identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
193787B145798B61CA91F873FAD626BB.text	193787B145798B61CA91F873FAD626BB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epidelaxia Simon 1902	<div><p>Genus  Epidelaxia Simon, 1902</p><p>Type species.  Epidelaxia albostellata Simon, 1902</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/193787B145798B61CA91F873FAD626BB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Asima, Ashraf;Caleb, John T. D.;Prasad, Gopal;Joseph, Mathew M.	Asima, Ashraf, Caleb, John T. D., Prasad, Gopal, Joseph, Mathew M. (2025): First record of Epidelaxia Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) in India, with descriptions of two new species from the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 5590 (4): 595-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.10
193787B145788B60CA91FF43F99F256B.text	193787B145788B60CA91FF43F99F256B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epidelaxia falciformis Asima & Caleb & Prasad & Joseph 2025	<div><p>Epidelaxia falciformis sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1–7</p><p>Type materal.   Holotype: ♂ (KUDZ 2024.III.25), INDIA: Kerala: Kulathupuzha, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.1028&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.913" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.1028/lat 8.913)">Kallar</a> (8.9130° N, 77.1028° E), 152 m a.s.l., 25 April 2023, leg. A. Asima.</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet is an adjective referring to the sickle-shaped embolus tip. Latin ‘ falx ’ = sickle.</p><p>Diagnosis. The male of  Epidelaxia falciformis sp. nov. is most similar to  E. bharathi Satkunanathan &amp; Benjamin, 2024, in having a similar point of origin of the embolus, but can be distinguished by the lamellar embolus with sickle-shaped terminal portion (vs. embolus thin and whip-like); RTA slightly bent medially in ventral view (vs. straight) (cf. Figs 3–6 with figs 13e–f &amp; 14a–b in Satkunanathan &amp; Benjamin 2024). The new species is also similar to  E. somasundaram Satkunanathan &amp; Benjamin, 2024 in having a similar RTA, but can be distinguished by the origin of the embolus at ~ 7 o’clock position (vs. ~ 6 o’clock) (cf. Figs 3–6 with figs 15e–f &amp; 16a–b in Satkunanathan &amp; Benjamin 2024).</p><p>Description. Male (Figs 1–7): Body length 4.39. Carapace 2.10 long, 1.89 wide. Abdomen 2.29 long, 1.53 wide. Carapace brown with yellow-brown strip along mid posterior cephalic region and thorax (Fig. 1). Anterior eyes covered with yellow orbital setae. Clypeus black. Fovea short, longitudinal (Fig. 1). Eye sizes and interdistances. AME 0.58, ALE 0.32, PME 0.10, PLE 0.33; AER 1.81, EFL 1.22, PER 1.72. Sternum oval, yellow. Labium and endites brown with lighter distal areas (Fig. 2). Chelicerae reddish-brown with bicuspid tooth on retromargin and two teeth on promargin (Fig. 7). Legs dark brown with dark brown annulations. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 2.16 (0.72, 0.26, 0.34, 0.84), leg I 4.72 (1.50, 0.64, 1.00, 0.98, 0.60), II 4.10 (1.20, 0.52, 1.08, 0.70, 0.60), III 4.90 (1.42, 0.76, 1.02, 1.00, 0.70), IV 4.80 (1.50, 0.60, 1.03, 1.00, 0.67). Leg formula 3412. Abdomen oval, creamy white with brown patches laterally and posteriorly; venter creamy white with few brown patches. Anterior spinnerets greyish black, distal areas lightly colored; posterior spinnerets black (Figs 1–2). Palp brown; RTA about 1/3 tibial width, slightly curved, with broad base and blunt tip; cymbium moderately long, about 2 times longer than wide; tegulum oval, with single folded membranous outgrowth near embolic base; sperm duct clearly visible; embolus thick, long, mainly curved along prolateral tegular submargin, originating at about 7 o’clock position and terminal portion sickle-shaped (Figs 3–6).</p><p>Female: unknown.</p><p>Distribution. India (Kerala).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/193787B145788B60CA91FF43F99F256B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Asima, Ashraf;Caleb, John T. D.;Prasad, Gopal;Joseph, Mathew M.	Asima, Ashraf, Caleb, John T. D., Prasad, Gopal, Joseph, Mathew M. (2025): First record of Epidelaxia Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) in India, with descriptions of two new species from the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 5590 (4): 595-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.10
