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Diversity of Simonid Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) in India
IJBI 2 (2), (DECEMBER 2020) 247-276 International Journal of Biological Innovations Available online: http://ijbi.org.in | http://www.gesa.org.in/journals.php DOI: https://doi.org/10.46505/IJBI.2020.2223 Review Article E-ISSN: 2582-1032 DIVERSITY OF SIMONID SPIDERS (ARANEAE: SALTICIDAE: SALTICINAE) IN INDIA Rajendra Singh1*, Garima Singh2, Bindra Bihari Singh3 1Department of Zoology, Deendayal Upadhyay University of Gorakhpur (U.P.), India 2Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India 3Department of Agricultural Entomology, Janta Mahavidyalaya, Ajitmal, Auraiya (U.P.), India *Corresponding author: [email protected] Received: 01.09.2020 Accepted: 30.09.2020 Published: 09.10.2020 Abstract: Distribution of spiders belonging to 4 tribes of clade Simonida (Salticinae: Salticidae: Araneae) reported in India is dealt. The tribe Aelurillini (7 genera, 27 species) is represented in 16 states and in 2 union territories, Euophryini (10 genera, 16 species) in 14 states and in 4 union territories, Leptorchestini (2 genera, 3 species) only in 2 union territories, Plexippini (22 genera, 73 species) in all states except Mizoram and in 3 union territories, and Salticini (3 genera, 11 species) in 15 states and in 4 union terrioties. West Bengal harbours maximum number of species, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Out of 129 species of the spiders listed, 70 species (54.3%) are endemic to India. Keywords: Aelurillini, Euophryini, India, Leptorchestini, Plexippini, Salticidae, Simonida. INTRODUCTION Hisponinae, Lyssomaninae, Onomastinae, Spiders are chelicerate arthropods belonging to Salticinae and Spartaeinae. Out of all the order Araneae of class Arachnida. Till to date subfamilies, Salticinae comprises 93.7% of the 48,804 described species under 4,180 genera and species (5818 species, 576 genera, including few 128 families (WSC, 2020). -
2017 AAS Abstracts
2017 AAS Abstracts The American Arachnological Society 41st Annual Meeting July 24-28, 2017 Quéretaro, Juriquilla Fernando Álvarez Padilla Meeting Abstracts ( * denotes participation in student competition) Abstracts of keynote speakers are listed first in order of presentation, followed by other abstracts in alphabetical order by first author. Underlined indicates presenting author, *indicates presentation in student competition. Only students with an * are in the competition. MAPPING THE VARIATION IN SPIDER BODY COLOURATION FROM AN INSECT PERSPECTIVE Ajuria-Ibarra, H. 1 Tapia-McClung, H. 2 & D. Rao 1 1. INBIOTECA, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México. 2. Laboratorio Nacional de Informática Avanzada, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México. Colour variation is frequently observed in orb web spiders. Such variation can impact fitness by affecting the way spiders are perceived by relevant observers such as prey (i.e. by resembling flower signals as visual lures) and predators (i.e. by disrupting search image formation). Verrucosa arenata is an orb-weaving spider that presents colour variation in a conspicuous triangular pattern on the dorsal part of the abdomen. This pattern has predominantly white or yellow colouration, but also reflects light in the UV part of the spectrum. We quantified colour variation in V. arenata from images obtained using a full spectrum digital camera. We obtained cone catch quanta and calculated chromatic and achromatic contrasts for the visual systems of Drosophila melanogaster and Apis mellifera. Cluster analyses of the colours of the triangular patch resulted in the formation of six and three statistically different groups in the colour space of D. melanogaster and A. mellifera, respectively. Thus, no continuous colour variation was found. -
A Protocol for Online Documentation of Spider Biodiversity Inventories Applied to a Mexican Tropical Wet Forest (Araneae, Araneomorphae)
