Evawes, Prószyński, 2018

Prószyński, Jerzy, 2018, Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax, Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae) *, Ecologica Montenegrina 16, pp. 130-179 : 152-155

Gen. Evawes gen. n. (21 species)

Figures 1 E-H, 2P-W, 3L, 13, 14

Type species. Evarcha patagiata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) .

Etymology. The name is created as arbitrary combination of letters coined of words Eva -[rcha], indicating relation to Evarcha , and wes [-ołowska), honoring prominent arachnologist W. Wesołowska (99 publications), authority in Salticidae of Africa. Assumed grammar gender feminine.

Documentation studied. Summary of world's literature provided by "Monograph of Salticidae ( Araneae ) of the World 1995-2016" Prószyński (2016a, b) and current literature.

Diagnosis. Key characters are shown on Fig. 1 E-H, on comparative background of remaining four genera shown on Figs 1 A-D and I-V.

Description. Male: bulbus oval, narrower than in Evarcha s. s. and extended posteriorly by a horizontal, robust protuberance, embolus arising laterally, equal to half length of bulbus, running parallel to bulbus ( Fig. 1E ), length of tibial apophysis equal to about one third of bulbus ( Fig. 1F ). Female: "window" of epigyne large, transversally oval, there is a pair of posterior pockets, close each other, located near middle of width of epigyne ( Fig. 1G ). Spermatheca strongly sclerotized, in a form of compact body with internal chambers ( Figs 13 ), sometimes resembling broad questioning mark ( Fig. 13B ), ducts posterior, shaped like semi arch, with broad walls but less sclerotized. Various views of color pattern of the same specimen are shown on Figs. 2 PW.

Distribution. Mediterranean, Africa, Asia, Australia.

Composition (diagnostic documentation indicated in brackets). Type species: Evawes patagiata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) comb. n. ( Fig. 1 E-H, 13A-B), Evawes arabica (Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007) comb. n. ( Fig. 13J ), Evawes awashi (Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008) comb. n. ( Fig. 14J ), Evawes bakorensis (Wesolowska, Russel-Smith 2011) comb. n. ( Fig. 2U [?], 13O-P), Evawes bicuspidata (Peng & Li, 2003) comb. n. ( Fig. 14F ), Evawes bihastata (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) comb. n. ( Fig. 13K ), Evawes carbonaria (Lessert, 1927) comb. n. ( Fig. 13I ), Evawes chubbi (Lessert, 1925) comb.n. ( Fig. 13N ), Evawes culicivora Wesolowska, Jackson 2003 ) comb. n. ( Fig. 2 Q-R,13Q-R), Evawes denticulata (Wesołowska et Haddad, 2013) comb. n. ( Fig. 14D ), Evawes elegans (Wesolowska, Russel-Smith, 2000) comb. n. ( Fig. 13 E-F), Evawes ignea (Wesołowska, Cumming 2008) comb. n. ( Fig. 2 T-U, 13G-H), Evawes jucunda (Lucas, 1846) comb.n. ( Fig. 2 R-S, 13C-D1)(syn. E. eriki Fig. 2Q , 13D 1 ), Evawes longula (Thorell, 1881) comb. n. ( Fig. 3L , 14C ), Evawes maculata (Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002) comb. n. ( Fig. 14E ), Evawes madagascariensis (Proszynski, 1992) comb. n. ( Fig. 14A ), Evawes mirabilis Wesołowska, Haddad 2009 ) comb. n. ( Fig. 14G ), Evawes picta (Wesolowska, van Harten, 2007) comb. n. ( Fig. 13 L-M), Evawes pinguis (Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008) comb. n. ( Fig. 14H ), Evawes prosimilis (Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008) comb. n. ( Fig. 14 K-L), Evawes zimbabwensis (Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008) comb. n. ( Fig. 14B ). [ATTENTION: all names are new combinations].

SOURCES: A -B - Proszynski. Ann. zool., 2003: 59-61, figs 200, 224-226, 229-230,, C -D - Proszynski. Ann. zool., 2003: 64, figs 227-228, 234-235, D1 - Wunderlich, 1987, Wunderlich J. 1987. Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras .... Triops Verlag: 277- 278, f 695-698, E -F - Wesolowska, Russel-Smith, 2000. Trop. Zool., 13 (1): 26-28, figs 37-44 + Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008 J. Afrotr. Zool., 4: 14, 52-53, G - H - Wesołowska, Cumming 2008. Ann. zool. 58: 175- 176, f 22-23 + Wesołowska, Haddad 2009. Afr. Invert., 50(1): 30, f 34-37, I - Wesołowska 2012b. Genus. 23(2): 204- 205, f 12-13 (syntype), J - Evawes arabica , K - Evawes bihastata, Lessert, 1927: 450 , f 27, L -M - Wesolowska, van Harten, 2007. F. Arabia, 23: 15- 16, f 35-41, N - Evawes chubbi , O - P - Wesolowska, Russel-Smith 2011.Ann. zool. 61(3): 568- 570, f 52-56, 222, Q -R - Wesolowska, Jackson 2003. Ann. Zool., 53 (2): 335-338, figs 1-20.. All ©copyrights are retained by the original authors and copyright holders, used here by their courtesy

SOURCES: A - Proszynski 1992a. Ann. zool., 44, 8: 92, figs 13-15, B - Wesolowska W., A. Russel-Smith, 2000. Tr. Zool., 13 (1): 22-23, figs 25- 28, C - Davies Todd, Zabka 1989. 27 (2): 250, pl 54 ( Trite longula ) + ©Photo R. Whyte, E - Wesołowska et Haddad, 2013: 24(3-4): 469- 471, f 24-25, 50-51, F - Rollard Ch., Wesolowska W. 2002. Zoosystema. 24 (2): 290-292, figs 6A-F., F - Peng X., Li S. 2003a. Raffles Bull. Zool. 51: 22, f 1A-D., G - Wesołowska, Haddad 2009. Afr. Invert., 50(1): 32- 33, f 38-41, H - Peng X., Li S. 2003a. Raffles Bull. Zool. 51: 22, f 1A-D, I - Wesołowska, Haddad 2009. Afr. Invert., 50(1): 32- 33, f 38-41. All ©copyrights are retained by the original authors and copyright holders, used here by their courtesy.

Figures

Figure 1-I. For figure caption see under Figure 1-II.

Figure 2-I. For figure caption see under Figure 2-II.

Figure 3. Color pattern and body shape of Evaneg gen. n., Evacin gen. n. & Evalba gen. n. A - Evaneg negevensis, B- C - Evaneg praeclara, D1 - Evaneg sp. n. - from Israel, Shoam area (35 km east of Tel Aviv), D - Evaneg seyun, E-G - supposedly Evacin flavocincta [= E - F - Evacin flavocincta (from Brunei)], G - Maevia flavocincta C. L. Koch, 1846 (holotype from Bintang Is), G1 - Evacin flavocincta (Vietnam, by Zabka)], H - Evacin cf. infrastriata, J - Evacin cf. cancellata? Sigiriya Hotel, Sri Lanka, on shady, wetter exterior walls, K - Evacin striolata, L -Evawes longula, M - Evalba albaria, N - Evalba selenaria (Ryukyu Is.).

Figure 13-I. For figure caption see under Figure 13-II.

Figure 14-I. For figure caption see under Figure 14-II.