Orientattus aurantius ( Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018 ) Caleb, 2020

Caleb, John T. D., 2020, A new jumping spider genus from South and Southeast Asia (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini: Orientattus), Peckhamia 200 (1), pp. 1-5 : 2

Orientattus aurantius ( Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018) , comb. nov. Figures 1-16

Schenkelia aurantia Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018 , ♂ ♀ (♂ holotype): Caleb & Acharya, 2019, ♂

The description of both sexes of O. aurantius by Kanesharatnam & Benjamin (2018) supports the identification of related species (misplaced in other genera) described from South and Southeast Asia, providing the basis for establishment of the new genus Orientattus . This species is known from Sri Lanka, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Karnataka. When this species was described the genus Schenkelia was thought to have an Afrotropical-Oriental distribution, but now Schenkelia is known only from tropical Africa.

Figures

Figures 1-5. Male specimen of Orientattus aurantius from Sri Lanka. 1, Dorsal view. 2, Ventral view. 3-5, Prolateral, ventral, and retrolateral views of the left pedipalp. Images (1-5) adapted from Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018, used here under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Figures 6-9. Female specimen of Orientattus aurantius from Sri Lanka. 6, Dorsal view. 7, Ventral view. 8, Ventral (exterior) view of epigynum. 9, Dorsal (interior) view of dissected epigyum. Images (6-9) adapted from Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018, used here under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Figures 10-12. Male Orientattus aurantius collected at the Wildlife Institute of India Campus, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. 10, Lateral view. 11, Dorsal view. 12, Frontal view. Photographs by J. T. D. Caleb.

Figures 13-14. Living adult male Orientattus aurantius at Mysore, Karnataka, India. Photographs by Abhijith A.P.C., used with permission.

Figures 15-16. Living adult female Orientattus aurantius at Mysore, Karnataka, India. Photographs by Abhijith A.P.C., used with permission.