Jose Athira, Caleb John T D, Sudhikumar Ambalaparambil Vasu
Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology; Department of Zoology; Christ College; Irinjalakuda; Kerala; India (Affiliated to University of Calicut).
Department of Anatomy; Saveetha Medical College & Hospital; Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences; Saveetha University; Chennai 602105; Tamil Nadu; India.
Zootaxa. 2024 May 10;5448(2):212-224. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.3.
Two new species of the ground-dwelling jumping spider genus Habrocestum Simon, 1876 from the wet evergreen forests of the southern Western Ghats, India are described: H. benjamin sp. nov. (♂♀) and H. swaminathan sp. nov. (♂♀). Furthermore, H. emanasakgrensis Kadam & Tripathi, 2023 is synonymized with Chinattus validus (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993) syn. nov.. Diagnoses, digital illustrations, morphological descriptions, natural history notes and discussion are provided.
描述了来自印度西高止山脉南部湿润常绿森林的地栖跳蛛属（Habrocestum Simon，1876）的两个新物种：本杰明跳蛛新种（Habrocestum benjamin sp. nov.）（♂♀）和斯瓦米纳坦跳蛛新种（Habrocestum swaminathan sp. nov.）（♂♀）。此外，2023年的伊马纳萨克格伦跳蛛（Habrocestum emanasakgrensis Kadam & Tripathi）被定为有效中华跳蛛（Chinattus validus (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993)）的同物异名，新组合（syn. nov.）。文中提供了诊断、数字插图、形态描述、自然史记录及讨论。
