Keywords :
Salticidae,
Jumping spiders,
Oriental region,
Taxonomy,
Distribution,
Thailand,
Epeus,
Ptocasius
บทคัดย่อ :
The study is based on new material from the collections of the Naturalis Biodiversity
Centre in Leiden (RNHM) and the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) and
addresses issues in two genera: Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon,
1885 from Thailand. Both genera are of Asian/Indomalayan origin, the latter with a
diversity hotspot in the subtropical valleys of the Himalayas. Based on morphological
data, we propose three new species of Epeus (Epeus daiqini sp. nov. (male female), Epeus pallidus
sp. nov. (female), Epeus szirakii sp. nov. (female)) and two new species of Ptacasius (Ptocasius
metznerisp. nov. (male female) and Ptocasius sakaerat sp. nov. (female)). Additionally, we redescribed
E. tener (Simon, 1877) and added photographs of morphological characters. The
genus Ptocasius is redefined due to the inclusion of 37 species, previously included
in Yaginumaella Proszynski, 1979. Relationships and distribution of both genera are
discussed in reference to molecular, morphological and distributional data, published
by other authors in recent years.
เอกสารอ้างอิง :
Patoleta, B.M., Gardzinska, J. and Zabka, M., 2020. Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Thailand: new species and records of Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885. PeerJ, 8, p.e9352.
