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The jumping (Araneae: &®ÙÝãٛ‘ÊٗÊ¥㫛¹çÃ֮ĦÝÖ®—›Ù ^ĂůƟĐŝĚĂĞͿ ĂƌĞ ĞĂƐŝĞƐƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞ Öʑ®½½ƒÖك›ã›øãƒãƒd«Êٛ½½͕ϭϴϴϳ ŝŶƚŚĞĮĞůĚ͘dŚĞLJƉůĂLJĂŶŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ;ك샛͗^ƒ½ã®‘®—ƒ›Ϳ¥ÙÊÃ/ė®ƒ /^^EϬϵϳϰͲϳϵϬϳ;KŶůŝŶĞͿ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ŽĨ /^^EϬϵϳϰͲϳϴϵϯ;WƌŝŶƚͿ ŝŶƐĞĐƚƐ͘dŚĞƵŶŝƋƵĞĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐŽĨ ͘<ĂŶĂŶďĂůĂϭ͕D͘ŚƵďĂŶĞƐŚǁĂƌŝϮ͕K͘^ĂŶĚŚLJĂƌĂŶŝϯ ƐĂůƟĐŝĚƐŝƐŝƚƐǀĞƌLJůĂƌŐĞƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ΘDĂŶũƵ^ŝůŝǁĂůϰ KWE^^ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚůLJĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚĂŶƚĞƌŝŽƌŵĞĚŝĂŶ ĞLJĞƐĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚďLJƐŵĂůůĂŶƚĞƌŝŽƌ ϭ͕Ϯ͕ϯW͘'͘ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨŽŽůŽŐLJ͕͘D͘ŽůůĞŐĞŽĨ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕/ŵƉŚĂů 4 tŝůĚůŝĨĞ/ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ>ŝĂŝƐŽŶĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ͕ϵϲ͕<ƵŵƵĚŚĂŵ ůĂƚĞƌĂůĞLJĞƐĂƌƌĂŶŐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞĨƌŽŶƚƌŽǁŽƌŝŶƐŽŵĞŐĞŶĞƌĂ EĂŐĂƌ͕sŝůĂŶŬƵƌŝĐŚŝZŽĂĚ͕ŽŝŵďĂƚŽƌĞ͕dĂŵŝůEĂĚƵϲϰϭϬϯϱ͕/ŶĚŝĂ ĨƌŽŵƚŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚƌŽǁ͘dǁŽƉŽƐƚĞƌŝŽƌůĂƚĞƌĂůƐ͕ĂůŵŽƐƚƚŚĞ ϭĂŬŚĂŵŬĂŶĂŶΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ;ĐŽƌƌĞƐƉŽŶĚŝŶŐĂƵƚŚŽƌͿ͕ Ϯ ϯ ƐĂŵĞĂƐĂŶƚĞƌŝŽƌůĂƚĞƌĂůƐĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƚĞƚŚĞůĂƐƚƌŽǁ͘ ŵďŚƵďĂŶĞƐŚǁĂƌŝΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ Ž͘ƐĂŶĚŚLJĂƌĂŶŝΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ 4 ŵĂŶũƵƐŝůŝǁĂůΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ The Epocilla dŚŽƌĞůů͕ ϭϴϴϳ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŵĞĚŝƵŵ ƐŝnjĞĚƐĂůƟĐŝĚƐ͘dŚĞLJĂƌĞƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚďLJϭϬƐƉĞĐŝĞƐŝŶƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚŽĨǁŚŝĐŚŽŶůLJƚǁŽƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ͕ŶĂŵĞůLJ͕͘ĂƵƌŽŶƟĂĐĂ ;^ŝŵŽŶ͕ ϭϴϴϱͿ ĂŶĚ E. xylina ^ŝŵŽŶ͕ ϭϵϬϲ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ DĞƚŚŽĚƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚĨƌŽŵ/ŶĚŝĂ;WůĂƚŶŝĐŬϮϬϭϯͿ͘tŚŝůĞĐĂƌƌLJŝŶŐŽƵƚ EŝŶĞ ŵĂůĞ ƐƉŝĚĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ĂŶ h' ƐƉŝĚĞƌĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJƐƵƌǀĞLJŝŶDĂŶŝƉƵƌ͕ĂŶŽƌƚŚĞĂƐƚĞƌŶƐƚĂƚĞ͕ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚ ^ƉŝĚĞƌ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ^ƵƌǀĞLJ ΀DZW ƌĞĨ͘ EŽ͘ ʹ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐĞŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůLJ ƐŚĂƌĞƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ďŽƌĚĞƌ &͘ EŽ͘ ϯϵͬϱϴϵ ;^ZͿ ƚ͘ ϭϬ͘Ϭϭ͘ϮϬϭϭ΁ ĨƌŽŵ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ DLJĂŶŵĂƌ͕ ǁĞ ĐĂŵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ŵĂůĞ ƐƉĞĐŝŵĞŶƐ ŽĨ ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚƐ ŽĨ DĂŶŝƉƵƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌƚŚĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ /ŶĚŝĂ Epocilla͕ůĂƚĞƌŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚĂƐE. praetextatadŚŽƌĞůů͕ϭϴϴϳ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ϮϮ͕ϯϱϲŬŵϮ͕ ϵϮϬϱϵ͛ϬϬ͟ʹϵϰϬϰϱ͛ϬϬ͟ Θ ďĂƐĞĚŽŶƉĂůƉƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞĂŶĚƟďŝĂůĂƉŽƉŚLJƐŝƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚŝŶ ϮϯϬϱϲ͛ϬϬ͟EʹϮϱϬϰϭ͛ϬϬ͟E͕ĞůĞǀĂƟŽŶƌĂŶŐĞƐϳϬϬʹϯϬϬϬŵ͘ :ĂƐƚƌnjĞďƐŬŝ;ϮϬϬϳͿ͘E. praetextataŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůLJ dŚĞĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚƐƉĞĐŝŵĞŶƐǁĞƌĞďƌŽƵŐŚƚĂŶĚƐƚƵĚŝĞĚŝŶ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŚƵƚĂŶ͕ EĞƉĂů ;:ĂƐƚƌnjĞǀďƐŬŝ ϮϬϬϳͿ͕ ƚŚĞŶƚŽŵŽůŽŐLJZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ>ĂďŽƌĂƚŽƌLJ͕W͘'͘ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨ DLJĂŶŵĂƌ;WƌŽƐnjLJŶƐŬŝϮϬϬϳͿĂŶĚ:ĂǀĂ;dŚŽƌĞůůϭϴϴϳͿ͘dŚĞ ŽŽůŽŐLJ͕͘D͘ŽůůĞŐĞŽĨ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕/ŵƉŚĂů͘DŽƌƉŚŽŵĞƚƌLJ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƉĂƉĞƌĚĞĂůƐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞƌĞƉŽƌƚŽĨƚŚĞŽĐĐƵƌƌĞŶĐĞŽĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝĚĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĞƌŶŝĞƌ ĐĂůŝƉĞƌ ĂŶĚ E. praetextataĨƌŽŵDĂŶŝƉƵƌ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƌĞĐŽƌĚĨŽƌ ŽĐƵůĂƌ ŵĞƚĞƌ͘  ůů ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ŵŵ͘  dŚŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ /ŶĚŝĂĂůŽŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞƐƉĞĐŝĞƐ͘ ǁĂƐŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚďLJDĂŶũƵ^ŝůŝǁĂů͘dŚƌĞĞŵĂůĞƐƉĞĐŝŵĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƉŽƐŝƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ tŝůĚůŝĨĞ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ >ŝĂŝƐŽŶ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ ;t/>Ϳ͕ ŽŝŵďĂƚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ

