Phlegra prasanna, Caleb & Mathai, 2015

Caleb, John T. D., Mungkung, Soriephy & Mathai, Manu Thomas, 2015, Four new species of jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillinae) with the description of a new genus from South India, Peckhamia 124 (1), pp. 1-18 : 11-12

Phlegra prasanna sp. nov. Caleb & Mathai

( Figs. 47-56 )

Type material. Holotype: male, scrub jungle regions, Madras Christian College , Tamil Nadu, India (12°91′97.51″ N, 80°12′24.72″ E, 32m, 20 MAR 2014, coll. John Caleb T. D., NCBS-QA481). Paratypes: 1 male from same location (06 OCT 2014, coll. John Caleb T.D., NCBS-QA482) and 1 male, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India (14°45′10.50″ N, 78°79′38.68″ E, 138 m, 14 JAN 2015, coll. Samson, NCBS-AL062).

Etymology. Specific epithet is a noun in apposition, a patronym after the first author’s mother, Udaya Prasanna.

Diagnosis. Species can be differentiated from other Phlegra species by the dark coloration of the body covered by metallic dark green iridescent hairs ( Figs. 47, 50 ). Palp with long embolus ( Figs. 53, 55 ), RTA with two peaks separated by a V-shaped depression ( Figs. 54, 56 ).

Description of male. Total length 4.11; carapace 2.32 long, 1.57 wide; abdomen 1.79 long, 1.03 wide. Cephalothorax dark, eye region covered with forward projecting hairs, inconspicuous pair of white stripes on the dorsal surface, eye field darker ( Figs. 48 , 51 ). Three white transverse stripes traverse across the clypeus extending into the cheek region. Anterior eyes surrounded by white scales anteriorly ( Fig. 49 ). Chelicerae blackish, thick transverse stripe of white hairs at the proximal region. Sternum oval, covered with pale hairs ( Fig. 52 ). Legs dark, proximal half of tarsus brownish yellow on all legs ( Figs. 48, 49 ). Abdomen narrow, dark with greenish, iridescent hairs ( Fig. 50 ). Palp with dark cymbium, long, slender embolus ( Figs. 53, 55 ), RTA with two peaks separated by a V-shaped depression ( Figs. 54, 56 ).

Distribution. Chennai, India.

1 mm.

Figures

Figures 47-50. Male Phlegra prasanna sp.nov. 47, Dorsal view. 48, Lateral view. 49-50, Front view.

Figures 51-52. Male Phlegra prasanna sp.nov. 51, Dorsal view. 52, Ventral view. Scale bars

Figures 53-56. Left male palp, Phlegra prasanna sp.nov. 53, Ventral view. 54, Retrolateral view. 55, Ventral view. 56, Retrolateral view. Scale bars 0.1 mm.