Figure 3. Nesting female Brettus cingulatus Thorell 1895 in First record of the genus Neobrettus Wanless 1984 from India, with some natural history notes (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeina)

Figure 3. Nesting female Brettus cingulatus Thorell 1895 from West Bengal (22.33°N, 88.43°E). Like other Spartaeina, the female Brettus incorporates dense tufts of silk into the outer layers of her egg sac. Brettus is a close relative of Neobrettus. See Ahmed et al. (2017) and Patil & Uniyal (2018) for other records of this species in South and Southeast Asia.