Five new species of lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae)

Five new species of lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador are described, including the first Lapsias Simon from outsideVenezuela. Lapsias lorax, sp. nov. is known from a cloud forest just west of Quito. A new species from the slopes of Vol-can Sumaco is tentatively assigned to Lapsias, Lapsias guamani sp. nov. Lapsias canandea, sp. nov. is the first lapsiinedescribed from the lowlands west of the Andes. The genus Lapsias is poorly defined, and...