🕷️ New Spider Discovery: First Mating Record of Pseudomogrus cf. vittatus in Pakistan 🌍🔥

This video presents the first global documentation of copulation in the Yllenus-group jumping spider Pseudomogrus cf. vittatus, filmed on 4 November 2022 at Jagal, Haripur (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan).

🎥 The 2-minute sequence shows:

• ♂ approaching with fringed forelegs, ♀ responding with a still posture
• Swift mounting from behind and precise pedipalp–epigyne alignment
• Prolonged copulation (~110 s) with subtle movements
• Gentle, non-aggressive separation and a post-mating leg-raise display

🧬 The male shows a bold dark median abdominal band, while the female displays a pale mosaic-patterned dorsum — features suggesting regional variation or a potential undescribed species within the Pseudomogrus (Yllenus) group.

📌 Significance:

• First-ever visual record of mating in Pseudomogrus worldwide
• First behavioral record from Pakistan
• Valuable insight into Salticid courtship and sexual dimorphism

🌐 Full scientific manuscript with detailed morphology, ethogram, and references will be available soon (under development) on www.biodiversigrapher.com.

🎥 Filmed by: Dr. Syed Aftab Hussain Shah (BiodiversiGrapher®)
📍 Location: Jagal, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
🗓️ 4 November 2022 – 11:37 AM
📷 Camera: Huawei Y9 (2019), 720p video

Music: YouTube Audio Library

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