Salticus viridifaciatus, Hurni-Cranston & Hill, 2021

Hurni-Cranston, Tiziano & Hill, David E., 2021, Three new jumping spiders of the genus Cosmophasis from Wallacea (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini), Peckhamia 228 (1), pp. 1-84 : 74

15. Salticus viridifaciatus nov. sp. Pitch black; cephalothorax oblong, elevated enough, three green-gold transverse stripes, bright coppery marked, pedipalps shapeless, abdomen elongated, anterior white in the fifth part, with longitudinal median stripe, middorsal spots green; legs thin 1.2.4.3 decorated with black, white and green. Length 4.5 mm. Very gracefully colored and drawn. The anterior surface of each paturon is small, flat, oblique, black. The eyes black, the anterior median very large. The sides of the cephalothorax with a beautiful red glow. On the back are three green transverse stripes, of which the 2 foremost are narrow, the 3rd almost triangular, located on the surface of the back. The abdomen much longer than the thorax, elongated, black, with a white anterior margin; on either side two small white triangular spots and in the middle of the back 3 narrow green bars, the middle one running crosswise, the other two running longitudinally. The venter is black with white spots. The sternum and the hip joints of the legs are golden green. These are of equal strength, thin, little hair, speckled black and green. Locality. Amboina . Not uncommon to find during the hottest afternoon hours on low shrubs.