Aetius decollatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896

Dankittipakul, Pakawin & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2013, First description of the male of the little-known ant mimicking spider genus Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge (Araneae: Corinnidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (4), pp. 575-583 : 582

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7560559
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7560575
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E487A1-6069-033F-FF4A-FB30F483F9A5
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scientific name	Aetius decollatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
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Aetius decollatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 View in CoL

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Aetius decollatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 1007 View in CoL , pl. 52 fig. 1.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: One penultimate male, India, original label text in square brackets: [Voy. Carl et Escher, Inde méridionale, Mudumalai , 7-9.II], ( MHNG, examined).

Note: 'Voy. Carl et Escher' was a zoological expedition by J. Carl and K. Escher to southern India in the winter of 1926-1927. Material was collected at Anaimalis, Nilgiris, and Palnis. The hills they visited in these areas are within about 200 miles south and a little west of Bangalore. The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills, in Nilgiri District.

REMARKS: The female holotype was collected from Sri Lanka. The female has a slender opisthosoma with a constriction. The legs are banded. The carapace is dark, with a yellow thoracic region. This pattern conforms well to the juvenile male treated here.