Zoological Studies

Vol. 41 No. 3, 2002

Four New and Two Newly Recorded Species of Taiwanese Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) Deposited in the United States

Xian-Jin Peng and Shu-Qiang Li*

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China

Xian-Jin Peng and Shu-Qiang Li (2002) The present paper reports on 6 species of jumping spiders from Taiwanese specimens collected during the 1930s and deposited in the United States. Among them, 4 are new to science (Cytaea levii sp. nov., Dexippus taiwanensis sp. nov., Tauala elongata sp. nov., and Sitticus taiwanensis sp. nov.) and the other 2 (Pancorius magnus Zabka 1985 and Phintella deblis (Thorell 1892)) are new records for Taiwan. Detailed morphological and genital characteristics are given. Updated distribution information is also provided. Except for Sitticus and Phintella, all genera are reported from Taiwan for the 1st time.

Key words: Cytaea, Dexippus, Tauala, Sitticus, Pancorius, Phintella.

*Correspondence: Fax: 86-10-62577533. E-mail: lisq@panda.ioz.ac.cn