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Ecologica Montenegrina 16: 130-179 (2018) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C3A5085-F624-4D0A-9F10-4EBB9AF19F01 Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax, Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae)1* JERZY PRÓSZYŃSKI Professor Emeritus, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciencesul. Wilcza 63, 00-679 Warsaw, POLAND. e-mail: [email protected] Received 28 December 2017 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 2 March 2018 │ Published online 14 March 2018. Abstract The publication contains review of the genera of jumping spiders: Emertonius, Evarcha, Nigorella, Padilothorax, Stagetillus, and delimits five more new genera, provides graphic documentation for species considered recognizable and adds description of four new species. The taxonomic procedures are carried out according to methodology of "pragmatic classification", which stresses importance of graphic diagnostic characters presented in a comparative way (see also review at “Methodological postulates” subchapter). Some new procedures are introduced, testing their acceptability. The following new genera2* are delimited and described in this paper: Evarcha Simon, 1889 s. s. (a part of Evarcha s. l.), Evacin Prószyński, 2017 gen. n., Evalba Prószyński, 2017 gen. n., Evaneg Prószyński, 2017 gen. n., Evawes Prószyński, 2017 gen. n., Padillothorus gen. n. Genus Emertonius Peckham & Peckham, 1892, misinterpreted twice by the WSC Editors, is reinstated again, with full diagnostic documentation repeated. The following new species are described in this paper - Emertonius koomeni sp. n., Evacin besar sp. n., Evaneg aegiptiaca Prószyński, 2017 sp. n ."Emertonius" palawanensis sp. n. New synonyms documented. Evarcha acuta Wesolowska, 2006 = Evacin acuta (Wesolowska, 2006), comb. n., Evarcha bulbosa Zabka, 1985 = Evacin bulbosa (Zabka, 1985), comb. n., Evarcha cancellata Simon, 1902 = Evacin cancellata (Simon, 1902), comb. n., Evarcha flagellaris Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011= Evacin flagellaris (Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011), Evarcha flavocincta (C. L. Koch, 1846) = Evacin flavocincta (C. L. Koch, 1846) comb. n., Evarcha heteropogon Simon, 1903 = Evacin heteropogon Simon, 1903, comb. n., Evarcha infrastriata (Keyserling, 1881) = Evacin infrastriata (Keyserling, 1881), comb. n., Evarcha karas Wesolowska, 2011 = Evarcha karas (Wesolowska, 2011), comb. n., Evarcha kirghisica Rakov, 1997 = Evacin kirghisica (Rakov, 1997), comb. n., Evarcha kochi Simon, 1902 = Evacin kochi Simon, 1902 comb. n., Evarcha nigrifrons (Koch C.L., 1846) = Evacin nigrifrons (Koch C.L., 1846), comb. n., Evarcha optabilis Fox, 1937 = Evacin optabilis (Fox, 1937), comb. n., Evarcha pococki Zabka, 1985 = Evacin pococki (Zabka 1985), comb. n., Evarcha pulchella Thorell, 1895 = Evacin pulchella (Thorell, 1895), comb. n., Evarcha pseudopococki Peng X., Xie L. & Kim, 1993 = Evacin pseudopococki (Peng X., Xie L. & Kim, 1993), comb. n., Evarcha reiskindi Berry, Beatty, Proszynski, 1996 = Evacin reiskindi (Berry, Beatty, Proszynski, 1996), comb. n., Evarcha simoni[s] (Thorell, 1892)= Evacin simonis (Thorell, 1892), comb. n., Evarcha striolata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 = Evacin striolata (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009), comb. n., Evarcha vitosa Próchniewicz, 1989 = Evacin vitosa (Próchniewicz, 1989), comb. n. Evarcha albaria (L. Koch, 1878) = Evalba albaria (L. Koch, 1878), comb. n., Evarcha coreana Seo, 1988 = Evalba coreana (Seo, 1988), comb. n., Evarcha fasciata Seo, 1992 = Evalba fasciata (Seo, 1988), comb. n., Evarcha paralbaria Song & Chai, 1992 = 1 Present paper constitutes partial publication of sections of the Internet "Monograph of Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995- 2016", parts I & II by Prószyński (2016a, b), available at: http://www.peckhamia.com/salticidae/Subfamilies/ and http://www.peckhamia respectively. 2 Documentation for new taxa, synonym and nomenclatorical corrections in the text below, could be found instantly by electronic SEARCH facility of your computer Ecologica Montenegrina, 16, 2018, 130-179 PRÓSZYŃSKI Evalba paralbaria (Song & Chai, 1992), comb. n., Evarcha selenaria Suguro & Yahata, 2012 = Evalba selenaria (Suguro & Yahata, 2012), comb. n., Evarcha wulingensis Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 = Evalba wulingensis (Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993), comb. n. Evarcha armeniaca (Logunov, 1999) = Evaneg armeniaca (Logunov, 1999), comb. n., Evarcha darinurica Logunov, 2001 = Evaneg darinurica (Logunov, 2001) , comb. n., Evarcha negevensis (Proszynski, 2000) = Evaneg negevensis (Proszynski, 2000) comb. n., Evarcha nenilini Rakov, 1997= Evaneg nenilini (Rakov, 1997), comb. n., Evarcha nepos ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) = Evaneg nepos (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), comb. n., Evarcha nigricans Dalmas, 1920 = Evaneg nigricans (Dalmas, 1920), comb. n., Evarcha pileckii Proszynski, 2000 = Evaneg pileckii (Proszynski, 2000), comb. n., Evarcha praeclara Prószyński & Wesolowska, in Prószyński, 2003 = Evaneg praeclara (Prószyński & Wesolowska, in Prószyński, 2003), comb. n., Evarcha seyun Wesolowska W., van Harten, 2007 = Evaneg seyun (Wesolowska W., van Harten, 2007), comb. n., Neaetha aegyptiaca Denis, 1947 female only = Evaneg aegyptiaca (Prószyński, 2017) ), comb. n., Neaetha aegyptiaca Denis, 1947 male only = Hyllus aegyptiacus (Denis, 1947), comb. n. Evarcha