Arthropoda Selecta 27(3): 232–236 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2018 From a century ago: a new spartaeine species from the Eastern Himalayas (Aranei: Salticidae) Èç ïðîøëîãî âåêà: íîâûé âèä ñïðàòåèíû èç âîñòî÷íûõ Ãèìàëàåâ (Aranei: Salticidae) John T.D. Caleb1, Shelley Acharya2, Vikas Kumar1 Äæîí Ò.Ä. Êàëåá1, Øåëëè À÷àðèÿ2, Âèêàñ Êóìàð1 1 Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India. Email:
[email protected]. 2 Arachnology Division, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053, West Bengal, India. KEY WORDS: Aranei, Brettus, description, jumping spider, new species, Darjeeling, taxonomy. КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Aranei, Brettus, описание, паук-скакунчик, новый вид, Дарджилинг, таксономия. ABSTRACT. A new species of the genus Brettus Material and methods Thorell, 1895, B. gravelyi sp.n., is diagnosed and de- scribed from Darjeeling district, West Bengal State of While examining unidentified salticid specimens India. collected by F.H. Gravely in 1916 from Peshok (=Pa- How to cite this article: Caleb J.T.D., Acharya Sh., shok), located in the Eastern Himalayas in Darjeeling Kumar V. 2018. From a century ago: a new spartaeine District, West Bengal state of India, an undescribed species from the Eastern Himalayas (Aranei: Salticidae) species has been recognized. Morphological examina- // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. No.3. P.232–236. doi: tion and photography were performed under a Leica 10.15298/arthsel. 27.3.06 EZ4 HD stereomicroscope. All images were processed with the aid of the LAS core software (LAS EZ 3.0). РЕЗЮМЕ. Описан и диагностирован новый вид Detailed micro-photographs of the palps were obtained рода Brettus Thorell, 1895, B.