Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991

Jose, Athira, Tripathi, Rishikesh & Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu, 2023, First records of the genera Anarrhotus Simon, 1902 and Gelotia Thorell, 1890 from India (Araneae: Salticidae), Peckhamia 299 (1), pp. 1-7 : 4-5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10831414

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8006082

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7C6C7366-5D72-D773-FDE9-FF21FE5BF927

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scientific name

Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991
status

 

Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991 View in CoL

Figs 2A–F View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3

Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991: 275 View in CoL , figs 1–6 (J, ♀).

Type material. Holotype J and paratype ♀ from SRI LANKA , T. Wijesiri, AMNH, not examined. (Illustrations of this species given in Wijesinghe, 1991 a: 275, figs. 1-6 are diagnostic and were used for comparison).

Other material examined. 1 J ( CATE 10020505 a) from INDIA: Kerala: Peppara wildlife Santuary: near Vahvanthole waterfalls 8°40'28.2"N, 77°09'45.8"E; 410m alt GoogleMaps .), 06 February 2023, A . Jose leg GoogleMaps ., from litter, by hand.

Diagnosis. For diagnosis of the species, see Wijesinghe, 1991.

Supplementary description. Male ( Figures 2A–C View Figure 2 ). For description of the species, see Wijesinghe, 1991. Body length 4.74. Carapace 2.78 long, 2.17 wide, 1.70 height. Abdomen 3.04 long, 1.39 wide, 1.44 height. Ocular area 1.05 long, 1.66 wide. Eye sizes and ocular distance: AME 0.34, ALE 0.15, PME 0.09, PLE 0.17; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.07, PME–PME 1.34, ALE–ALE 1.49, PME–PLE 0.25, PLE–PLE 1.52, ALE–PME 0.09, ALE-PLE 0.74. Length of chelicerae 0.91 long, 0.53 wide. Clypeus height at AMEs 1.11. Sternum 1.03 long, 0.81 wide. Length of pedipalp and legs: pedipalp 2.76 [0.87, 0.32, 0.44, 1.13], I 6.93 [1.77, 0.68, 1.80, 1.76, 0.92], II 6.26 [1.80, 0.64, 1.53, 1.53, 0.76], III 6.11 [1.75, 0.56, 1.40, 1.57, 0.83], IV 8.76 [2.34, 0.73, 2.04, 2.64, 1.01]. Leg formula: 4123. Spination of pedipalp: femur pld 1 do 2, patella pld 1 do 1 rld 1, tibia do 1 rl 1, tarsus/cymbium pl 2 do 2 rl 1 rld 1; legs: femur I pld 1 do 5 rld 1, II pl 1 pld 1 do 4 rld 2, III pld 2 do 5 rld 2, IV pld 1 do 5 rld 2; patellae I–IV pld 1 rld 1; tibia I–IV pl 1 pld 1 plv 3 do 2 rl 1 rld 1 rlv 3; metatarsus I–IV pl 1 pld 3 plv 3 rl 1 rld 3 rlv 3. Pedipalp ( Figures 2D–F View Figure 2 ): tibia longer than wide, RTA biramous, anterior ramus oriented to 1 o’ clock ventrally, joined to tibia by continuous broad base, medially curly and tapers to the tip. Posterior ramus pointed 5 o'clock ventrally, attached to tibia by socket like structure, curved frontaly at the tip. VTA small, sub triangular with smooth anterior edge, directed to 1 o’ clock ventrally. Dorsal tibial margin sclerotised to a sharp tip. Cymbium protruded down retrolaterally, rco small, dorsally triangular, perpendicular to cymbium. The dco prominent, developed to a left-curved spiny structure. Tegular furrow inverted J-shaped.

Female: See Wijesinghe, 1991.

Distribution. India (present data) and Sri Lanka (the type locality) ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 ; Wijesinghe, 1991; WSC, 2023).

mm.

WSC

Westfield State College, Museum and Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Gelotia

Loc

Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991

Jose, Athira, Tripathi, Rishikesh & Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu 2023
2023
Loc

Gelotia lanka

Wijesinghe, D. P. 1991: 275
1991
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