arabica Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 = Evawes arabica (Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007) comb. n., Evarcha awashi Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 = Evawes awashi (Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008) comb. n., Evarcha bakorensis Wesolowska & Russel-Smith 2011 = Evawes bakorensis (Wesolowska, Russel-Smith 2011) comb.n., Evarcha bicuspidata Peng & Li, 2003 = Evawes bicuspidata (Peng & Li, 2003) comb. n., Evarcha bihastata Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 = Evawes bihastata (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000), comb.n., Evarcha carbonaria (Lessert, 1927) = Evawes carbonaria (Lessert, 1927), comb.n., Evarcha chubbi Lessert, 1925 = Evawes chubbi (Lessert, 1925), comb. n., Evarcha culicivora Wesolowska & Jackson 2003 = Evawes culicivora (Wesolowska & Jackson 2003) comb. n., Evarcha denticulata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 = Evawes denticulata (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013), comb.n., Evarcha elegans Wesolowska & Russel-Smith, 2000 = Evawes elegans (Wesolowska & Russel-Smith, 2000), comb. n., Evarcha ignea Wesołowska & Cumming 2008= Evawes ignea (Wesołowska & Cumming 2008), comb. n., Evarcha jucunda (Lucas, 1846) = Evawes jucunda (Lucas, 1846) comb. n., Evarcha longula (Thorell, 1881) = Evawes longula (Thorell, 1881) comb. n., Evarcha maculata Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 = Evawes maculata (Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002), comb. n., Evarcha madagascariensis Proszynski, 1992 = Evawes madagascariensis (Proszynski, 1992), comb. n., Evarcha mirabilis Wesołowska & Haddad 2009 = Evawes mirabilis (Wesołowska & Haddad 2009), comb.n., Evarcha patagiata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) = Evawes patagiata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), comb.n., Evarcha picta Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 = Evawes picta (Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007), comb. n., Evarcha pinguis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 = Evawes pinguis (Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008), comb. n., Evarcha prosimilis Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008= Evawes prosimilis (Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008), comb. n., Evarcha zimbabwensis Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008 = Evawes zimbabwensis (Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008), comb. n. Evarcha hirticeps (Song & Chai, 1992) = Nigorella hirticeps (Song & Chai, 1992), comb. n., Evarcha hunanensis Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 - withdrawal from synonymy = Nigorella hunanensis (Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993), comb. n., Evarcha petrae Prószyński, 1992 = Nigorella petrae (Prószyński, 1992), comb. n., Evarcha sichuanensis Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 = Nigorella sichuanensis (Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993), comb. n. 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Stagetillus elegans (Reimoser, 1927) = Padillothorus elegans Reimoser, 1927, comb. n., reinstated original combination, Stagetillus semiostrinus (Simon, 1901) = Padillothorax semiostrinus Simon, 1901, comb. n., reinstated original combination, Stagetillus taprobanicus (Simon, 1902) = Padillothorax taprobanicus Simon, 1902, comb. n., reinstated original combination. Viciria alba Peckham & Peckham, 1903 = Evacin alba (Peckham & Peckham, 1903), comb. n. Correction of the following synonyms (rejecting biologically misleading changes by the WSC) documented in this paper. Colyttus kerinci (Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012) = Donoessus kerinci Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 (returned to the previous combination), Colyttus nigriceps (Simon, 1899) = Donoessus nigriceps (Simon, 1899) (returned to the
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    A summary list of fossil spiders compiled by Jason A. Dunlop (Berlin), David Penney (Manchester) & Denise Jekel (Berlin) Suggested citation: Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2010. A summary list of fossil spiders. In Platnick, N. I. (ed.) The world spider catalog, version 10.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html Last udated: 10.12.2009 INTRODUCTION Fossil spiders have not been fully cataloged since Bonnet’s Bibliographia Araneorum and are not included in the current Catalog. Since Bonnet’s time there has been considerable progress in our understanding of the spider fossil record and numerous new taxa have been described. As part of a larger project to catalog the diversity of fossil arachnids and their relatives, our aim here is to offer a summary list of the known fossil spiders in their current systematic position; as a first step towards the eventual goal of combining fossil and Recent data within a single arachnological resource. To integrate our data as smoothly as possible with standards used for living spiders, our list follows the names and sequence of families adopted in the Catalog. For this reason some of the family groupings proposed in Wunderlich’s (2004, 2008) monographs of amber and copal spiders are not reflected here, and we encourage the reader to consult these studies for details and alternative opinions. Extinct families have been inserted in the position which we hope best reflects their probable affinities. Genus and species names were compiled from established lists and cross-referenced against the primary literature.