Zootaxa 4722 (3): 241–269 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2020 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4722.3.2 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6AC6E70B-6E6A-4D46-9C8A-2260B929E471 A protocol for online documentation of spider biodiversity inventories applied to a Mexican tropical wet forest (Araneae, Araneomorphae) FERNANDO ÁLVAREZ-PADILLA1, 2, M. ANTONIO GALÁN-SÁNCHEZ1 & F. JAVIER SALGUEIRO- SEPÚLVEDA1 1Laboratorio de Aracnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Colonia Copilco el Bajo. C. P. 04510. Del. Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, México. E-mail: [email protected] 2Corresponding author Abstract Spider community inventories have relatively well-established standardized collecting protocols. Such protocols set rules for the orderly acquisition of samples to estimate community parameters and to establish comparisons between areas. These methods have been tested worldwide, providing useful data for inventory planning and optimal sampling allocation efforts. The taxonomic counterpart of biodiversity inventories has received considerably less attention. Species lists and their relative abundances are the only link between the community parameters resulting from a biotic inventory and the biology of the species that live there. However, this connection is lost or speculative at best for species only partially identified (e. g., to genus but not to species). This link is particularly important for diverse tropical regions were many taxa are undescribed or little known such as spiders. One approach to this problem has been the development of biodiversity inventory websites that document the morphology of the species with digital images organized as standard views. -
Araneae: Salticidae)
Belgian Journal of Entomology 67: 1–27 (2018) ISSN: 2295-0214 www.srbe-kbve.be urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6D151CCF-7DCB-4C97-A220-AC464CD484AB Belgian Journal of Entomology New Species, Combinations, and Records of Jumping Spiders in the Galápagos Islands (Araneae: Salticidae) 1 2 G.B. EDWARDS & L. BAERT 1 Curator Emeritus: Arachnida & Myriapoda, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, FDACS, Division of Plant Industry, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 USA (e-mail: [email protected] – corresponding author) 2 O.D. Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium (e-mail: [email protected]) Published: Brussels, March 14, 2018 Citation: EDWARDS G.B. & BAERT L., 2018. - New Species, Combinations, and Records of Jumping Spiders in the Galápagos Islands (Araneae: Salticidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 67: 1–27. ISSN: 1374-5514 (Print Edition) ISSN: 2295-0214 (Online Edition) The Belgian Journal of Entomology is published by the Royal Belgian Society of Entomology, a non-profit association established on April 9, 1855. Head office: Vautier street 29, B-1000 Brussels. The publications of the Society are partly sponsored by the University Foundation of Belgium. In compliance with Article 8.6 of the ICZN, printed versions of all papers are deposited in the following libraries: - Royal Library of Belgium, Boulevard de l’Empereur 4, B-1000 Brussels. - Library of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautier street 29, B-1000 Brussels. - American Museum of Natural History Library, Central Park West at 79th street, New York, NY 10024-5192, USA. - Central library of the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, rue Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire 38, F-75005 Paris, France. -
Supplementary Material
10.1071/ZO20023_AC ©CSIRO 2019 Australian Journal of Zoology 2019, 67(3), 162-172 Supplementary Material Evolutionary biogeography of Australian jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae) Barry J. Richardson Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia. Email: [email protected] Table S1 Integrated data set derived from Bodner and Maddison,(2012), Zhang and Maddison (2015), Richardson, Whyte & Zabka (2019). Age Australian Maximum Total Mesic Sclerophyllous Monsoonal Genus Origin (mya) species Macrohabitat Microhabitat length RLU RLU RLU RLU Abracadabrella Zabka, 1991 Endemic 3 d&g&w&o&c f&t 7 20 9 9 2 Adoxotoma Simon, 1909 Endemic 9 d&o&c t&r 6 8 8 Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, Partial 6 d&g&w f&t&l 8 18 5 10 3 1941 Ananeon Richardson, 2013 Endemic 1 o&c l 5 1 1 Apricia Richardson, 2016 Endemic 8.3 3 d&g&w&o&c f&t 10 17 13 4 Arasia Simon, 1901 Endemic 19.5 2 o&c t&l 9 13 13 Astia L. Koch, 1879 Endemic 1 w&o&c t&l 9 13 13 Astilodes Zabka, 2009 Endemic 1 c f 7 4 4 Barraina Richardson, 2013 Endemic 1 w&o&c l 3 8 8 Bavia Simon, 1877 Partial 18 4 w&o&c f 13 11 11 Abbreviations: Macrohabitat; d desert, g grassland, w woodland etc, o open forest, c closed forest Microhabitat; f foliage, t trunk (bark), l litter (ground), g grass Biomes: RLU Regional Landscape Units Table S1 (continued) Age Australian Maximum Total Mesic Sclerophyllous Monsoonal Genus Origin (mya) species Macrohabitat Microhabitat length RLU RLU RLU RLU Bianor Peckham & Shared 2 d&g&w f&t 3 20 11 9 Peckham, 1886 Canama Simon, 1903 Partial 21.5 1 w 8 3 3 Chalcolecta Simon, 1884 Shared 1 d&g&w&o&c 8 1 1 Clynotis Simon, 1901 Endemic 1 d&g&w&o&c f&t&g 9 24 14 6 4 Cocalus C.L. -
