A new species of Uroballus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Hong Kong, a jumping spider that appears to mimic lichen moth caterpillars

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Logunov, Dmitri V., Obenauer, Stefan M. (2019): A new species of Uroballus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Hong Kong, a jumping spider that appears to mimic lichen moth caterpillars. Israel Journal of Entomology 49 (1): 1-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2632730, URL: dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2632729 ABSTRACT A new salticid spider species Uroballus carlei n. sp.

(♂) from Hong Kong is diagnosed, described and illustrated. The species is unusual for the jumping spiders in its striking resemblance to lichen moth larvae. A brief discussion of the putative caterpillar-mimicry in some Uroballus species is provided as well.