caleb87john's Identifications

Male specimen.
Date: June 8 2024
Location: Kaggalipura, Bangalore, Karnataka.

Image 1-3: live male
Image 4-10: habitus male
Image 11-19: Palp (11 dorsal view, 12 ventral view, 13 retrolateral view, 14-18 prolateral view)

Description: Prosoma high, pale brown adorned with orangish brown, black and pale white blotches. Ocular field quadrangle square shaped with yellowish orange bristles. Clypeus orangish brown bristles.
Palp; brown. Apical bulbus narrow and longitudinal, narrow cleft at
the anterior bulbus (Img. 12,14). Embolus long
and thin originating from basal tegulum and then partially encircling bulbus with curved terminal tip (Img. 16-18). [Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020a)]

Distinguishable characters from T. fabus; Broader bulb, curved long emblous, end of posterior lobe with two unequal sized mounds. [Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020a)]

Reference:

1. Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020a). On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 5-19.
   Link: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/pdfdownload/6eba96298211ec0420b095abe9571f99CkKXrI3P6ieaEj1

2. Żabka, M. (1988). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41(14): 421-479.
   Link: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/pdfdownload/59c168c1bd49fd707ac0a0de1769c789gyNBte3L8ef8XXc

3. World Spider Catalog
   https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/33026/Tamigalesus_munnaricus