Phintelloides singhi ( Monga, Singh & Sadana, 1989 ), 2020

Caleb, John T. D. & Acharya, Shelley, 2020, Jumping spiders of the genus Phintelloides from India, with the description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini), Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (1), pp. 95-100 : 96

Phintelloides singhi ( Monga, Singh & Sadana, 1989) comb. nov.

Marpissa singhi Monga, Singh & Sadana, 1989: 592 , figs 1-2.

Remarks: This species was described from the female holotype from the Kalesar Reserve forest in the Haryana State. Though the authors mentioned that the type specimen will be deposited in NZC-ZSI, it has not yet arrived there and therefore is not yet available for re-examination. Since the original description and illustrations are poor, details of genital morphology remain unknown. The identity of this species thus remains unclear until further conspecific specimens are collected at the type locality. This species does not belong in Marpissa since no true Marpissa is yet reported in India. Therefore, a provisional placement in Phintella C.L. Koch, 1846 , based on the general body form and genital morphology, was recently proposed by Prószyński & Caleb (2015). The species, however, more closely resembles members of the genus Phintelloides . The abdomen is devoid of any stripe or pattern like in P. flavoviri Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 and P. orbisa Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 , and the epigyne moreover strongly resembles that of P. orbisa ( Monga, Singh & Sadana, 1989: figs 1, 2 cf. Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019: figs 12A, E, G, 13A). It is therefore reasonable to transfer the species to Phintelloides .