Caleb J.T.D.1, Bera Ch.2, Acharya Sh.2, Kumar V.1 2019. Jumping spiders of the genus Pancorius Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini) from eastern India, with a description of a new species // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.28. No.2: 261–266 [in English].
1 Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal, India. E-mail: caleb87woodgate@gmail.com
2 Arachnology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal, India.
doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 28.2.09
ABSTRACT. A new Pancorius species, P. nagaland Caleb sp.n. (♀), is diagnosed and described from north-eastern India. Three species: Pancorius darjeelingianus Prószyński, 1992, P. magnus Żabka, 1985 and P. tagorei Prószyński, 1992 are illustrated and mapped. A new combination and synonymy are proposed: Pancorius pseudopaykulli Sen, Dhali, Saha et Raychaudhuri, 2015, comb.n. (ex Plexippus), and syn.n., as a junior synonym of P. darjeelingianus Prószyński, 1992.
KEY WORDS: Aranei, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, new records, taxonomy.