The Deep Phylogeny of Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae)
A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 440: 57–87 (2014)The deep phylogeny of jumping spiders( Araneae, Salticidae) 57 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.440.7891 RESEARCH ARTICLE www.zookeys.org Launched to accelerate biodiversity research The deep phylogeny of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) Wayne P. Maddison1,2, Daiqin Li3,4, Melissa Bodner2, Junxia Zhang2, Xin Xu3, Qingqing Liu3, Fengxiang Liu3 1 Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4 Canada 2 Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4 Canada 3 Centre for Behavioural Ecology & Evolution, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China 4 Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singa- pore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543 Corresponding author: Wayne P. Maddison ([email protected]) Academic editor: Jeremy Miller | Received 13 May 2014 | Accepted 6 July 2014 | Published 15 September 2014 http://zoobank.org/AFDC1D46-D9DD-4513-A074-1C9F1A3FC625 Citation: Maddison WP, Li D, Bodner M, Zhang J, Xu X, Liu Q, Liu F (2014) The deep phylogeny of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 440: 57–87. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.440.7891 Abstract In order to resolve better the deep relationships among salticid spiders, we compiled and analyzed a mo- lecular dataset of 169 salticid taxa (and 7 outgroups) and 8 gene regions. This dataset adds many new taxa to previous analyses, especially among the non-salticoid salticids, as well as two new genes – wingless and myosin heavy chain. Both of these genes, and especially the better sampled wingless, confirm many of the relationships indicated by other genes. -
Book of Abstracts
August 20th-25th, 2017 University of Nottingham – UK with thanks to: Organising Committee Sara Goodacre, University of Nottingham, UK Dmitri Logunov, Manchester Museum, UK Geoff Oxford, University of York, UK Tony Russell-Smith, British Arachnological Society, UK Yuri Marusik, Russian Academy of Science, Russia Helpers Leah Ashley, Tom Coekin, Ella Deutsch, Rowan Earlam, Alastair Gibbons, David Harvey, Antje Hundertmark, LiaQue Latif, Michelle Strickland, Emma Vincent, Sarah Goertz. Congress logo designed by Michelle Strickland. We thank all sponsors and collaborators for their support British Arachnological Society, European Society of Arachnology, Fisher Scientific, The Genetics Society, Macmillan Publishing, PeerJ, Visit Nottinghamshire Events Team Content General Information 1 Programme Schedule 4 Poster Presentations 13 Abstracts 17 List of Participants 140 Notes 154 Foreword We are delighted to welcome you to the University of Nottingham for the 30th European Congress of Arachnology. We hope that whilst you are here, you will enjoy exploring some of the parks and gardens in the University’s landscaped settings, which feature long-established woodland as well as contemporary areas such as the ‘Millennium Garden’. There will be a guided tour in the evening of Tuesday 22nd August to show you different parts of the campus that you might enjoy exploring during the time that you are here. Registration Registration will be from 8.15am in room A13 in the Pope Building (see map below). We will have information here about the congress itself as well as the city of Nottingham in general. Someone should be at this registration point throughout the week to answer your Questions. Please do come and find us if you have any Queries. -
Araneae: Salticidae)
