Brettus cingulatus Thorell, 1895

Caleb, John T. D., Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal, Nisha, B. G., Maliye, Chinmay C., Sanap, Rajesh V., Kadam, Gautam & Sen, Souvik, 2025, Novel additions to the jumping spider subfamily Spartaeinae Wanless, 1984 from India (Araneae, Salticidae, Spartaeini), European Journal of Taxonomy 997, pp. 77-98 : 89-91

Brettus cingulatus Thorell, 1895

Figs 9 , 12

Brettus cingulatus Thorell, 1895: 355 (D ♂).

Brettus cingulatus – Wanless 1979: 185, figs 1a, c, e, g, 2a–b (♂). — Ahmed et al. 2017: 3, figs 2.1–4, 3.1–7, 4.1–8, 5.1–11, 6.1–11, 8.1–4 (♂).

For a complete list of taxonomic references refer to the WSC (2025).

Material examined

INDIA – Karnataka • 1 ♂; Bengaluru, National Centre for Biological Sciences campus ; 13.0711° N, 77.5805° E; 932 m, a.s.l.; 18 May 2015; John Caleb leg.; NCBS-AR-140 . – West Bengal • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; North 24 Parganas, Palta ; 22.7858° N, 88.3711° E; 10 m a.s.l.; 21 Nov. 2013; Bijan Biswas leg.; NZC-ZSI-6662/18 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Bolpur, Khandagram ; 23.707778° N, 87.485° E; 65 m a.s.l.; 26 Jul. 2023; Arghya Ghosh leg.; NZC-ZSI-9195/18 .

Distribution

India (Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal) ( Caleb 2019), Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra) ( WSC 2025) ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

Fig. 9. Brettus cingulatus Thorell, 1895 (NZC-ZSI-9195/18: male (A–D) and female specimen (E–I) from West Bengal). A. Male habitus, dorsal view. B. Same, ventral view. C. Male palp, ventral view. D. Same, retrolateral view. E. Habitus, dorsal view. F. Same, ventral view. G. Intact epigyne, ventral view. H. Dissected and cleared epigyne, ventral view. I. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A–B, E–F = 1 mm; C–D, G–I = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 12. Distribution map of the species treated in this study.