World Spider Catalog

Genus: Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Stenaelurillus megamalai Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057205

ZooBank: 3C022979-3865-4852-841F-476C7E37E247

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057205

Described:

Distribution: India

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India m (7941/18) - (Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023a)
Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 25m 12f (7942/18) - (Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023a)

Taxonomic References

Stenaelurillus megamalai Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023a: 124, f. 1A-L, 2A-F, 3A-D (Dmf) Original description

References

Sudhin, P. P., Sen, S. & Caleb, J. T. D. (2023a). Two new Stenaelurillus species (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillina) from Western Ghats, India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 123-133. doi: 10.3897/zse.99.97985 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-02-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023a
2023-02-03	New species inserted	Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023a