Maripanthus Maddison, 2020

Maddison, Wayne P., Beattie, Imara, Marathe, Kiran, Ng, Paul Y. C., Kanesharatnam, Nilani, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Kunte, Krushnamegh, 2020, A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini), ZooKeys 1004, pp. 27-97 : 27

Maripanthus Maddison gen. nov.

Type species.

Maripanthus draconis Maddison, sp. nov.

Species included.

Maripanthus draconis Maddison, sp. nov.

Maripanthus jubatus Maddison, sp. nov.

Maripanthus menghaiensis (Cao & Li, 2016), comb. nov. (transferred from Nannenus )

Maripanthus reinholdae Maddison, sp. nov.

Maripanthus smedleyi (Reimoser, 1929), comb. nov., transferred from Bavia

Etymology.

An arbitrary combination of letters, reminiscent of Marpissa (as the females resemble) and Piranthus (to which it is closely related). To be treated grammatically as masculine.

Diagnosis.

Epigynal atria long and gaping, anteriorly placed. Embolus long and beginning on the basal side of the tegulum, apparently freely articulated from the tegulum (as in the related Piranthus ). Retromarginal cheliceral teeth close together, forming a single short ridge. Male endite with sharp corner (Fig. 11 ). Abdomen with central longitudinal pale band flanked by dark and stuttered into a chevron. Body unremarkable for the Salticinae , in contrast to its sister genus Piranthus which are unusually flat and robust. The small M. menghaiensis and M. reinholdae in some respects resemble Indopadilla or small Bavia , but they lack the ridged chelicera l paturon of the former and the short embolus of the latter.

Figures

Figures 4 - 35. Variation in traits among baviines 4, 5 oblique views of female prosoma 4 Bavia nessagyna (specimen IDWM. 20004; note convex front face of chelicerae, and typical thorax) 5 Indopadilla redunca (holotype IDWM. 20011; note concave front face of chelicerae, and thoracic bulges) 6 - 12 left male endite (9 also with chelicera) 6 Bavia nessagyna (holotype IDWM. 20005) 7 Indopadilla redunca (specimen SWK 12 - M 0009) 8 Stagetillus opaciceps (specimen JK. 08.08.19.0001) 9 Padillothorax semiostrinus (specimen JK. 20.06.20.001) 10 Padillothorax badut (specimen SWK 12 - 4688) 11 Maripanthus jubatus (specimen AS 19.4373) 12 Piranthus planolancis (specimen AS 19.5970) 13 - 20 carapace (all females except 15) 13 Bavia nessagyna (specimen IDWM. 20004) 14 Indopadilla redunca (holotype IDWM. 20011) 15 Stagetillus opaciceps male (specimen JK. 13.02.26.0017) 16 Stagetillus cf. opaciceps female (specimen MRB 079). 17 Padillothorax semiostrinus (specimen JK. 20.06.20.001) 18 Padillothorax mulu (from Mulu Nat. Pk.) 19 Maripanthus reinholdae (specimen SWK 12 - 1934) 20 Piranthus planolancis (specimen AS 19.5940) 21 - 28 Metatarsus of first leg, retrolateral view. All female except 24 male. All are of left legs except 23, 25, 28 which are of right leg, digitally flipped 21 Bavia nessagyna (specimen IDWM. 20004) 22 Indopadilla kahariana (specimen SWK 12 - 1876) 23 Stagetillus cf. opaciceps (specimen MRB 079) 24 Padillothorax semiostrinus (specimen SWK 12 - EP 0105) 25 Padillothorax mulu (specimen SWK 12 - EP 0105) 26 Maripanthus reinholdae (specimen SWK 12 - 1934) 27 Maripanthus draconis (from Gunung Belemut, Johor) 28 Piranthus planolancis (specimen AS 19.5940) 29 - 35 prolateral surface of male first leg femur. 29 Bavia cf. capistrata (specimen from Singapore) 30 Indopadilla kahariana (specimen from Lambir Hills Nat. Pk.) 31 Stagetillus opaciceps (specimen JK. 08.08.19.0001) 32 Padillothorax semiostrinus (specimen JK. 20.06.20.001) 33 Padillothorax badut (specimen SWK 12 - 4688) 34 Maripanthus draconis (specimen from Johor, Gunung Lambak) 35 Piranthus bakau (holotype). Scale bars: 0.1 mm (6 - 12, 21 - 35), 1.0 mm (4, 5, 13 - 20).