Accepted by G. Ruiz: 23 Aug. 2016; published: 28 Sept. 2016 ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press Zootaxa 4171 (2): 321–334 http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article 321 http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.5 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3ED81997-F875-4501-A7DC-6B3FA2D5947D Two new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) DHRUV A. PRAJAPATI 1,3 , PRASHANTHAKUMARA S. MURTHAPPA 1,2 , PRADEEP M. SANKARAN 1 & POTHALIL A. SEBASTIAN 1 1 Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India 2 Department of PG Studies and Research in Applied Zoology, Bioscience complex, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka 577451, India 3 Corresponding author. E-mail: dhruvspidy215@gmail.com Abstract Stenaelurillus digitus sp. nov. and Stenaelurillus gabrieli sp. nov. are described from India. New distributional records for Stenaelurillus albus Sebastian et al., 2015 and Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934 and maps for these species are given. Key words: jumping spiders, Oriental region, taxonomy, systematics Introduction The jumping spider genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 currently has 36 valid species, 27 of which described from Africa, and nine from Asian countries: China, India, Iran, Nepal, Tibet and Vietnam (World Spider Catalog 2016). Wesołowska (2014a) reviewed the Asian species; she synonymized S. hainanensis Peng, 1995 with S. minutus Song & Chai, 1991, and considered S. setosus Thorell, 1895 to be a nomen nudum. Sebastian et al. (2015) redescribed S. lesserti Reimoser, 1934 and documented the occurrence of mating plug in the genus. Despite of the recent efforts, Asian species of Stenaelurillus are still poorly understood and most of them remain known only from localities mentioned in their original descriptions. To date, five species of Stenaelurillus have been described from India: S. lesserti Reimoser, 1934, S. sarojinae Caleb & Mathai, 2014, S. albus Sebastian, Sankaran, Malamel & Joseph, 2015, S. jagannathae Das, Malik & Vidhel, 2015, and S. metallicus Caleb & Mathai, 2016. In the present paper, two new species of the genus are described from India. Material and methods Samples were collected directly by hand from the ground. The specimens were preserved in 70% ethanol and studied under a LEICA S8AP0 stereomicroscope. Morphological terminology and description style follows Wesołowska (2014b) and Sebastian et al. (2015). All measurements are in millimetres (mm) and were made with an ocular micrometer. Length of palp and leg segments are given as: total [femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus (except palp), tarsus]. Spine positions are as follows: prolateral, dorsal, retrolateral and ventral. Drawings were made by the aid of a drawing tube attached to the microscope. Field photos were taken with Sony H X 100V. The microphotographic images were taken by Leica DFC2900 digital camera attached to Leica M205 A stereomicroscope with the software package Leica Application Suite (LAS) version 4.5.0. The specimens are deposited in a reference collection housed at the Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala, India (ADSH). Abbreviations used in the text: ALE = anterior lateral eye, AME = anterior median eye, PLE = posterior lateral eye, PME = posterior median eye, RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis, VTA = ventral tibial apophysis.