taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F287C4FF39D04D91D1BB7EFAF17DF3.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Lyssomanes tenuipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF39D04D91D1BB7EFAF17DF3.taxon	discussion	Comments. Species of Asemonea are small, often green or yellowish, and typically found among foliage. They are mainly distributed in Africa and Asia, with only two species currently reported from India: A. cristata Thorell, 1895 and A. tenuipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Caleb & Sankaran 2025; World Spider Catalog 2025).	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF39D04F91D1B865FB977B6E.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 3, 7	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF39D04F91D1B865FB977B6E.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♂ (NZC-ZSI- 9824 / 18) from INDIA: Meghalaya: Ri Bhoi District, Umran Dairy village, Anderson Tea Estate (25 ° 47 ’ 42 ” N, 91 ° 53 ’ 03 ” E), 810 m, a. s. l., 07. VII. 2024, leg. Souvik Sen. Paratypes: 1 ♀ (NZC- ZSI- 9825 / 18), same data as for holotype. 1 ♀ (NZC-ZSI- 9826 / 18), Meghalaya, Ri Bhoi District, Umshohphria Village (25 ° 50 ’ 15.2 ” N, 91 ° 39 ’ 58.7 ” E), 534 m, a. s. l., 06. VI. 2024, leg. P. P. Sudhin.	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF39D04F91D1B865FB977B6E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition originating from the Latin word ‘ dentis’, meaning tooth and referring to the presence of a stout retrolateral ventral tooth-like apophysis on the palpal femur.	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF39D04F91D1B865FB977B6E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The male copulatory organ of Asemonea dentis sp. nov., is most similar to that of A. cristata Thorell, 1895, from which it can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: femur with a stout retrolateral ventral tooth-like apophysis (see arrow in Fig. 3 B) (absent in A. cristata); FA broad, longer than wide, with a bifid distal region (ramified, with a stout basal region and almost fork-like in A. cristata); DTA large and concave, without any spines (relatively small, flat, and bearing two peg-like spines in A. cristata) (cf. Figs 2 B – C, 3 A – B with figs 11 – 13, 17 – 18 in Sudhin et al. 2020). The female genitalia of A. dentis sp. nov., can be distinguished from those of all other Asemonea species by the epigyne with a pair of large, strongly sclerotized, arched projections, covering almost the entire length of the plate, laterally with furrows, giving it a butterfly-wing-like appearance (Figs 2 D – F, 3 C – D).	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF39D04F91D1B865FB977B6E.taxon	description	Description. Male. (Holotype, Figs 1 A – C, G, 2 A – C, 3 A – B): Measurements: body length 4.44; carapace length 1.69, width 1.41; abdomen length 2.59, width 0.96. Ocular area length 0.70, width at ALE 1.07, at PLE 0.72. Eye diameters: AME 0.42, ALE 0.20, PME 0.14, PLE 0.17. Clypeus height at AME 0.81. Chelicerae 0.61 long, with 3 promarginal and 6 retromarginal teeth. Measurement of palp and legs: Palp: 2.17 (0.71, 0.34, 0.24, 0.88), leg I 5.84 (1.75, 0.57, 1.56, 1.45, 0.51), II 5.15 (1.58, 0.51, 1.32, 1.26, 0.48), III 5.71 (1.72, 0.52, 1.32, 1.54, 0.61), IV 6.95 (1.93, 0.57, 1.59, 2.14, 0.72). Leg formula: 4132. Spination. Palp: patella do 2. Legs: femur I – IV do 3 pl 1 rl 1; patellae I – IV spineless; tibia I – II do 2 pl 1 rl 2 plv 5 rlv 5, III do 1 pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 1, IV do 2 pl 2 rl 2 plv 3 rlv 2; metatarsi I – II pl 1 rl 1 plv 4 rlv 4, III pl 4 rl 4 plv 2 rlv 2, IV pl 3 rl 3 plv 3 rlv 3; tarsi I – IV spineless. General appearance as in Figs 1 A – C, G. Carapace pear-shaped, moderately high, greenish-brown, covered with brown setae (Fig. 1 A); dorsally with broad sub-triangular pale-yellow marking on thorax centrally (Fig. 1 A). Clypeus light green to pale yellow, about