Epocilla praetextata

NOT DATA LEAST NEAR CRITICALLY EXTINCT VULNERABLE ENDANGERED EXTINCT EVALUATED DEFICIENT CONCERN THREATENED ENDANGERED IN THE WILD NE DD LC NT VU EN CR EW EX

K/͗ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĚdž͘ĚŽŝ͘ŽƌŐͬϭϬ͘ϭϭϲϬϵͬ:Ždd͘Žϯϳϳϳ͘ϲϱϴϮͲϰͮŽŽĂŶŬ͗ƵƌŶ͗ůƐŝĚ͗njŽŽďĂŶŬ͘ŽƌŐ͗ƉƵď͗ϮϯϮϱϬϵϭϴͲϯϭͲϰϭ&ͲϴϰͲϲϬϬϱϴϯ

ĚŝƚŽƌ͗͘͘ĂƐƚĂǁĂĚĞ͕WƵŶĞ͕/ŶĚŝĂ ĂƚĞŽĨƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ͗ϮϲEŽǀĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϰ;ŽŶůŝŶĞΘƉƌŝŶƚͿ

DĂŶƵƐĐƌŝƉƚĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͗DƐηŽϯϳϳϳͮZĞĐĞŝǀĞĚϭϴ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϯͮ&ŝŶĂůƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚϮϯDĂLJϮϬϭϰͮ&ŝŶĂůůLJĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚϭϳKĐƚŽďĞƌϮϬϭϰ

ŝƚĂƟŽŶ͗<ĂŶĂŶďĂůĂ͕͕͘D͘ŚƵďĂŶĞƐŚǁĂƌŝ͕K͘^ĂŶĚŚLJĂƌĂŶŝΘD͘^ŝůŝǁĂů;ϮϬϭϰͿ͘&ŝƌƐƚƌĞĐŽƌĚŽĨƚŚĞũƵŵƉŝŶŐƐƉŝĚĞƌ Epocilla praetextatadŚŽƌĞůů͕ϭϴϴϳ;ƌĂŶĞĂĞ͗ ^ĂůƟĐŝĚĂĞͿĨƌŽŵ/ŶĚŝĂ͘Journal of Threatened Taxaϲ;ϭϮͿ͗ϲϱϴϮʹϲϱϴϰ; ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĚdž͘ĚŽŝ͘ŽƌŐͬϭϬ͘ϭϭϲϬϵͬ:Ždd͘Žϯϳϳϳ͘ϲϱϴϮͲϰ

ŽƉLJƌŝŐŚƚ͗ ©<ĂŶĂŶďĂůĂĞƚĂů͘ϮϬϭϰ͘ƌĞĂƟǀĞŽŵŵŽŶƐƩƌŝďƵƟŽŶϰ͘Ϭ/ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů>ŝĐĞŶƐĞ͘:ŽddĂůůŽǁƐƵŶƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚĞĚƵƐĞŽĨƚŚŝƐĂƌƟĐůĞŝŶĂŶLJŵĞĚŝƵŵ͕ƌĞƉƌŽĚƵĐͲ ƟŽŶĂŶĚĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶďLJƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞĐƌĞĚŝƚƚŽƚŚĞĂƵƚŚŽƌƐĂŶĚƚŚĞƐŽƵƌĐĞŽĨƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘

&ƵŶĚŝŶŐ͗&ƵŶĚĞĚďLJh';DZWƌĞĨ͘EŽ͘Ͳ&͘EŽ͘ϯϵͬϱϴϵ;^ZͿƚ͘ϭϬ͘Ϭϭ͘ϮϬϭϭͿ͘

ŽŵƉĞƟŶŐ/ŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͗dŚĞĂƵƚŚŽƌƐĚĞĐůĂƌĞŶŽĐŽŵƉĞƟŶŐŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ͘

ĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͗͘<ĂŶĂŶďĂůĂǁŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽƚŚĂŶŬƚŚĞh'ŐƌĂŶƚĨŽƌĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͕ĚƵƌŝŶŐǁŚŝĐŚƚŚĞƐƉŝĚĞƌǁĂƐĨŽƵŶĚ͘

ϲϱϴϮ First record of Epocilla praetextata Kananbala et al.

