Chinattus validus ( Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993 )

Jose, Athira, Caleb, John T. D. & Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu, 2024, On three species of the genus Habrocestum Simon, 1876 (Araneae: Salticidae: Hasariini) from India, Zootaxa 5448 (2), pp. 212-224 : 222

Chinattus validus ( Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993)

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Habrocestoides validus Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993: 25 , figs 10–13.

Chinattus validusi : Jastrzębski & Patoleta, 2014: 352, figs 1–14; Logunov, 2021: 115, figs 23–34.

Habrocestum emanasakgrensis Kadam & Tripathi , in Kadam, Tripathi & Sudhikumar, 2023: 2 , figs 1A–F (male holotype at the National Centre for Biological Sciences Research Collections (NRC), Bengaluru, India, examined. syn. nov.

Remarks. H. emanasakgrensis was recently described from Meghalaya, Northeast India ( Kadam, Tripathi & Sudhikumar 2023), based on a male holotype, which clearly resembles Chinattus validus in both somatic and genital features. The swollen tegulum with a slightly elongated lateral proximal lobe, the short and thick embolus apicallydirected at 12 o'clock position, and the robust RTA curving inwards in ventral view indicate that H. emanasakgrensis is identical to Chinattus validus ( Fig. 8A–D , and figs 1, 3, 6, 7 in Jastrzębski & Patoleta 2014). Therefore, H. emanasakgrensis is herein considered as a junior synonym of Chinattus validus .

Distribution. India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Vietnam ( Logunov 2021; World Spider Catalog 2024).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Somatic and genital morphology of Chinattus validus (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993) (holotype of Habrocestum emanasakgrensis Kadam & Tripathi, 2023 syn. nov.). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Left chelicera; C. Left male palp, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.1 mm (B–D).