Doctoral Thesis Taxonomic revision of Vietnamese species of the genus Phintella Strand (Araneae: Salticidae) Phung Thi Hong Luong Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami–Osawa 1–1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192–0397, Japan September in 2017 1 首都大学東京 博士（理学）学位論文（課程博士） 論 文 名 ベトナム産ヤマトハエトリグモ属（クモ目：ハエトリグモ科） の分類学的再検討 （英文） 著 者 フオン テイ ホン ロン 審査担当者 主 査 委 員 委 員 委 員 上記の論文を合格と判定する 平成 年 月 日 首都大学東京大学院理工学研究科教授会 研究科長 DISSERTATION FOR A DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SCIENCE TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY TITLE：Taxonomic revision of Vietnamese species of the genus Phintella Strand (Araneae: Salticidae) AUTHOR：Phung Thi Hong Luong EXAMINED BY Examiner in chief Examiner Examiner Examiner QUALIFIED BY THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY Dean Date 0 Summary Spiders (the order Araneae) are dominant predatory arthropods in terrestrial ecosystems. The family Salticidae (jumping spiders) is the largest family of spiders; it is known throughout the world, and consists of nearly 6,000 described species belonging to 625 genera, holding 13% of all species of spiders (Foelix, 1996; Jackson et al., 2001). Salticids usually show distinct sexual dimorphism in morphology of the adults. As a result, the male-female complementarity remains unclear for many nominal species in this family. This means that more than a few synonymies are likely hidden in the current classification of the family. Furthermore, due to insufficient sampling efforts in tropical and subtropical zones, it is likely that many species are yet to be discovered. The genus Phintella Strand in Bösenberg and Strand (1906) is one of the most speciose genera in the family Salticidae, and is thought to have diversified in the Oriental and Palearctic regions. -
Kovblyuk M.M
Arthropoda Selecta 19(3): 207213 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2010 Êðèòèêà è áèáëèîãðàôèÿ. Book Review Joerg Wunderlich. 2008. Fossil and extant spiders (Araneae). Phylogeny, diversifications, extinctions, biogeography, ecology and ethology; with descriptions of new fossil and extant taxa // Beiträge zur Araneologie. Vol. 5. 870 pp, ca 400 coloured photos and 1000 drawings. Éîðã Âóíäåðëèõ. 2008. Èñêîïàåìûå è ðåöåíòíûå ïàóêè (Araneae). Ôèëîãåíèÿ, ôîðìîîáðàçîâàíèå, âûìèðàíèå, áèîãåîãðàôèÿ, ýêîëîãèÿ è ýòîëîãèÿ; ñ îïèñàíèÿìè íîâûõ èñêîïàåìûõ è ðåöåíòíûõ òàêñîíîâ // Beiträge zur Araneologie. Òîì 5. 870 ñòð., 400 öâåòíûõ ôîòî è 1000 ðèñóíêîâ. Âûøåë â ñâåò î÷åðåäíîé (5-é), òðàäèöèîííî öåíòíûõ ïàóêîâ. Òåì íå ìåíåå, ïîñëåäíèé òîì ìî- î÷åíü îáú¸ìèñòûé (870 ñòðàíèö!), òîì «Beiträge zur æåò áûòü ïîëåçåí íå òîëüêî ïàëåîíòîëîãàì. Ïîýòî- Araneologie (= Âêëàä â àðàíåîëîãèþ)» Éîðãà Âóí- ìó îñíîâíàÿ öåëü ìîåé ðåöåíçèè ïðîèíôîðìèðî- äåðëèõà. Êàê è âñå ïðåäûäóùèå òîìà «Âêëàäîâ...», âàòü øèðîêèé êðóã ðóññêî-ÿçû÷íûõ àðàõíîëîãîâ î îí íàïå÷àòàí â ñîáñòâåííîì èçäàòåëüñòâå àâòîðà âàæíûõ ðåçóëüòàòàõ, îáíàðîäîâàííûõ â ýòîé íîâîé (Publishing House Joerg Wunderlich). Èçäàíèÿ «Âêëà- è âàæíîé êíèãå. äîâ ...» ìàëî äîñòóïíû øèðîêîìó êðóãó ïîñò-ñîâåò- ñêèõ àðàõíîëîãîâ, îòñóòñòâóþò â áèáëèîòåêàõ, íå- Ñîäåðæàíèå êíèãè ìàëî ñòîÿò è, ê òîìó æå, â ïîñëåäíèå ãîäû àäðåñî- Áðîñàåòñÿ â ãëàçà ïðåêðàñíàÿ ïîëèãðàôèÿ íîâîé âàíû ïðåèìóùåñòâåííî ïàëåîíòîëîãàì, ïîýòîìó êíèãè êàê, âïðî÷åì, è ïðåäûäóùèõ òîìîâ (Vol. 3A ìàëî èçâåñòíû ñðåäè àðàõíîëîãîâ, èçó÷àþùèõ ðå- & 3B çà 2004 ã.). Òîì â òâ¸ðäîé îáëîæêå íàïå÷àòàí 208 Book Review íà ìåëîâàííîé áóìàãå è ñîäåðæèò öâåòíûå ôîòî- ìåíòû ïîâåäåíèÿ è ýêîëîãèè, êîòîðûå èçó÷åíû àâ- ãðàôèè èñêîïàåìûõ «ÿíòàðíûõ» ïàóêîâ. Öâåòíûå òîðîì ïî ÿíòàðíûì èíêëþçàì (îáúåêòû ïèòàíèÿ, ôîòî âûíåñåíû â îòäåëüíûé ðàçäåë êíèãè (ñòð. -
Sitticine Jumping Spiders: Phylogeny, Classification, and Chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini)
A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 925: 1–54 (2020) Sitticine jumping spiders 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.925.39691 RESEARCH ARTICLE http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini) Wayne P. Maddison1, David R. Maddison2, Shahan Derkarabetian3,4, Marshal Hedin3 1 Departments of Zoology and Botany and Beaty Biodiversity Museum, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada 2 Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA 3 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA 4 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA Corresponding author: Wayne P. Maddison ([email