Schenkelia Lessert, 1927

Kanesharatnam, Nilani & Benjamin, Suresh P., 2018, A new genus and three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Sri Lanka, European Journal of Taxonomy 444, pp. 1-24 : 15

Genus Schenkelia Lessert, 1927

Type species

Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927 , by monotypy ( Lessert 1927).

Diagnosis

Prosoma with black and slightly elevated eye field. Chelicerae with a bifid tooth on the inner posterior margin and two simple teeth on the inner anterior margin. Ovoid, tapered abdomen, almost as long as prosoma. Palp with an oval bulbus and with very conspicuous posterior and apical lobe. Embolus broad based, short and robust. Cymbium short. RTA thin and undulating, with sclerotized process or bifurcated. The anterior dorsal edge of the palpal tibia with rounded flaps ( Prószyński 1968). Epigyne a simple pair of semicircular depressions, leading to the copulatory openings. Copulatory ducts are not discernible. Spermathecae gobular, with thick walls. See Prószyński (1968) for a detailed description of the type species.

Distribution

Africa, Sri Lanka. This is the first record of Schenkelia outside of Africa