Chinattus Logunov, 1999

Logunov, Dmitri V., 2021, Notes on the genus Chinattus Logunov, 1999 from India, Pakistan and Nepal (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae), Zootaxa 5006 (1), pp. 110-120 : 111

Chinattus Logunov, 1999

Type species: Heliophanus undulatus Song et Chai, 1992 , by the original designation ( Logunov 1999).

Diagnosis and definition. Of the other hasariine genera (sensu Maddison 2015), Chinattus can be readily separated by the presence of the round internal structure of the epigyne, which is a modified epigynal pocket ( Figs 5 , 26 ) and the prominent glandular ducts ( Figs 12 , 27, 28 ), which are poorly-developed or invisible in other genera, and the arrangement of the insemination ducts (transversely in Chinattus , and longitudinally in the others); see Metzner (2021) for comparative figures, and Logunov (1999a), Edwards (2003) and Suguro (2014) for further details.

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Chinattus chichila Logunov, 2003 from Nepal (Gandaki). 1–4 body of ♀ (1 ventral, 2 dorsal, 3 frontal, 4 lateral view); 4 epigyne, ventral view. Scales: 1–4, 1 mm, 5, 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 23–28. Chinattus validus (Xie, Peng et Kim, 1993) from India (Himachal Pradesh) (23–26, 28) and Nepal (27). 23– 25 palp of ♂ (23 ventral, 24 retro-lateral, 25 dorsal view); 26 epigyne, ventral view; 27, 28 vulva, dorsal view. Scales: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 6–12. Chinattus mikhailovi sp. nov. from Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), paratypes from MMUE. 6–8 palp of ♂ (6 ventral, 7 retro-lateral, 8 dorsal view); 9 right chelicera of ♂, ventral view; 10 epigyne of ♀, ventral view; 11 diagrammatic course of insemination duct; 12 vulva, dorsal view. Scales: 0.1 mm.