Marengo sachintendulkar is a species of jumping spider from India. It is named after the Indian former international cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| Marengo sachintendulkar | |
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| Marengo sachintendulkar from Sithalapakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Marengo |
| Species: | M. sachintendulkar
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| Binomial name | |
| Marengo sachintendulkar Malamel, Prajapati, Sudhikumar & Sebastian, 2019
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Diagnosis
editMarengo sachintendulkar is most similar to Marengo crassipes and Marengo nitida, but it can be distinguished from them both by the abdomen having a median discontinuous whitish transverse band and two antero-medial longitudinal stripes reaching the transverse band. It also can be distinguished by the presence of a cheliceral notch in the males that makes a significant gap between the chelicerae and "S-shaped" insemination ducts in the females.[2]
Range
editMarengo sachintendulkar is only known to be distributed to north-west and southern India. Type specimens were collected from Gujarat University in Gujarat, Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary of Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu and Pathiramanal island of Kerala.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Marengo sachintendulkar". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ a b c Malamel, J. J.; Prajapati, D. A.; Sudhikumar, A. V.; Sebastian, P. A. "Two new species of the tribe Ballini Banks, 1892 from India (Araneae: Salticidae)". Arthropoda Selecta (in Russian). 28 (1): 424–434. doi:10.15298/arthsel.28.3.07. ISSN 0136-006X.
- ^ "New Species of Spider Named After Sachin Tendulkar -". www.india.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Scientist names newly discovered spider species after Sachin Tendulkar". Hindustan Times. 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Ahmedabad spiderman names newly discovered species after Sachin Tendulkar". The Times of India. 2019-11-11. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Newly Discovered Species of Spider Named After Sachin Tendulkar". News18. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2024-03-29.