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Issue: Vol. 4790 No. 1: 10 Jun. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.11
Page range: 178–186
Abstract views: 90
PDF downloaded: 2

First record of the genus Vailimia Kammerer, 2006 from India, with the description of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina)

Department of Zoology, Bodoland University, Assam, 783370, India
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, West Bengal, India
Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, Assam, 782402, India
Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand, India
Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Assam, 781014, India
Department of Zoology, Bodoland University, Assam, 783370, India
Araneae taxonomy jumping spider Assam Rajasthan

Abstract

The genus Vailimia Kammerer, 2006 is recorded for the first time from India. Two new species, Vailimia ajmerensis Caleb & Jangid sp. nov. (♂), and V. jharbari Basumatary, Caleb & Das sp. nov. (♂♀), are described and illustrated in detail. Presently, the genus is known only by the males, which means that the female of V. jharbari described herein is the first female known in the genus.

 

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