4.99 [1.50, 0.73, 1.22, 0.90, 0.64]; II 4.40 [1.50, 0.76, 1.03, 0.58, 0.53]; III 2.79 [0.96, 0.26, 0.65, 0.56, 0.36]; IV 3.43 [1.19, 0.25, 0.82, 0.68, 0.49]. Leg formula: 1243. Abdomen oval, brown with light brown spots; anterior region with few white hairs; chevron-shaped marking present mid-dorsally in posterior region; mid-lateral sides with few white hairs; venter light brown. Spinnerets brown (Figs 1, 2). Palp as in Figs 4 – 9; yellow-brown, proximal half of femur brown; RTA conical with tip directed apically, ventral margin with ridge sub-apically; cymbium simple; bulb with posterior lobe; tegulum with dagger-shaped prolateral process arising from prolateral base and directed dorsally in prolateral view; embolus broad, bent and directed retrolaterally. Female. Unknown	en	Caleb, John T. D., Sampathkumar, Muthusamy (2024): A new species of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4): 747-754, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.4.747, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.4.747
C9297900FFB8FFC1FFC8FD47467432E3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Tamil Nadu, India. Natural history. The holotype was collected from lower Palani hills while beating Piper nigrum plants at a height of about 2 meters. Updated key to the Indian Carrhotus species (modified after Caleb et al., 2020)	en	Caleb, John T. D., Sampathkumar, Muthusamy (2024): A new species of Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4): 747-754, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.4.747, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.4.747
