Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023

Yang, Zhiyong & Zhang, Junxia, 2024, On eight species of Chrysillini from Xizang, China (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae), Zootaxa 5447 (2), pp. 151-187 : 181-182

Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 (dzàẕø)

Figs 4 , 166–193

Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023: 209 , figs 1A–F, 2A–L, 3A–D, 4A–B.

Type material. Holotype: ♂ ( ZSIC-I / SP 40 ), INDIA: Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Jatani , NISER ( National Institute of Science Education and Research ) campus, 20.1686°N, 85.6849°E, 46 m a.s.l., 6 May 2021, leg. A. Parag. Paratypes: 4♀ ( ZSIC-I / SP 40–44 ), same data as the holotype (not examined) .

Material examined. 4♂ 4♀ (MHBU-ARA-00026725, MHBU-ARA-00026701), CHINA: Xizang Autonomous Region, Nyingchi City (öĭṪ), Zayu County (ḃạ县), Xia Zayu Town (下ḃạā), 28.7745°N, 96.7340°E, 1846 m a.s.l., 28 May 2022, leg. B. Liu & L. Wang; 6♀ (MHBU-ARA-00026673, MHBU-ARA-00026650), CHINA: Xizang Autonomous Region, Nyingchi City, Zayu County (ḃạ县), Zhuwagen Town (n'ūẘā), 28.5950°N, 97.2365°E, 1878 m a.s.l., 11 July 2023, leg. Y. Hou, Z. Yang, Y. Ni & Y. Badan.

Diagnosis. See Caleb et al. (2023: 210).

Description. See Caleb et al. (2023: 210).

Variation. The specimens from China exhibit the following subtle variations when compared to the specimens from India: (1) the embolus is more bent ( Fig. 187 ); (2) the RTA has a small protrusion on the posterior side ( Fig. 188 ); and (3) the lamellar tegular process is more noticeable ( Fig. 187 ).

Natural history. Rock- and foliage-dwellers ( Fig. 4 ).

Distribution. China (Xizang), India ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distributional records of Chrysilla yarlungzangbo sp. nov., Icius faker sp. nov., I. han sp. nov., I. kui sp. nov., I. kulakangri sp. nov., I. zhengi sp. nov., Nandicius gyirongensis (Hu, 2001) comb. nov., and Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023.

FIGURES 2–7. Habitats of the described species in this paper. 2–3. Chrysilla yarlungzangbo sp. nov. in Medog County; 4. Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 in Zayu County; 5, 7. Icius kulakangri sp. nov. in Lhozhag County; 6. I. kui sp. nov. in Bome County.

FIGURES 166–169. Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023, living females from Zayu County.

FIGURES 170–174. Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023, living females from Zayu County.

FIGURES 175–183. Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 from Zayu County, China, male (175, 176, 179–181, 183) and female (177, 178, 182). 175–178. Habitus, dorsal (175, 177) and lateral (176, 178) views; 179, 180. Chelicerae, back (179) and front (180) views; 181. Right leg I; 182, 183. Prosomas.

FIGURES 184–188. Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 from Zayu County, China, epigynum (184), vulva (185) and male left palp (186–188), in ventral (184, 187), dorsal (185), prolateral (186) and retrolateral (188) views.

FIGURES 189–193. Siler niser Caleb, Parag & Datta-Roy, 2023 from Zayu County, China, male left palp (189–191), epigynum (192), and vulva (193), in ventral (190, 192), prolateral (189), retrolateral (191) and dorsal (193) views.