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Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 November 2014 | 6(12): 6582–6584 ϲϱϴϯ First record of Epocilla praetextata Kananbala et al.

Table 1. Morphometry of legs and Palp of Epocilla praetextata from Proszynski 2007). As stated by Jastrzebski (2007) male Manipur. E. praetextata can be differentiated from E. calcarata in Legs Femur Patella Tibia Metatarsus Tarsus total having blunt embolus and double apophysis. Similarly,

I 2.21 1.16 1.65 1.29 0.66 6.97 the difference in the female epigyne is based on weak

II 1.64 0.85 1.25 1.22 0.68 5.62 characteristics like width of copulatory duct opening

III 1.27 0.68 0.96 1.25 0.59 4.75 and insemination duct’s angle of attachement with spermathecae (Jastrzebski 2007). Interestingly, embolus IV 1.55 0.71 1.14 1.21 0.63 5.24 is blunt even in E. calcarata and there is double tibial Pedipalp 1.04 0.34 0.35 - 0.69 2.42 apophysis which could be clearly seen in the literature provided by Proszynski (2007). Similar is the case with illustrations provided for epigyne of both the species, spines prolaterally. Apex of all tarsi rounded with black basic structure is very similar. Based on the literature spot. All leg segments are clothed with trichobothria. available on both the species, it is likely that these two Spinnation: Leg I fe r=1, p=1; ti p=4 (strong spines), 1 are the same species with slight geographical variations small spine; Leg II fe r-2, d=2, p=2; mt p=2; Leg III fe p=2, in the tibial apophysis and spine structure or even it d=3, r=1; ti p=2, r=2; mt p=1; Leg IV fe r=1, d=3. could be differences in the drawings by different authors. Pedipalp: Yellow elongated with moderately broad Therefore, a revision of this genus is required based on cymbium. Bulbus broad with smaller blunt embolus, the type specimens. double tibial apophysis retrolateral flat, dorsolateral slightly curved. Distribution Abdomen: Slender elongated, brownish-orange (present record), , Nepal, to along the middle dorsal area and yellow laterally. Java. Ventrum grayish colour on the middle with yellowish- grey laterally. Anterior spinnerets 0.34 long, posterior References 0.52 long. Jastrzebski, P. (2007). Salticidae from the Himalayas. The genus Epocilla Thorell, 1887 (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica Remark 56(1): 15–19. We have considered the present species as E. Proszynski, J. (2007). Monograph of the Salticidae (Araneae) of the praetextata based on the palp structure tibial apophysis World. http://salticidae.org/salticid/main.htm. (Accessed on 07 August 2013) and tibial spur structure provided in Jastrzebski (2007). Platnick, N.I. (2013). The world catalog, version 14.0. American We noticed that the male of E. praetextata closely Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/ resembled that of E. calcarata (Karch, 1880). On entomolgy/spders/catalog/index.html (Accessed on 31 December 2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.5531/db.iz.0001 looking at the recently published literature (Jastrzebski Siliwal, M., N. Gupta & S. Molur (2013). The Striated Parachute Spider 2007), epigyne and male structure of P. praetextata Poecilotheria striata Pocock, 1895 (Araneae: Theraphosidae): a E. note on , distribution and conservation status. Journal of from Bhutan and Nepal were very much similar to Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4630–4640; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/ calcarata (Proszynski 2007). The difference between JoTT.o2956.4630-40 the two species is in the tibial apophysis and tibial Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di. Fea in Birmani e. r-egioni vicine. II Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Geneva 25: 5–417. spine, which seems to be a weak characteristic to differentiate between the two species (Jastrzebski 2007;

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