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A survey of 21 species of Salticidae newly collected from the Bidoup–Nui Ba National Park (Da Lat Plateau, south-eastern Vietnam) is presented. Eleven species are described as new:

  • Bindax dalat sp. n. (♀)
  • Eupoa parva sp. n. (♂♀)
  • Hasarius dalatensis sp. n. (♂♀)
  • Indopadilla abramovi sp. n. (♂)
  • Maileus obscurus sp. n. (♀)
  • Orcevia bidoup sp. n. (♂♀)
  • Pancorius inexpectatus sp. n. (♂♀)
  • Phintelloides rarus sp. n. (♂)
  • Synagelides nuiba sp. n. (♂♀)
  • Thiania subtilis sp. n. (♂♀)
  • Toxeus pseudohainan sp. n. (♂).

Three species are recorded from Vietnam for the first time.

  • Irura pengi Guo, Zhang & Zhu, 2011
  • Ptocasius paraweyersi Cao & Li, 2016
  • Toxeus hainan Wang & Li, 2022

Three new synonyms are established:

  • Plexippus pocockii Thorell, 1895 syn. n.
    Burmattus sinicus Prószyński, 1992 syn. n.
    with Plexippus albo-punctatus Thorell, 1895
  • Pellenes gerensis Hu, 2001 syn. n.
    with Burmattus nitidus (Hu, 2001).

Author: Dimitri V. LOGUNOV

Access paper here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381879331_Jumping_spiders_Araneae_Salticidae_of_the_Bidoup-Nui_Ba_National_Park_Lam_Dong_Province_Vietnam