protected]) Academic editor: J. Miller | Received 4 September 2019 | Accepted 5 February 2020 | Published 8 April 2020 http://zoobank.org/BB966609-0878-49A1-B13C-138C2495E6B7 Citation: Maddison WP, Maddison DR, Derkarabetian S, Hedin M (2020) Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini). ZooKeys 925: 1–54.https://doi.org/10.3897/ zookeys.925.39691 Abstract The systematics of sitticine jumping spiders is reviewed, with a focus on the Palearctic and Nearctic re- gions, in order to revise their generic classification, clarify the species of one region (Canada), and study their chromosomes. A genome-wide molecular phylogeny of 23 sitticine species, using more than 700 loci from the arachnid Ultra-Conserved Element (UCE) probeset, confirms the Neotropical origins of sitticines, whose basal divergence separates the new subtribe Aillutticina (a group of five Neotropical genera) from the subtribe Sitticina (five genera of Eurasia and the Americas). -
Athamas Whitmeei from the Western Pacific 1
Peckhamia 165.1 Athamas whitmeei from the Western Pacific 1 PECKHAMIA 165.1, 24 April 2018, 1―5 ISSN 2161―8526 (print) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1726EF3C-7E10-4E92-A408-A7174AEA887B (registered 22 APR 2018) ISSN 1944―8120 (online) Athamas whitmeei (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini) from islands of the tropical Western Pacific Region David E. Hill 1 and Felix Fleck 2 1 213 Wild Horse Creek Drive, Simpsonville, South Carolina, 29680 USA, email [email protected] 2 www.felixfleckonline.com The salticid genus Athamas O. Pickard-Cambridge 1877 presently includes seven named species (WSC 2018; see also Appendix 1 for a detailed list), widely distributed in the Western Pacific from the Caroline Islands in the west to the Pitcairn Islands in the east. The type species for this genus, A. whitmeei O. Pickard-Cambridge 1877, has been reported throughout the entire range of distribution for the genus (Figure 1). In their review of Athamas, Berry et al. (1996) noted that most of the other species placed in Athamas were known only from isolated specimens, and that A. whitmeei populations exhibited a range of character expression that might include variants used to define other species in the genus. Benton & Lehtinen (1995) suggested that there was only one species in the genus, but two additional species have since been described. 1 A. debakkeri 2 A. guineensis Guam 8 3 A. kochi Eniwetok 8 4 A. nitidus Yap 8 Ulithi 8 Kwajalein 8 5 A. proszynskii Koror Is. 5 8 Truk 6 A. tahitensis Palau 8 8 Ponape 8 Majuro 8 Kosrae 7 A. -
Research Article
Ecologica Montenegrina 18: 26-74 (2018) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AF50CFA8-DF48-455F-A2E6-DE36742E8CC1 Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol*1 JERZY PRÓSZYŃSKI1, JØRGEN LISSNER2 & MICHAEL SCHÄFER3 1Professor Emeritus, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences ul. Wilcza 63, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland. E-mail: [email protected] 2Natural History Museum Aarhus Wilhelm Meyers Allé 10 Universitetsparken, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. E-mail: [email protected] 3Hochlandstr. 64, 12589 Berlin Deutschland. E-mail: [email protected] Received 14 May 2018 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 23 June 2018 │ Published online 4 July 2018. Abstract The paper presents comparison of main diagnostic characters of all recognizable species of genera Euophrys C.L. Koch, 1834, Pseudeuophrys Dahl, 1912 and Talavera Peckham & Peckham, 1909, also delimiting new genus Euochin from China. All that purports to illustrate the current state of classification suggests progress and improvements. Discussed postulates include adding color macrophotograps of live specimens to the routine tools of research, and routine use of precisely documented palps and internal structures of epigyne. Implementation of the above will require change of research protocol of all Salticidae, the conclusions drawn are applicable to studies of other families of spiders. New taxa described. Gen. Euochin gen. n. Subgroup of genera EUOPHRYEAE new. Nomenclatorical corrections documented Euophrys monadnock: Edwards, 1980: 12 (S, in part). = Euophrys nearctica Kaston, 1938c (removal from synonymy, documented - Figs 12B-C with E, as well as relevant facsimiles Figs 32-33).