Hasarius tropicus, Piotr Jastrzębski, 2010

Piotr Jastrzębski, 2010, Salticidae from the Himalayas. The genus Hasarius Simon, 1871 (Araneae: Salticidae), Genus 21, pp. 319-323 : 321-323

Hasarius tropicus sp. n.

(Figs 2-3, 6-7)

etymology

Named from occurrence in tropical forest.

diagnoSiS

This species can be differentiated from related H. adansoni by the long, dense, white hairs on the patellae and internal edge of palpal’s tibiae; embolus thin, short, placed on the top of bulbus.

descriPtion

Male. Surroundings of posterior eyes black. The rest of cephalothorax dark brown; dorsum of thoracic part lighter. Abdomen grey, only frontally white; with wide, longitudinal fawn belt and dots forming slanting stripes. Spinnerets light grey. Clypeus and chelicerae brown. Maxillae light brown, its tips white. Labium brown. Sternum yellow. Venter white. Pedipalps dark brown, only patellae white. On the patellae and internal edge of palpal’s tibiae long, dense, white hairs. Bulbus oval. Embolus thin, short, placed on the top of bulbus. Tibial apophysis narrow, short, with sharp tip. Legs I - brown; remain - light brown; all covered with brown spines. Scopula absent. Spines formula: tI: p1-1-1 r1-1-1; mI: p1-1 r1-1; tII: p1-1-1 r1-1-1; mII: p1-1 r1-1. Measurements: CL 2.19, CW 1.68, EFL 0.90, AEW 1.62, PEW 1.56, AL 2.22.

Female unknown.

type material

Holotype, male, Bhutan: Phuntsholing , 200-400 m, 21.04.1972., coll. wittmer, stemmler, baroni-Urbani &würmli ( NHMB) .

habitat

Bhutan: tropical forest, 200-400 m a.s.l.