Yllenus

Dmitri V. Logunov, 2010, A new species of Yllenus Simon, 1868 from northern India (Araneae, Salticidae), Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 15, pp. 91-92 : 92

Yllenus baltistanus Caporiacco, 1935

Material: india: 1♀ ( BMNH), ‘‘1932·6·30·2/Mya, near Nima, Indus/Valley, Ladak, Thibet District/alt. 12,400ft / Capt. G. E. E. Gregory’ ’ [apparently, Nimu (c. 34°15'N, 77°20'E) in the Indus river valley, Leh district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, northern India] .

Comments: The studied female is in rather poor condition, as it was originally pinned and dried after being collected and later put into alcohol. Although its spermathecae are visible and are similar to those of Yllenus baltistanus, the current identification should be considered provisional. Hitherto, this species was known from two localities at high elevations in the Baltistan Mts (near Skardu, Jammu and Kashmir in northern India) (Logunov & Marusik, 2003). The present locality lies very close to that region and is also at high elevation.