Pungalina weiri

Richardson, Barry J., 2016, New genera, new species and redescriptions of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 4114 (5), pp. 501-560 : 531

The weiri group

Figs 110–116

Species included: Pungalina weiri Richardson, 2013

Remarks. Because of the general similarity in palp morphology and the presence of distinctive white striae on the posterior surface of the cephalothorax, specimens of this group of tiny litter living spiders are usually to be found in unsorted Clynotis collections. Specimens of the group can usually be quickly identified by their small size, the completely flat and frosted appearance of the dorsal surface of the cephalothorax, which is also U-shaped with a flat front. The males also have a very well-developed white clypeal ‘moustache’. No new species of members of this group are described here, though, since its description, occasional specimens of several species from different parts of Australia have been found (author unpubl., R.J. Whyte, pers. com.). For a detailed description of Pungalina weiri , see Richardson (2013).

Figures

FIGURES 110 – 116. Pungalina weiri. 110 – 111 male paratype (110 dorsal view, 111 lateral view); 112 – 113 female paratype (112 dorsal view, 113 anterior view); 114 – 116 left male palp (114 prolateral view, 115 ventral view, 116 retrolateral view). Scale: general 1 mm; palp 0.2 mm.