New species of the monotypic thiratoscirtine genera Ajaraneola and Nimbarus (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillini: Thiratoscirtina)

Zootaxa. 2021 Jan 20;4915(1):zootaxa.4915.1.8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.1.8.

Abstract

Two new species of the currently monotypic thiratoscirtine genera Ajaraneola Wesołowska Russell-Smith, 2011 and Nimbarus Rollard Wesołowska, 2002 are described from Uganda and Cameroon: Ajaraneola pajakwandy sp. nov. (male) and Nimbarus nimbus sp. nov. (male), respectively. With the new species, previous diagnoses of the genera are re-evaluated and refined. The range of each genus is extended considerably: Ajaraneola is reported from Uganda and Nimbarus from Cameroon for the first time.

Keywords: Araneae, Africa, jumping spider, new data, Uganda, Cameroon.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coleoptera*
  • Male
  • Spiders*