Indopadilla kodagura Maddison, sp. nov.

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

Indopadilla kodagura Maddison, sp. nov. Figs 93-99

Type material.

Holotype male (NCBS-BN351, also known as AS19.4314), in NCBS collection, from India: Karnataka: Kodagu: Yavakapadi, Honey Valley area, forest & edge, 12.215°N, 75.659°E to 12.216°N, 75.661°E, 1300 m elev. 25 June 2019 W. Maddison & K. Marathe WPM#19-077.

Etymology.

In the Kodava language, Indopadilla kodagura means from Kodagu. Other names: In WPM’s field or lab notebooks the informal code for this species was “BVHVW”.

Diagnosis.

Very similar to I. insularis , contrastingly marked in dark brown and yellow, with the face appearing white because the clypeus is withdrawn toward the eyes to expose a bright white arthrodial membrane. Like I. insularis , I. darjeeling , I. sonsorol , I. suhartoi , and I. thorelli in having a long thin embolus, but even longer than in those species, arising from the retrolateral basal corner of the bulb.

Description.

Male (based on holotype, specimen NCBS-BN351). Carapace length 2.6; abdomen length 4.0. Carapace integument dark brown to black except to either side of fovea and narrow medial stripe on thorax, and with small patches of yellow scales in pattern typical for Indopadilla . Clypeus dark, extremely narrow, exposing white arthrodial membrane. Chelicerae dark, with lateral ridge bearing a tooth (Fig. 98 , triangle). At least five retromarginal teeth, on long ridge. Palp yellow except for black cymbium. Embolus simple, long (Fig. 93 ); RTA a flat blade. Legs strongly contrasting between dark brown to black first legs, and yellowish posterior legs. Darkness of first legs relieved by pale tarsus, and honey coloured path on patella. Abdomen black except for two prominent yellow-white patches along each side.

Natural history.

A video of the living holotype is available in Maddison (2020).

Figures

Figures 93 - 99. Indopadilla kodagura sp. nov., holotype. 93 male left palp, ventral view 94 same, retrolateral view of tibia 95 - 99 male. Scale bars: on palp 0.1 mm; on bodies 1.0 mm.