Tenkana, a new genus of jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippina) from South Asia, with the new Indian species Tenkana jayamangali
We describe a new plexippine genus, <i>Tenkana</i> <b>gen. nov.</b>, supported by phylogenomic data from ultraconserved elements (UCEs), Sanger sequences of four genes, and morphological evidence. The type species, <i>Tenkanamanu</i> (Caleb, Christudhas, Laltanpuii & Chitra, 2014), <b>comb. nov.</b> is transferred from <i>Colopsus</i>, as is <i>Tenkanaarkavathi</i> (Caleb, 2022), <b>comb. nov.</b> The phylogenomic data places <i>Tenkana</i> among the plexippines near <i>Hyllus</i> C.L. Koch, 1846 and <i>Telamonia</i> Thorell, 1887, while the constrained four-gene phylogeny indicates that <i>Tenkana</i> is distinct from <i>Colopsus</i>. Additionally, we describe a new species, <i>Tenkanajayamangali</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>
Authors
- John T. D. Caleb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9471-9467)
- Y. T. Lohit
- Krushnamegh K. Kunte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3860-6118)
- Kiran Marathe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7364-3475)
- Wayne P. Maddison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4953-4575)
- Bisht Nisha
- Chinmay C . Maliye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4050-9197)
Institutions
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (IN)
- Royal British Columbia Museum (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- National Centre for Biological Sciences (IN)
- Centre For Wildlife Studies (IN)
- Tumkur University (IN)
- Saveetha University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ZooKeys
- Published
- 2024-10-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1215.133522
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.10
Funders
- University of British Columbia
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- National Centre for Biological Sciences