Iranattus Prószyński, 1992

Marathe, Kiran, Tripathi, Rishikesh, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil V. & Maddison, Wayne P., 2024, Phylogenomic placement and revision of Iranattus Prószyński, 1992 jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina), Zoosystematics and Evolution 100 (2), pp. 531-542 : 531-542

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scientific name	Iranattus Prószyński, 1992
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Iranattus Prószyński, 1992 View in CoL

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Iranattus Prószyński, 1992: 97 – 98, f. 35 – 40. View in CoL

Monomotapa Wesołowska, 2000: 159, f. 42–46 (synonymized by Prószyński, 2017: 36.).

Type species.

Iranattus rectangularis Prószyński, 1992 .

Species included.

Iranattus principalis ( Wesołowska, 2000) ; Iranattus rectangularis Prószyński, 1992 .

Diagnosis.

The remarkably long third legs of Iranattus (Figs 15 View Figures 14 – 19 , 18 View Figures 14 – 19 , 30 View Figures 30 – 33 , 32 View Figures 30 – 33 ) and scoop-shaped cymbial apophysis (Fig. 4 View Figures 2 – 7 ) differentiate it from all other plexippines. The very robust carapace, bulging outward at the PLE and bearing the PLEs on tubercles, is unusual but shared also with Afrobeata Caporiacco, 1941 , and Vailimia Kammerer, 2006 . Vailimia especially might be confused with Iranattus , as they share erect hairs on the carapace (see Figs 34 View Figures 34 – 41 , 38 View Figures 34 – 41 , 41 View Figures 34 – 41 ) and a compact crouch stance, but, besides the cymbial apophysis and long third legs, Iranattus also has a shorter embolus lacking membrane (membrane-accompanied long embolus in Vailimia ), a short RTA (long and curved in Vailimia ), and two distinct deep conical ECPs (absent in Vailimia ). From Afrobeata , Iranattus differs in having longer third legs, a cymbial apophysis (lacking in Afrobeata ), a shorter embolus (longer in Afrobeata ), a simple short RTA (bifurcated in Afrobeata ), shorter copulatory ducts (long in Afrobeata ), and deep conical ECPs (shallow in Afrobeata ). Some other plexippines have cymbial apophyses ( Plexippoides Prószyński, 1984 ; Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 ; and Erasinus Simon, 1899 ), but their apophyses are different in shape — in Iranattus , a long, broad blade with a rounded tip, concave in front so as to form a scoop; in Plexippoides , sharply pointed, for example.