193787B145788B65CA91FB53F99F26E7.text	193787B145788B65CA91FB53F99F26E7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epidelaxia palustris Asima & Caleb & Prasad & Joseph 2025	<div><p>Epidelaxia palustris sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 8–21</p><p>Type material.   Holotype: ♂ (KUDZ 2024.III.26 a), INDIA: Kerala: Kulathoopuzha, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.915" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.102/lat 8.915)">Kattilappara</a> (8.9150° N, 77.1020° E), 149.96 m a.s.l., Myristica swamp, 01 December 2022, leg. A. Asima.  Paratypes: 2 ♀♀ (KUDZ 2024.III.26 b, 26c), together with the holotype .</p><p>Etymology. The specific epithet is an adjective referring to the swampy habitat from which the species was collected. Latin ‘ palus ’ = swamp.</p><p>Diagnosis. Male of  Epidelaxia palustris sp. nov. is similar to  E. obscura Simon, 1902 and  E. somasundaram Satkunanathan &amp; Benjamin, 2024 in having a similar palpal conformation but can be separated easily by the origin of the embolus, which arises at ~ 7:30 o’clock position (vs. about 6 o’clock in  E. obscura and  E. somasundaram), the bent RTA in ventral view (vs. straight in  E. obscura and  E. somasundaram) (cf Figs 10–11, 18–19 with figs 11e–f, 12a–b, 15e–f, 16a–b in Satkunanathan &amp; Benjamin 2024). Females can be distinguished from all known congeners by the course of the copulatory ducts, the narrow, tubular portion of the ducts traverse from above the primary chambers of the spermathecae running along the lateral side before entering the secondary chambers (Figs 15–16, 20–21).</p><p>Description. Male (holotype; Figs 8–12, 18–19): Body length: 4.57; carapace 2.17 long, 1.71 wide; abdomen 2.40 long, 1.01 wide. Carapace brown with yellowish-brown area behind fovea, broad pale brown band running along lateral margins; fovea short, marked as red longitudinal line (Fig. 8). Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.58, ALE 0.30, PME 0.10, PLE 0.34, AER 1.80, EFL 0.95, PER 1.69. Clypeus yellowish brown. Chelicerae brown with bicuspid tooth on retromargin and two teeth on promargin (Fig. 12). Sternum oval, yellow (Fig. 9). Labium and endites reddish brown. Legs I–IV yellowish-brown with brown patches. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 2.58 (0.97, 0.40, 0.40, 0.81), leg I 6.07 (1.88, 1.03, 1.47, 1.04, 0.65), II 4.66 (1.48, 0.88, 0.97, 0.91, 0.42), III 4.87 (1.59, 0.85, 1.03, 1.12, 0.28), IV 5.03 (1.62, 0.89, 1.00, 1.06, 0.46). Leg formula 1432. Abdomen elongated, dorsum creamy yellow with brown patches (Fig. 8); venter creamy white with dark brown patch medially and laterally. Anterior spinnerets grey with creamy posterior tip; posterior spinnerets black (Figs 8, 9). Palp yellowish-brown, covered with long black and white setae; RTA ~ 1/6 tibial width, curved inwards in ventral view, with blunt tip directed anteriad in retrolateral view; cymbium about 2 times longer than wide, with proximal-retrolateral cymbial extension (CE); tegulum globular, with membranous outgrowth near embolic base; embolus originating at 7:30 o’clock position, whip-like, thick at base, narrowing towards tip; sperm duct clearly visible (Figs 10–11, 18–19).</p><p>Female (paratype; Figs 13–17, 20–21): Body length: 3.69; carapace 1.79 long, 1.41 wide; abdomen 1.90 long, 1.36 wide. Coloration as in male except the following: anterior eyes with white orbital setae. Clypeus yellowish brown covered with white setae. Legs yellow with dark annulations. Palps yellow. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.53 ALE 0.33, PME 0.07, PLE 0.29, AER 1.58, EFL 1.06, PER 1.50. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 2.44 (1.11, 0.65, 0.12, 0.56), leg I 5.95 (1.87, 1.01, 1.34, 1.05, 0.68), II 4.63 (1.48, 0.85, 0.96, 0.90, 0.44), III 5.33 (1.83, 0.82, 1.06, 1.27, 0.35), IV 4.72 (1.44, 0.68, 0.93, 1.31, 0.36). Leg formula: 1342. Epigyne with medio-laterally placed elongated atrium leading to copulatory openings; sclerotized arch bracket-shaped; copulatory ducts broad and membranous initially, acutely narrowed to tubular after extending to lateral sides of primary chamber of spermathecae; spermathecae thick-walled, double chambered, primary chamber small and globular, secondary chamber elongate-oval, touched each other; fertilization ducts small, emerging from basal portion of primary chamber, converging towards each other (Figs 15–17, 20–21).</p><p>Distribution. India (Kerala).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/193787B145788B65CA91FB53F99F26E7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Asima, Ashraf;Caleb, John T. D.;Prasad, Gopal;Joseph, Mathew M.	Asima, Ashraf, Caleb, John T. D., Prasad, Gopal, Joseph, Mathew M. (2025): First record of Epidelaxia Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) in India, with descriptions of two new species from the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 5590 (4): 595-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.10
