Tripathi R.1, Joshi P.2, Kasambe R.3, Sudhikumar A.V.1 2023. A new species of Hasarius Simon, 1871 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Mumbai, India // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.32. No.2: 213–219 [in English].

1 Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680 125, India. E-mail: rishikeshtripathi14@gmail.com

2 Ecological Neuroscience Group, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. E-mail: joshipranav59@gmail.com

3 Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Fort, Mumbai-400001, Maharashtra India. E-mail: r.kasambe@bnhs.org

doi: 10.15298/arthsel.32.2.06

ABSTRACT. A new species of the jumping spider genus Hasarius Simon, 1871 — H. mumbai Joshi et Tripathi, 2023 sp.n. (♂♀) — is described from few remaining green plots in Mumbai, India. A detailed morphological description, diagnosis and illustrations of the copulatory organs of both sexes are provided.

KEY WORDS: Aranei, Hasariini, jumping spider, Maharashtra, taxonomy.

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