half diameter of AME, covered with brown setae. Chelicerae vertical, pale yellow, covered with white setae (Fig. 1 C). Endites light green, with paler inner region (Fig. 1 B). Labium light green, with paler tip (Fig. 1 B). Sternum pale yellow to light brown, covered with short white setae (Fig. 1 B). Abdomen slender, elongated ovoid, greenish-brown, covered with black setae (Fig. 1 A); anterolaterally with pair of faint irregular black longitudinal markings, posterolaterally with three pairs of faint black spots; medially with faint inverted Vshaped black marking; and posteriorly with black medial marking (Fig. 1 A). Venter light greenish-brown covered with short white setae, with pair of pale dotted lines (Fig. 1 B). Pedicel light greenish brown covered with black setae. All legs creamy white (Fig. 1 A – C); legs II – IV with black mottling on retrolateral sides of proximal and distal regions of tibiae. Palp as shown in Figs 2 A – C, 3 A – B. Palpal segments pale yellow (Fig. 2 A – C). Femur with ventral furrow, retrolateral ventral tooth-like apophysis (arrowed in Fig. 3 B), and broad apical apophysis longer than wide, bifid distally (Figs 2 C, 3 B). RTA with tapering end (Figs 2 C, 3 B). DTA broad, and concave in retrolateral view (Figs 2 C, 3 B); cymbium oval, distally tapering, covered with setae; tegulum ovoid in ventral view, (Figs 2 B, 3 A); ST with S-shaped sperm duct visible on retrolateral side (Figs 2 B, 3 A); embolus long, slender, whip-like, originating from posterior margin of tegulum (Figs 2 B, 3 A). Female. (Paratype, NZC-ZSI- 9825 / 18) (Figs 1 D – F, H, 2 D – F, 3 C – D): Measurements: body length 4.45; carapace length 1.74, width 1.30; abdomen length 2.44, width 1.28. Ocular area length 0.70, width at ALE 1.06, at PLE 0.72. Eye diameters: AME 0.40, ALE 0.18, PME 0.18, PLE 0.14. Clypeus height 0.29. Chelicerae 0.61 long, with 3 promarginal and 6 retromarginal teeth. Measurement of palp and legs: Palp: 2.07 (0.71, 0.26, 0.36, 0.74), leg I 5.53 (1.61, 0.53, 1.54, 1.39, 0.46), II 5.06 (1.55, 0.50, 1.35, 1.22, 0.44), III 5.44 (1.65, 0.42, 1.39, 1.56, 0.51), IV 6.95 (1.87, 0.47, 1.59, 2.12, 0.68). Leg formula: 4132. Spination. Legs: femur I – IV do 3 pl 1 rl 1; patellae I – IV spineless; tibia I – II pl 1 rl 3 plv 5 rlv 5, III pl 2 rl 2 plv 1 rlv 1, IV do 1 pl 2 rl 2 plv 3 rlv 1; metatarsi I – II do 1 pl 1 rl 1 plv 4 rlv 4, III pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, IV pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 1; tarsi I – IV spineless. General appearance as in Figs 2 D – F, H. In all details like male, except the following: carapace creamy-white, without any prominent markings (Fig. 1 D); lateral margins with broken black line between legs II and III, and dorsally with pair of faint black markings (Fig. 1 D). Clypeus creamy-white, covered with white setae (Fig. 1 H). Chelicerae creamy yellow (Fig. 1 E). Endites, labium, and sternum creamy-white (Fig. 1 E). Abdomen creamy-white with prominent black markings, covered with white setae (Fig. 1 D). Venter creamy white, without any prominent markings (Fig. 1 E). Legs II – IV with black mottling on retrolateral sides of proximal and distal regions of tibiae (Fig. 1 F). Epigyne and vulva as shown in Figs 2 D – F, 3 C – D. Epigyne wider than long, with pair of large, strongly sclerotized, arched rims, laterally with furrows, giving it butterfly-wing-like appearance (Figs 2 D – E, 3 C); CO separated by about 4 / 5 of epigynal width (Figs 2 D – E, 3 C); CD long, connected to oval spermathecae inner-posteriorly (Figs 2 D – F, 3 C – D); FD sickle-shaped, located posteriorly (Figs 2 F, 3 D).	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF39D04F91D1B865FB977B6E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Meghalaya, India) (Fig. 7).	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF3CD04891D1BACEFAA87D8C.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Colyttus bilineatus Thorell, 1891.	