@article {140650, title = {Ghatippuspaschima, a new species and genus of plexippine jumping spider from the Western Ghats of India (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina).}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {1191}, year = {2024}, month = {2024}, pages = {89-103}, abstract = {

We propose a new genus of plexippine jumping spiders from the Western Ghats of India based on the new species While it bears a superficial resemblance to in body form and in membrane-bearing embolus, our UCE phylogenomic data-the first to resolve broad relationships within the Plexippina-as well as morphological features justify its status as a new genus. In addition to the molecular data and morphological descriptions, we provide photographs of living specimens of and information on their natural history.

}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1191.114117}, author = {Marathe, Kiran and Maddison, Wayne P and Kunte, Krushnamegh} } @article {149412, title = {Tenkana,, a new genus of jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippina) from South Asia, with the new Indian species .}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {1215}, year = {2024}, month = {2024}, pages = {91-106}, abstract = {

We describe a new plexippine genus, , supported by phylogenomic data from ultraconserved elements (UCEs), Sanger sequences of four genes, and morphological evidence. The type species, (Caleb, Christudhas, Laltanpuii \& Chitra, 2014), is transferred from , as is (Caleb, 2022), The phylogenomic data places among the plexippines near C.L. Koch, 1846 and Thorell, 1887, while the constrained four-gene phylogeny indicates that is distinct from . Additionally, we describe a new species,

}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1215.133522}, author = {Marathe, Kiran and Caleb, John T D and Maddison, Wayne P and Nisha, B G and Maliye, Chinmay C and Lohit, Y T and Kunte, Krushnamegh} } @article {109311, title = {Three new and notes on two other jumping spider species of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Salticidae: Aelurillina) from the Deccan Plateau, India.}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5125}, year = {2022}, month = {2022 Apr 07}, pages = {1-19}, abstract = {

We describe three new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from the Deccan Plateau of India, and report on populations of S. sarojinae Caleb Mathai, 2014 and S. marusiki Logunov, 2001. One of the new species, S. shwetamukhi Marathe, Sanap, Maddison, sp. nov., has black-and-white markings, characteristic of several other Indian Stenaelurillus species. The other two new species, S. tamravarni Marathe Maddison, sp. nov., and S. vyaghri Sanap, Joglekar, Caleb, sp. nov., are colourful and with fringed male abdomens, like several other Indian species including S. sarojinae. The population of S. sarojinae from Mysuru, Karnataka, shows colours distinct from the population at the type locality. The female of S. marusiki is described for the first time.

}, keywords = {Animal Distribution, Animals, Female, India, Male, Spiders}, issn = {1175-5334}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.5125.1.1}, author = {Marathe, Kiran and Sanap, Rajesh and Joglekar, Anuradha and Caleb, John T D and Maddison, Wayne P} } @article {87597, title = {A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini).}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {1004}, year = {2020}, month = {2020}, pages = {27-97}, abstract = {

The systematics and taxonomy of the tropical Asian jumping spiders of the tribe Baviini is reviewed, with a molecular phylogenetic study (UCE sequence capture, traditional Sanger sequencing) guiding a reclassification of the group{\textquoteright}s genera. The well-studied members of the group are placed into six genera: Simon, 1877, Caleb \& Sankaran, 2019, Simon, 1901, Thorell, 1895, Simon, 1885, and one new genus, Maddison, The identity of is clarified, and Kanesharatnam \& Benjamin, 2018 synonymized with it. Strand, 1911 is synonymized with . The molecular phylogeny divides the baviines into three clades, the clade with a long embolus (, ), the genus with a flat body and short embolus, and the clade with a higher body and (usually) short embolus (remaining genera). In general, morphological synapomorphies support or extend the molecularly delimited groups. Eighteen new species are described: , , , , , , , , (type species of ), , , , , , , , , and , all , with taxonomic authority W. Maddison. The distinctions between baviines and the astioid {\.Z}abka, 1985 are reviewed, leading to four species being moved into from and other genera. Fifteen new combinations are established: (Freudenschuss \& Seiter, 2016), (Simon, 1903), (Pr{\'o}szy{\'n}ski \& Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013), (Berry, Beatty \& Pr{\'o}szy{\'n}ski, 1997), (Pr{\'o}szy{\'n}ski \& Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013), (Cao \& Li, 2016), (Reimoser, 1929), (Thorell, 1881), (Keyserling, 1883), (Strand, 1911), (Cao \& Li, 2016), (Simon, 1900), (Cao \& Li, 2016), (Kanesharatnam \& Benjamin, 2018), (Strand, 1911), all One combination is restored, (C. L. Koch, 1846). Five of these new or restored combinations correct previous errors of placing species in genera that have superficially similar palps but extremely different body forms, in fact belonging in distantly related tribes, emphasizing that the general shape of male palps should be used with caution in determining relationships. A little-studied genus, Pr{\'o}szy{\'n}ski, 2018, is tentatively assigned to the Baviini. Thorell, 1895 is assigned to the Ballini.

}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1004.57526}, author = {Maddison, Wayne P and Beattie, Imara and Marathe, Kiran and Ng, Paul Y C and Kanesharatnam, Nilani and Benjamin, Suresh P and Kunte, Krushnamegh} }