Orienticius Prószyński, 2016,

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2016, Delimitation and description of 19 new genera, a subgenus and a species of Salticidae (Araneae) of the world, Ecologica Montenegrina 7, pp. 4-32 : 26-27

Gen. Orienticius Prószyński, 2016 , gen. n.

Informal group of genera NOTICIINES Removed from the genus Pseudicius

Figures 6G – H , 9K – M

Early synonyms: Attus vulpes Grube, 1861: 23 (D), Pseudicius orientalis Kulczynski, 1895d: 59 , pl. 2, Figs 12-14 (Dmf), Euophrys undulatovittata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 339 , pl. 14, Fig. 376 (Dm), Euophrys breviaculeis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 340 , pl. 14, Fig. 387 (Dm), Breda lambda-signata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 345 , pl. 9, Fig. 136, pl. 13, Fig. 352 (Dmf).

Pseudicius vulpes : Prószyński, 1971: 220, Figs 30-36.

Folowed by 40 citations of the above combination.

Type species. Attus vulpes Grube, 1861 .

Documentation studied. Comparative diagnostic drawings of 2 species in Prószyński (2016a) and in original literature, especially Prószyński (1971).

Etymology. Name combines words Pseudicius and orientalis , grammar gender assumed masculine.

Diagnosis. Differs from Pseudicius by the absence of the row of stridulatory bristles on protuberances below eyes lateral, lack of modification of tibia I, legs I not particularly enlarged, and somewhat by dorsal pattern ( Figs. 6G–H ).

Male. The structure of embolus excludes it from the genus Icius Simon, 1876 , with the basis of embolus turning medial-wards, embolus bent, originally directed medially but immediately turned anteriorwards ( Fig. 9K ) reminding distantly that structure in Chinattus Logunov, 1999 .

Female. Epigyne transversally oval, with a pair of medium size grooves, separated by narrow septum. Narrow pockets translucent under the posterior edge of epigyne ( Fig. 9L ). Spermathecae set transversally, ducts narrow but not membranous, joining spermatheca in the middle of its length, next running straight anteriorly, towards small, round copulatory openings ( Fig. 9M ).

More diagnostic documentation – see at:

http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae/Noticiinae_clas.html.

Remark. Classified by the majority of authors as Pseudicius , following Kulczyński's (1895) description, the absence of key features of Pseudicius was confirmed recently by G.N. Azarkina – personal communication.

Distribution. Asiatic Russia: Far East and Baikal area, China, Korea, Japan. Species transferred from the genus Pseudicius Simon, 1885 now included in genus: Orienticius chinensis (Logunov, 1995) comb. n., O. vulpes (Grube 1861) comb. n.

Informal group of genera SITTICINES

Figures

Figure 6. Color photos of diagnostic characters and habitus of new genera: A – C – Psenuc sp. [from Australia]: row of subocular stridulatory bristles on tubercles, flattened body and palp; D – Logunyllus univittatus; E – F - Logunyllus vittatus, male and female; G – H – Orienticius vulpes, female and male; I – J – Nandicius: sp from Nanad Devi National Park – key photos by Miss Shazia Quasin, matching habitus appearance with the internal structure of epigyne (compare also Fig. 9E). Photos by: A – C – ©R. Whyte; D – E – ©J. Lissner; G – H – ©Kyoto Ogata; I – J – ©Shazia Quasin. By courtesy.

Figure 9. Diagnostic characters of new genera: A – B – Marusyllus hamifer: male palp, internal structure of epigyne, spermatheca (enlarged) dorsal and ventral views; C – D – Logunyllus albocinctus; E – Nandicius: sp from Nepal, internal structure of epigyne (compare also Fig. 9E); F – H – N. mussooriensis: male palp, leg I of female and male (note row of stridulatory microsetae on femur I, but tibia I not modified) epigyne and its internal structure; I – J – N. pseudicioides: male palp and internal structure of epigyne; K – M – Orienticius vulpes: male palp, epigyne and its internal structure. Drawn by J. Prószyński in Annales zoologici:A – D 1968 26: 430-435, Figs 78-84; C – D –1968 26: 463-466, Figs 136-137, 143; E –unpublished (shown in Prószyński 2016a, b); F– H–1992a: 44: 101-102, f 54-55, 57- 59; I – J –1984: 37: 374, Figs 63-68; K – M 1971: 28: 220-223, Figs 30-36. By courtesy.