A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
First record of Eupoa pulchella (araneae: Salticidae) in Laos with description of previously unknown female
Authors: Yu. M. Marusik, M. M. Omelko
Publisher: Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Far Eastern Entomologist
Journal name in source: Far Eastern Entomologist
Issue: 354
First page : 19
Last page: 22
ISSN: 1026-051X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.354.3
Web address : http://www.biosoil.ru/Files/FEE/00000948.pdf
Eupoa Żabka, 1985 is small genus of salticid spiders distributed in South-East Asia. So far 12 species are known the genus (World Spider Catalog, 2017). Eupoa is relatively well studied due to several publications (Peng & Kim, 1997; Maddison et al., 2007; Logunov & Marusik, 2014), however five species remain known from a single sex only. Two species are known by females (E. daklak Logunov & Marusik, 2014 and E. hainanensis Peng & Kim, 1997) and three species are known by males (E. lobli Logunov et Marusik, 2014; E. pappi Logunov et Marusik, 2014 and E. pulchella Logunov et Marusik, 2014). Two males and 3 females of E. pulchella were collected in Laos about 400 km to the east from the type locality. Because female of this species is not known we provide it by illustrated description.
Specimens were photographed with a Canon EOS 7D camera attached to an Olympus SZX16 stereomicroscope and with a SEM JEOL JSM-5200 scanning microscope at the Zoological Museum, University of Turku, Finland. Digital images were montaged using CombineZP image stacking software. Epigyne was cleared in a KOH/water solution until soft tissues were dissolved. Photographs were taken in dishes with cotton or paraffin on the bottom to hold the specimens in position. Format of the description follows that in Logunov & Marusik (2014). All measurements are given in mm. Material treated here will be deposited in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow state University (ZMMU).