New chrysilline and aelurilline jumping spiders from Pakistan (Araneae, Salticidae).

ABSTRACT: Epocillapakhtunkhwa Ali & Maddison, sp. n. and Stenaelurillusmardanicus Ali & Maddison, sp. n. are described from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Noted for the first time is the presence in Epocilla of a small bump just anterior to the fovea of the carapace, of unknown functional significance, otherwise known in the unrelated Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880 and Cocalus Pocock, 1897. In addition, the female of Menemerusnigli Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012 is described for the first time.

SUBMITTER: Ali PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6160842 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature