Camericus bipunctatus, Bastawade, D. B., 2002

Bastawade, D. B., 2002, Three New Species From The Spider Families Amaurobiidae, Thomisidae And Salticidae (Araneae: Arachnida) From India, JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 99 (2), pp. 274-281 : 276-278

Camericus bipunctatus sp. novo

( Figs 13-19)

General: Crab-like appearance, dark brown to blackish, lighter on abdomen with a pair ofconspicuous light yellowish spots on middorsal portion, legs robust and dark brown to blackish-brown ( Fig. 13).

Measurements (in mm): Total length 7.00; Cephalothorax 2.90 long, 2.20 wide; Abdomen 4.10 long, 3.80 wide.

Cephalothorax: Wider than long, uniformly dark brown, more darker on lateral portions, stalks of lateral eyes conspicuously yellow, entire surface finely punctate, sparsely and finely rugose, more or posterior portion, clothed with fine short hair, ocular quad longer than wide, both the rows recurved and anterior lateral eyes situated on shorter stalks and posterior lateral not placed nearer to the posterior medians and small in size ( Fig. 13), sparsely clothed with short hair; Cephalothoracic sternum small, inverted pear shaped pointed posteriorly, labium small narrow, longer than wide and endites curved inside on anterior portion ( Fig. 14); Chelicerae dorsoventrally compressed on basal segments, narrow distally, finely granular on dorsal portions, weakly and sparsely clothed with short hair, promargin outstretched and armed with 6 denticles ( Figs 15, 16), boss small, triangular fang very short, less than 1/3rd ofbasal segment ( Fig. 15).

Palps short and slightly flattened on tarsi, clothed with short hair. Legs I & 1I longer and robust, darker than 1II & IV and also thickly clothed with short setal hair on ventral and interior portions ofTibiae and Tarsi of! & I1, all legs fmely punctate, rugose on ventral portion offemora, sparsely haired with short hair. All legs armed with a pair of claw anterior being stronger.

Abdomen: Almost elliptical, longer than wide, soft, dorsal portion with a pair of conspicuous, round, yellowish-brown mid-dorsal spots with a small central reddish dot along with three smaller spots, single on anterior median portion, while a pair between the larger median spot and a central smaller spot ( Fig. 13), dorsal portion other than these spots covered with serially beaded lines but lighter in color ( Fig. 13), entire body clothed with short setae. Two pairs of short and stumpy spinnerets present on posterio-ventral portion. Genitalia as in Figs 18 & 19.

Measurements (in mm): Total length 5.65; Cephalothorax 2.15 long, 1.90 wide; Abdomen 3.50 long, 3.10 wide; Male palp with short cymbium and thin minute transparent paracymbium ( Fig. 17).

Type-data: Holotype 1 ♀, Paratypes 6 ♀♀, all in 70% rectified spirit (♀ genitalia dissected and kept in micro vial). Male paratype smaller in body size, also lighter in colour .

Type locality: Near Tulsi Lake, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Near Mumhai, Maharashtra, India collected from under loose bark of a fallen tree. Coli. Dr. D.B. Bastawade, 27.ii.1997.

Distribution: Thane, Nasik (I ♀), and Dhulia districts,· Maharashtra and West-Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. (Specimens collected from Arunachal Pradesh are small in body size and paler in body colour).

Etymology: Named after the two prominent spots present on the dorsal surface ofthe abdomen.