Babu N.1, Tripathi R.2, Sampathkumar M.3, Caleb J.T.D.4, Prasad G.1, Mohanasundaram A.5, Mahendiran G.3, Sudhikumar A.V.2 2023. Two new species of Afraflacilla Berland et Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.32. No.4: 459–465 [in English].
1 Department of Zoology, Kariavattom Campus, University of Kerala 695582, Kerala, India.
2 Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda 680125, Kerala, India.
3 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560024, Karnataka, India.
4 Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 602105, Tamil Nadu, India.
5 ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirapalli 620102, Tamil Nadu, India.
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.32.4.10
ABSTRACT. Two new species of Afraflacilla Berland et Millot, 1941 are described from the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India: A. adavathurensis sp.n. (♂) and A. kerala sp.n. (♂). Detailed descriptions, diagnostic features, and illustrations are given. A map showing the distribution of all the known Indian Afraflacilla species is also provided.
KEY WORDS: Aranei, Jumping spider, Kerala, species discovery, Tamil Nadu, taxonomy.