Carrhotus, Thorell, 1891, Thorell, 1891

Caleb, John T. D., Bera, Chandan & Acharya, Shelley, 2020, New species and synonymies in the genus Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 from India (Aranei: Salticidae: Salticini), Arthropoda Selecta 29 (1), pp. 51-66 : 52-53

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15600850

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/442A6E74-BE7B-124D-711D-F900FACD700A

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scientific name

Carrhotus
status

 

PROVISIONAL KEY TO THE INDIAN CARRHOTUS View in CoL SPECIES

1. Males ............................................................................... 2

– Females ............................................................................. 7

2. Tegulum with a prolateral, knife-like protrusion (arrowed in Fig. 9 View Figs 5–10 ), RTA bifurcated at its tip ( Fig. 10 View Figs 5–10 ) ................ ................................................................ C. andhra sp.n.

– Tegulum without a prolateral protrusion, RTA pointed. 3

3. Embolus filiform, longer than cymbium (figs 8, 9 in Prószyński [1992]) ........................................... C. tristis

– Embolus otherwise ( Figs 20 View Figs 15–21 , 23, 65) .............................. 4

4. Embolus hook-shaped ( Figs 20 View Figs 15–21 , 23); RTA straight, directed anteriad ( Figs 21 View Figs 15–21 , 24) ............................................... 5

– Embolus straight and thick, conical apically ( Figs 48 View Figs 44–51 , 65 View Figs 65–69 ); RTA hook-shaped ( Fig. 49 View Figs 44–51 ) or at least bent ventrad ( Fig. 66 View Figs 65–69 ) ................................................................................. 6

5. Dorsum brownish, without a white colour pattern ( Fig. 11 View Figs 11–14 ); male palp ( Figs 20, 21 View Figs 15–21 ) ................... C. assam sp.n.

– Dorsum dark brown, with two pairs of white spots (Fig. 22); male palp (Figs 23, 24) ........................... C. sannio

6. RTA markedly hook-shaped, bent ventrad ( Figs 45, 49 View Figs 44–51 ) ............................................................... C. silanthi sp.n.

– RTA only slightly bent ventro-apicad ( Figs 62 View Figs 57–64 , 66 View Figs 65–69 ) ......... .......................................................................... C. viduus

7. Copulatory openings placed anteriorly ( Figs 63 View Figs 57–64 , 71, 73, 81 View Figs 70–83 ) .................................................................... C. viduus

– Copulatory openings placed posteriorly (Figs 26, 46, 50) ....................................................................................... 8

8. Insemination ducts comparatively long and loop anteriorly (Fig. 27) ...................................................... C. sannio

– Insemination ducts comparatively short and diverge laterally ( Figs 47, 51 View Figs 44–51 ) ................................... C. silanthi sp.n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

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