Brettus storki Logunov & Azarkina 2007

Ahmed, Javed, Khalap, Rajashree, Hill, David E., N., Sumukha J. & Mohan, Krishna, 2017, First record of Brettus cingulatus from India, with a review of Brettus in South and Southeast Asia (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae), Peckhamia 151 (1), pp. 1-13 : 11

Brettus storki Logunov & Azarkina 2007

♂ ♀ [29] Brettus storki Logunov & Azarkina 2007 ( Brunei, Bukit Sulang, Ladan Hills Forest Reserve)

This relatively new species was collected at a single locality in Brunei. The pedipalp of the male resembles that of B. cingulatus but the blunt RTA may be wider and it is directed laterally and not distally. The male carapace is light brown and the eye region is grey. The clypeus bears silver-white setae, but there are no distinctive markings on the carapace and opisthosoma. All of the legs are yellow-grey. Femur I has a ventral fringe of long brown setae distally, and tibia I is covered sparingly with long, yellowbrown setae. The femur and patella of the pedipalp are yellow, the tibia brown, and the cymbium yellowbrown. The female epigynum resembles that of B. anchorum but the medial ducts are quite short. The carapace of the female is yellow-brown and the eye region is yellow-grey. As in the male there are silverwhite setae on the clypeus. The opisthosoma is yellow-gray and, also as in the male, there is no distinct pattern on either the carapace or the opisthosoma. All legs are yellow. Tibia I has a fringe of scattered yellow-brown setae above, and a fringe of long brown setae below. The pedipalp is pale yellow with white setae. Documentation of the appearance of living animals is needed. In general, it can be said that the Brettus of the East Indies are poorly known.