Plexippus kondarensis ( Charitonov, 1951 )

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2017, Remarks on the genus Plexippus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 13, pp. 39-69 : 60

Plexippus kondarensis ( Charitonov, 1951)

Figures 2M , 4 N-O, 6C-C1, 7H-I

Hissarinus kondarensis Charitonov, 1951: 215 , f. 7 (Dmf).

Hissarinus kondarensis Andreeva, 1969: 90 , f. 2 (mf).

Plexippus kondarensis Andreeva, 1975: 339 .

Plexippus kondarensis Andreeva, 1976: 88 , f. 116-117 (mf).

Plexippus kondarensis Prószyński, 1976: 156 , f. 280 (m).

Plexippus kondarensis Logunov & Rakov, 1998: 129 , f. 43-46 (mf).

Documentation studied. Summary of world's literature provided by "Monograph of Salticidae ( Araneae ) of the World 1995-2016. Part I & 2" by Prószyński (2016 a, b) and current literature.

Diagnosis. Belongs to group of species characterized by palp resembling Plexippus but devoid of expanded prolateral edge of embolar basis and of sclerotized, serrated edge, containing also P. rubroclypeatus . P. kondarensis is characterized by presence of two pairs of large black spots on dorsum of carapace, with eye field semi dark ( Figs 7 H-I).

Description (condensed original description by Charitonov 1951: 2015-216). Male carapace yellow with 3 pairs of irregular dark spots of short, adpressed black setae: the first very small, and arranged transversally, just beyond eyes I, the second and third larger, in mid length and in posterior half of carapace. Light spaces laterally and between dark spots covered with short, adpressed white setae. Clypeus covered with long “beard” of yellowish white setae, overhanging also cheliceral bases. Orbital setae below anterior eyes, both median and lateral are white, above light orange. Sternum light yellow with white setae. Legs yellow, patellae and tibiae I-II yellowish grey except tibia I, which is dark brown, densely covered with long, black setae. Femora I-IV with longitudinal dark spots on anterior and posterior surface, white scales on distal parts of anterior surfaces of femora I-II, patellae I-IV with triangular lateral spots. Female. Appearance of carapace less differentiated than in males, anterior half grayish brown, passing onto lighter posterior half, orange spots on lateral surfaces. Legs pale. Longitudinal streaks on abdomen less sharp than in male. Total body length is given as 7.6 mm for male and 8.1 mm for female.

Distribution. Tadjikistan: Varzob Valley, including Kondara, also Kvak, Ramit.

Figures

Figure 2a. Color pattern and body shape of species of Plexippus.A-D - Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826) males, E-F - P. paykulli female - dorsal & frontal view, epigyne, G - P. setipes-1, H-I - P. setipes Karsch, 1879, Japan, epigyne (no data), J - P. petersi (Karsch, 1878) Kenya, K-L - P. petersi Queensland female and epigyne.

Figure 4a. Diagnostic characters of species of Plexippus. A - Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826) (palp 1/3 larger than remaining species), B - P. gershomi sp. n., C - P. sp. [devorans?? - unlabeled specimen in O. Pickard-Cambridge collection, from a jar with specimens from Palestine], D - P. bhutani Zabka, 1990, D1 - P. minor Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010, E- P. petersi (Karsch, 1878), F - P. tectonicus Prószyński, 2003, G - Plexippus yinae Peng X., Li S., 2003 = P. tectonicus [?], H - Plexippus strandi Spassky, 1939 - from Turkmenistan, K - P. strandi Spassky, 1939, K1 - P. dushanbinus (Andreeva, 1969), L - P. setipes-1 Karsch, 1879, L1 - "P. setipes-2" Peng & Li, 2003, [another palp, hypothetically matching holotype of P. setipes - see Figs 9R-S], M - P. setipes.

Figure 7. Body pattern diversity in Plexippus. A - Plexippus tectonicus Prószyński, 2003, - body and palpal "flag", B - P. gershomi sp. n. - body and palpal "flag, C - P. "coccineus"[?] by Metzner, D - P. strandi Sspassky, 1939 male and female abdomen by Wesołowska, E - P. strandi Spassky, 1939 - male abdomen by Adreeva, F - P. dushanbinus - male body and female abdomen by Andreeva, G - P. similis - female abdomen by Wesołowska, H-I - P. kondarensis (Charitonov, 1951) - body of male by Charitonov and by Logunov & Rakov, J - P. bhutani Zabka, 1990 - male and female, K - P. pokharae Zabka, 19, L - P. yinae Peng & Li, 2003 =[?] P. tectonicus Prószyński, 2003, L1 - P. setipes Karsch 1879 - type from Japan, Prószyński, 1973: 120, f. 61, L2 - P. setipes-2 Peng & Li, 2003, L3 - P. setipes from Vietnam, M - P. paykulli (Audouin, 1826), N - P. baro Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008, O - P. robustus (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895), P - P. [?] rubroclypeatus (Lessert, 1927), Q - P. [?] stridulator Pocock, 1899.