Aetius decollatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896

Fig. 5

Aetius decollatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 1007, pl. 52 fig. 1.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: One penultimate male, India, original label text in square brackets: [Voy. Carl et Escher, Inde méridionale, Mudumalai, 7-9.II], (MHNG, examined).

Note: 'Voy. Carl et Escher' was a zoological expedition by J. Carl and K. Escher to southern India in the winter of 1926-1927. Material was collected at Anaimalis, Nilgiris, and Palnis. The hills they visited in these areas are within about 200 miles south and a little west of Bangalore. The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills, in Nilgiri District.

REMARKS: The female holotype was collected from Sri Lanka. The female has a slender opisthosoma with a constriction. The legs are banded. The carapace is dark, with a yellow thoracic region. This pattern conforms well to the juvenile male treated here.