TL;DR: Three Plexippoides species are diagnosed, illustrated and (re)described: P. flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (♂♀) from the Near East and Central Asia, P. gestroiDalmas, 1920(♂π), from the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor, and P. insperatussp. n.
Abstract: Three Plexippoides species are diagnosed, illustrated and (re)described: P. flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (♂♀) from the Near East and Central Asia, P. gestroiDalmas, 1920 (♂♀) from the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor, and P. insperatussp. n. (♂♀) from Pakistan and Iran. An updated diagnosis of and comments on a taxonomic validity of the genus Plexippoides are provided. Two new combinations are proposed: Plexippoides guangxi (Peng & Li, 2002), comb. n., ex Epeus; and Ptocasius linzhiensis (Hu, 2001) comb. n., ex Plexippoides.
TL;DR: Seven species belonging to five genera of Salticidae from Singapore and Malaysia are diagnosed, described and figured and six species are new to science and named.
Abstract: Seven species belonging to five genera of Salticidae ( Artabrus, Bathippus, Epeus, Pancorius and Simaetha) from Singapore and Malaysia are diagnosed, described and figured. Among them, six species are new to science and named: Bathippus digitalis, B. pahang, B. rectus, Epeus furcatus, Pancorius kohi and Simaetha deelemanae; the species Artabrus erythrocephalus (C. L. Koch, 1846) is newly recorded from Singapore.
TL;DR: Researchers have found that males of Epeus sp.
Abstract: Males of Epeus sp. indet., a salticid spider from Singapore, use different tactics for acquiring mates depending on the female’s maturity and location: primarily visual displays if the female is ma...