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The male of Suffasia attidiya (Araneae, Zodariidae)
Abstract
Suffasia attidiya was previously known only from females. This paper describes males collected from the type locality. Males of S. attidiya can be recognized by the following combination of characters: tibia with stout retrolateral apophysis; triangular dorsal cymbial extension; cymbial flange attached at its center to the cymbium; embolus with a base positioned under the proximal part of tegulum; long tapering, outwards pointing tegular apophysis.
... Suffasia Jocqué, 1991 is a genus with only six described species of the subfamily Zodariinae Thorell, 1881 in the Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 but numerous species are expected from Nepal and the genus apparently occurs in Africa (Jocqué, unpublished data). Among these, three species are reported from Nepal, two from Sri Lanka and two, including the type species S. tigrina (Simon, 1893), from India (Benjamin, 2006;Benjamin & Jocqué, 2000;Jocqué, 1992;Ono, 2006;Platnick, 2008;Simon, 1893). ...
Suffasia keralaensis, a new species in the spider family Zodariidae from the Western Ghats in India is described. It can be diagnosed from other members of the genus by oval spermathecae in the female and by the presence of three cymbial pits and long curved embolus with pointed tip of the male palp. A diagnostic key to both male and female species so far reported of the genus Suffasia is provided.
... Although all characters of male did not match with the Suffasia especially absence of cymbial lateral pit and AME not being small but Suffisia also shows high variation in the palp structure within the genus. Further, we found the S. gujaratensis male palp structure closely resembled Suffasia attidiya Benjamin, 2007 from Sri Lanka by having large embolus and tegulum and RTA short. Therefore, here we transfer Storena gujaratensis to Suffasia. ...
The original description of Storena gujaratensis by Tikader & Patel in 1975 based on a male specimen was wrongly identified in the genus; here we transfer it to the genus Suffasia based on presence of dorsal cymbial flange, large tegulum, long embolus and short bifurcated RTA. We provide a more detailed taxonomic description of the male.
... Suffasia Jocqué, 1991 is a genus with only six described species of the subfamily Zodariinae Thorell, 1881 in the Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 but numerous species are expected from Nepal and the genus apparently occurs in Africa (Jocqué, unpublished data). Among these, three species are reported from Nepal, two from Sri Lanka and two, including the type species S. tigrina (Simon, 1893), from India (Benjamin, 2006;Benjamin & Jocqué, 2000;Jocqué, 1992;Ono, 2006;Platnick, 2008;Simon, 1893). ...
FIGURES 1 – 10. Suffasia keralaensis sp. nov. Female and male paratypes, 1 Female dorsal view; 2 Female frontal view; 3 Female lateral view; 4 Female labium and maxillae; 5 Female sternum; 6 Male dorsal view; 7 Epigyne ventral view; 8 Internal genitalia dorsal view; 9 Left male pedipalp, ventral view; 10 Left male pedipalp, lateral view. Scale bars: 1 – 2, 2 mm; 3, 1.5 mm; 4 – 5, 0.75 mm; 6, 1.5 mm; 7 – 8, 0.1 mm; 9 – 10, 0.2 mm.
... Suffasia Jocqué, 1991 is a genus with only six described species of the subfamily Zodariinae Thorell, 1881 in the Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 but numerous species are expected from Nepal and the genus apparently occurs in Africa (Jocqué, unpublished data). Among these, three species are reported from Nepal, two from Sri Lanka and two, including the type species S. tigrina (Simon, 1893), from India (Benjamin, 2006;Benjamin & Jocqué, 2000;Jocqué, 1992;Ono, 2006;Platnick, 2008;Simon, 1893). ...
Suffasia keralaensis, a new species in the spider family Zodariidae from the Western Ghats in India is described. It can be diagnosed from other members of the genus by oval spermathecae in the female and by the presence of three cymbial pits and long curved embolus with pointed tip of the male palp. A diagnostic key to both male and female species so far reported of the genus Suffasia is provided.
... Here we provide a description of an endemic thomisid species from Western and South-central Sri Lanka. This study is part of an ongoing island-wide survey of spider diversity (Benjamin 2000;2001;2004;2006a;2006b;Huber and Benjamin 2005). ...
Tagulis mystacinus Simon, 1895 from Sri Lanka is redescribed based on a pair of newly collected male and female specimens. T. mystacinus may be separated from other thomisids by the presence of very peculiar leaf-shaped macrosetae immediately posterior to anterior and posterior lateral eyes. They also may be separated by details of their genitalia.
Two new genera of Zodariidae, belonging to the Zodariinae and strongly related to Mallinella Strand, are reported from evergreen forests in Thailand and Malaysia. Euryeidon gen. n. is represented by six species, all of which are new: E. monticola sp. n. (the type species; ♂ ♀), E. musicum sp. n. (♂ ♀), E. anthonyi sp. n. (♂ ♀), E. sonthichaiae sp. n. (♂), E. consideration sp. n. (♀) and E. schwendingeri sp. n. (♀). The genus is characterized by its strongly reticulate carapace and widely spaced eyes. Heradion gen. n. is represented by five new species, all known from both sexes, which can be clustered in two species groups on the base of somatic characters. The first group, found in Thailand, consists of Heradion naiadis sp. n. (the type species) and H. peteri sp. n. The second group is restricted to Malaysia and consists of three smaller, long-legged species: H. pernix sp. n., H. damrongi sp. n. and H. luctator sp. n. Heradion is characterized by: carapace smooth, domed; chilum drawn out into a point, pointing forward; sternum with anterior concavity accommodating labium; sclerotized field in front of the spinnerets with rows of hairs; femora inflated dorsally near proximal dorsal spine; coxae I and IV elongated. Keys to the genera of Zodariinae in Southeast Asia and to the species of Euryeidon and Heradion are provided.
Two new species of the genus Suffasia from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Zodariidae). - Two new species of the genus Suffasia Jocqué, 1991 are described. S. mahasumana sp. n. is known from both sexes and is related to S. tumegaster Jocqué, 1992. S. attidiya sp. n., known only from two female specimens, may be related to S. tigrina (Simon, 1893). S. attidiya sp. n. is found in diverse habitats, S. mahasumana sp. n. is confined to cloud forests in the central highlands of Sri Lanka. This is the first record of Suffasia from Sri Lanka, other species in this genus are known only from southern India and Nepal.
The subfamily Ballinae is revised. To test its monophyly, 41 morphological characters, including the first phylogenetic use of scale morphology in Salticidae, were scored for 16 taxa (1 outgroup and 15 ingroup). Parsimony analysis of these data supports monophyly based on five unambiguous synapomorphies. The paper provides new diagnoses, descriptions of new genera, species, and a key to the genera. At present, Ballinae comprises 13 nominal genera, three of them new: Afromarengo,Ballus, Colaxes, Cynapes, Indomarengo, Leikung, Marengo, Philates and Sadies. Copocrossa, Mantisatta, Pachyballus and Padilla are tentatively included in the subfamily. Nine new species are described and illustrated: Colaxes horton, C. wanlessi, Philates szutsi, P. thaleri, P. zschokkei, Indomarengo chandra, I. sarawakensis, Leikung kinabaluensis and Marengo deelemanae. Colaxes nitidiventris and Ballus segmentatus are redescribed. The Seychelles species Baviola spatulata is considered a junior synonym of B. braueri. The phylogenetic analysis suggests two independent origins of tentative Batesian mimicry of ants within Ballinae. © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 142, 1–82.
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