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF3CD04891D1BACEFAA87D8C.taxon	discussion	Comments. Colyttus is a poorly known genus occurring in the Oriental region, with records from Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam (World Spider Catalog 2025). In India, it is represented by a single species, C. proszynskii Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2018 (Caleb et al. 2018; Caleb & Sankaran 2025). Members of Colyttus are medium-sized, bright, and colourful spiders, usually found on foliage.	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF3DD04B91D1BACEFB9779E0.taxon	description	Figs 4 – 6, 7	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF3DD04B91D1BACEFB9779E0.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♂ (NZC-ZSI- 9827 / 18) from INDIA: Meghalaya, East Khasi Hills District, Laitkynsew, Nongwar (25 ° 13 ’ 12.14 ” N, 91 ° 40 ’ 6.74 ” E), 927 m, a. s. l., 11. VI. 2024, leg. P. P. Sudhin. Paratypes: 2 ♀♀ (NZC-ZSI- 9828 / 18), same data as for holotype.	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF3DD04B91D1BACEFB9779E0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after its type locality, Nongwar, a village in Meghalaya, North East India. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF3DD04B91D1BACEFB9779E0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The male copulatory organ of Colyttus nongwar sp. nov. is most similar to those of C. proszynskii Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2018, and C. yiwui Lin & Li, 2020, in having a similarly shaped RTA and a long embolus, but it can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: RTA slender and oriented more anteriorly in retrolateral view (oriented more ventrally in C. proszynskii and relatively robust, with distal half slightly bent ventrally in C. yiwui); tegular lobe well developed (less well developed in C. proszynskii); lamella of embolus sickle-shaped (dagger-like in C. proszynskii and wedge-shaped with blunt tip in C. yiwui); embolus arched, with distal tip directed laterally in ventral view (slightly curved, with the distal half directed apically in both C. proszynskii and C. yiwui) (cf. Figs 5 B – C, 6 A – B with figs 5 – 8, 10 – 11 in Caleb et al. 2018; fig. 1 A – C in Lin & Li 2020). The female genitalia of C. nongwar sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from those of all other Colyttus species by the long, inverted U-shaped copulatory ducts and the absence of subdivided spermathecae (Figs 5 D – F, 6 C – D).	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF3DD04B91D1BACEFB9779E0.taxon	description	Description. Male. (Holotype, Figs 4 A – B, E, 5 A – C, 6 A – B): Measurements: body length 7.93; carapace length 3.97, width 3.18; abdomen length 3.89, width 2.58. Ocular area length 2.03, width at ALE 2.72, at PLE 2.68. Eye diameters: AME 0.81, ALE 0.50, PME 0.11, PLE 0.48. Clypeus height at AME 0.11. Chelicerae 1.71 long, with 2 promarginal teeth and 1 retromarginal bifid tooth. Eye interdistances: AME – AME 0.04, AME – ALE 0.08, ALE – ALE 1.79, PLE – PLE 2.07, PME – PME 2.14, PME – PLE 0.38, PLE – ALE 0.88, PME – ALE 0.51. Measurement of palp and legs: Palp: 03.05 (1.20, 0.38, 0.36, 1.11), leg I 9.25 (2.80, 1.40, 2.31, 1.63, 1.11), II 8.52 (2.72, 1.22, 2.09, 1.68, 0.87), III 8.87 (3.01, 1.14, 1.93, 1.88, 0.91), IV 9.44 (2.98, 1.17, 1.98, 2.42, 0.89). Leg formula: 4132. Spination. Palp: femur do 2. Legs: femur I – II do 3 pl 2 rl 2, III do 3 pl 3 rl 1, IV do 3 pl 1 rl 1; patellae I – IV pl 1 rl 1; tibia I pl 2 plv 3 rlv 3, II pl 3 rl 1 plv 3 rlv 3, III pl 2 rl 2 plv 3 rlv 3, IV do 1 pl 3 rl 3 plv 2 rlv 1; metatarsi I – II pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, III pl 2 rl 2 plv 3 rlv 3, IV pl 3 rl 3 plv 3 rlv 3; tarsi I – IV spineless. General appearance as in Figs 4 A – B, E. Carapace oval, high, sloping posteriorly, dark reddish-brown, covered with white and brown setae (Fig. 4 A); anterior of thorax with broad, yellowish area extending to lateral sides and behind eye field (Fig. 4 A); margin of carapace with narrow black lines. Eye bases black (Fig. 4 A). Fovea short, black, longitudinal, situated medially between PLEs (Fig. 4 A). Clypeus low, dark reddish-brown, covered with white setae (Fig. 4 E). Chelicerae dark reddish-brown, frontal face with white setae (Fig. 4 E). Endites reddish-brown, scopulate, with white inner tips (Fig. 4 B). Labium dark reddish-brown, with paler tips (Fig. 4 B). Sternum whitish yellow, covered with white setae (Fig. 4 B). Abdomen oval, light brown, covered with short white, and long brown setae (Fig. 4 A); dorsum with a creamy white band anteriorly, and five chevron-shaped white markings posteriorly (Fig. 4 A); lateral sides creamy white, anterior sides dark. Venter light brown to creamy yellow, with a broad greyish brown median band (Fig. 4 B). Legs I & II dark reddish-brown with pale yellow tarsi, patellae, and metatarsi (Figs 4 A – B); tibiae ventrally covered with dense setae; femur II ventrally pale reddish-yellow. Legs III and IV light reddish-brown to pale yellow, becoming more yellowish distally (Figs 4 A – B). Palp as shown in Figs 5 A – C, 6 A – B: femur, patella, and tegulum light reddish-yellow, rest of segments reddish brown; tibia with tuft of long prolateral setae; RTA long and finger-like, directed anteroventrally in retrolateral view (Figs 5 C, 6 B); cymbium elongate-oval, covered with setae; tegulum nearly oval with U-shaped proximal tegular lobe (Figs 5 B, 6 A); ED large (Figs 5 B, 6 B); lamella of embolus sickle-shaped (Figs 5 B, 6 A); embolus long, arched, tapering distally with blunt tip (Figs 5 B, 6 A); embolus arising from 3 o’clock position of embolic disc (Figs 5 B, 6 A). Female. (Paratype, Figs 4 C – D, F, 5 D – F, 6 C – D): Measurements: body length 8.71; carapace length 3.32, width 2.56; abdomen length 5.06, width 3.46. Ocular area length 1.75, width at ALE 2.28, at PLE 2.19. Eye diameters: AME 0.68, ALE 0.43, PME 0.09, PLE 0.40. Clypeus height 0.09. Chelicerae 1.26 long, with 2 promarginal teeth and 1 retromarginal bifid tooth. Measurement of palp and legs: Palp: 2.07 (0.71, 0.26, 0.36, 0.74), leg I 5.53 (1.61, 0.53, 1.54, 1.39, 0.46), II 5.06 (1.55, 0.50, 1.35, 1.22, 0.44), III 5.44 (1.65, 0.42, 1.39, 1.56, 0.51), IV 6.95 (1.87, 0.47, 1.59, 2.12, 0.68). Leg formula: 4132. Spination. Legs: femur I – IV do 3 pl 1 rl 1; patellae I – IV spineless; tibia I – II pl 1 rl 3 plv 5 rlv 5, III pl 2 rl 2 plv 1 rlv 1, IV do 1 pl 2 rl 2 plv 3 rlv 1; metatarsi I – II do 1 pl 1 rl 1 plv 4 rlv 4, III pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 2, IV pl 2 rl 2 plv 2 rlv 1; tarsi I – IV spineless. General appearance as in Figs 4 C – D, F. In all details like male, except the following: chelicerae light reddish-brown (Fig. 4 F); endites and labium yellowishbrown (Fig. 4 D). Abdomen broader and longer with faint markings (Fig. 4 C); venter creamy white, with two pairs of dotted lines (Fig. 4 D). Epigyne and vulva as shown in Figs 5 D – F, 6 C – D. Epigyne as wide as long (Figs 5 D, 6 C); epigynal window large, occupying almost entire epigynal plate, weakly defined, with median septum; posterior margin of epigynal window bordered with S-shaped rims (Figs 5 D, 6 C); CO located posteromedially, below S-shaped rims, distinctly separated from each other (Figs 5 D, 6 C); CD long and broad, membranous for short portion near CO, inverted U-shaped, entering posterior part of spermathecae (Figs 5 E – F, 6 D); spermathecae oval (Figs 5 F, 6 D); FD oriented anterolaterally, situated at anterior region of spermathecae (Figs 5 F, 6 D).	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
03F287C4FF3DD04B91D1BACEFB9779E0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Meghalaya, India) (Fig. 7).	en	Pattammalsudhin, Puthoor, Sen, Souvik (2025): Two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Northeastern India. Zootaxa 5723 (2): 281-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.7
