Maripanthus menghaiensis (Cao & Li, 2016) Maddison & Beattie & Marathe & Ng & Kanesharatnam & Benjamin & Kunte, 2020

Maddison, Wayne P., Beattie, Imara, Marathe, Kiran, Ng, Paul Y. C., Kanesharatnam, Nilani, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Kunte, Krushnamegh, 2020, A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini), ZooKeys 1004, pp. 27-97 : 27

Maripanthus menghaiensis (Cao & Li, 2016) comb. nov. Figs 223 , 224

Nannenus menghaiensis Cao & Li, 2016: 82-85, figs 28-29.

Note.

Nannenus menghaiensis is here transferred to Maripanthus (and thus to the Baviini ) based on its many close similarities with M. reinholdae , which itself is placed in Maripanthus by both morphological and molecular data. M. menghaiensis has an elongate body and pattern of thoracic and abdominal markings very much like those of other baviines (and unlike Nannenus , which is a compact-bodied ground dweller). See Diagnosis of M. reinholdae for distinctions therefrom.

A male (specimen IDWM.20013) that is either M. menghaiensis or a very closely related species is shown in Figs 223 and 224 (in UBCZ, from Malaysia: Selangor: Ulu Gombak Field Station, 3.325°N, 101.753°E, 250 m el. 16-19 May 2005. W. Maddison, D. Li, I. Agnarsson, J. X. Zhang. WPM#05-026). Its palp is very much like that figured by Cao, Li and Żabka (2016), but it differs slightly in the base of the embolus and a narrower embolus.

Figures

Figures 215 - 224. Maripanthus reinholdae sp. nov. and M. cf. menghaiensis 215 - 222 Maripanthus reinholdae 215 male left palp, prolateral view (holotype JK. 11.12.24.0006) 216 same, ventral view 217 same, retrolateral view 218 epigyne, ventral (specimen SWK 12 - 1934) 219 vulva, dorsal 220, 221 female SWK 12 - 1934 222 holotype male 223, 224 male M. cf. menghaiensis (specimen IDWM. 20013). Scale bars on genitalia 0.1 mm; on body 1.0 mm.