Sajid M.1, Caleb J.T.D.2, Zahid M.1, Ahmad Sh.3 2020. New data on the jumping spider fauna of Pakistan (Araneae: Salticidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.29. No.3: 330–333 [in English].
1 Department of Zoology Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
2 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India. E-mail: caleb87woodgate@gmail.com
3 Department of Animal Sciences, Quaid-E-Azam, University Islamabad, Pakistan.
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.29.3.05
ABSTRACT. Two genera — Portia Karsch, 1878 and Rhene Thorell, 1869 — and six species — Myrmarachne kiboschensis Lessert, 1925, M. prava (Karsch, 1880), Plexippus clemens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), Portia albimana (Simon, 1900), Rhene flavigera (C.L. Koch, 1846) and Thyene bivittata Xie et Peng, 1995 — are recorded from Pakistan for the first time. A map showing their records in Pakistan is provided.
KEY WORDS: Aranei, Dir Lower, distribution, new records, taxonomy.