Sudhin P.P.1, Sen S.1*, Caleb J.T.D.2 2023. New species and records in the genus Phintella Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.32. No.1: 80–88 [in English]
1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India.
2 Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai – 600034, Tamil Nadu, India.
* Corresponding author. E-mail: sensouvik07@gmail.com
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.32.1.07
ABSTRACT. Two new Phintella species from India, P. dhritiae sp.n. (♂♀) and P. platnicki sp.n. (♂), are described and illustrated in detail. New distributional records for three species from India — P. accentifera (Simon, 1901), P. debilis (Thorell, 1891) and P. vittata (C.L. Koch, 1846) — are also provided, and the geographic distribution of the genus in India is also mapped.
KEY WORDS: Aranei, description, jumping spider, species discovery, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, taxonomy.