Plexippus petersi ( Karsch, 1878 )

Murray, Katie I., Escobar-Toledo, Jaime & Pett, Brogan L., 2024, Three new species of plexippine jumping spiders (Salticidae, Salticinae, Plexippini) from dry forest in Boeny region, north-western Madagascar, African Invertebrates 65 (2), pp. 61-74 : 61-74

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.126810
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2FE3F7D4-857D-4291-8885-289765927667
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14001461
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/35966F97-FF88-5A47-A554-757CC994358F
treatment provided by	African Invertebrates by Pensoft
scientific name	Plexippus petersi ( Karsch, 1878 )
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Treatment

Plexippus petersi ( Karsch, 1878) View in CoL

Figs 34–36 View Figures 34–36

Euophrys petersii Karsch, 1878: 332, pl. 2, fig. 7.

Plexippus petersi Simon 1903: 728. View in CoL

Marpissa calcutaensis Tikader, 1974: 210 , figs 9–10.

Plexippus calcutaensis Nenilin 1984: 6. Plexippus petersi: Żabka, 1985: 433, figs 464–470. View in CoL

Description.

See Żabka (1985); illustrated in this paper (figs 34–36).

Material examined.

• 1 ♀ Madagascar; Mahajanga province, Mariarano classified forest ; 15.470°S, 46.742°E; 21 June 2017, 16: 20; Brogan L. Pett leg. ( BINCO_MAD_17_0129_1 ) GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

The species is recorded from many countries across south-eastern Asia ( WSC 2024). The only published specimen records in Africa are from Mozambique ( Simon 1903), with specimens putatively identified from south-western Kenya, northern Tanzania, and far eastern Madagascar ( SMNS database). Thus, this is the first confirmed specimen record from Madagascar.