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Salticidae Menemerus

Menemerus nigli Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012

South Asian House Jumper

First described from Pakistan, this species differs from the more common M. bivittatus by lacking a Y-shaped pattern (in the males) and in the absence of a pair of black abdominal stripes (in the females). In this species, the predominantly black carapace in both sexes is sparsely covered with white, beige, greyish and black hairs (more profuse in the female), and the dorsum is clothed with mixed patches of similar hairs (more distinct in the female).

Length♀ 9 mm; ♂ 7 mm
Type LocalityTurbat, Balochistan, Pakistan
DistributionSingapore, Brunei, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Brazil.
HabitatA "domestic" spider associated with man-made structures, but they tend to be found on external walls of buildings. They may also be found under stones or on rocks in parkland and secondary forests.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Holotype

    Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria; ♂ (21873) (Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012)

Taxonomic references*

  1. Menemerus nigli (Original description ♂)

    Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012 A new species of Menemerus from Pakistan (Araneae: Salticidae): 449, f. 1-6

  2. Menemerus nigli (♂)

    Chatterjee et al., 2017 First report of Menemerus nigli (Araneae: Salticidae) from India: 109, f. 1-4 doi:10.5281/zenodo.1133147

  3. Menemerus nigli (♂, D♀)

    Ali et al., 2018 New chrysilline and aelurilline jumping spiders from Pakistan (Araneae, Salticidae): 6, f. 5-13 doi:10.3897/zookeys.783.21985

  4. Menemerus nigli (♂)

    Seyfulina, Azarkina & Kartsev, 2020 A contribution to the knowledge of jumping spiders from Thailand (Aranei: Salticidae): 90, f. 14-19 doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.07

  5. Menemerus nigli (♂♀)

    Mariante & Hill, 2020 First report of the Asian jumping spider Menemerus nigli (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) in Brazil: 1, f. 3-18, 21

  6. Menemerus nigli (♂♀)

    Pupin & Brescovit, 2023 The alien synanthropic Salticidae in Brazil (Araneae): 7, f. 13-18 doi:10.1590/1678-4766e2023002

  7. Menemerus nigli (♂♀)

    Sajid et al., 2023 Faunistic and DNA barcoding of the recorded spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Hersiliidae and Salticidae) from Lower Dir (Pakistan): 28, f. 33-34, 41-44 doi:10.17957/IJAB/15.1999

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Menemerus nigli Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012

Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Brazil.

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