<strong>Two new species of the ant-eating spider genus <em>Tropizodium</em> Jocqué &amp; Churchill, 2005 (Araneae, Zodariidae, Zodariinae) from India </strong>

DHRUV A. PRAJAPATI; PRASHANTHAKUMARA S. MURTHAPPA; PRADEEP M. SANKARAN; POTHALIL A. SEBASTIAN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.7

Issue: Vol. 4061 No. 5: 11 Jan. 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-01-11

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.7

Page range: 575–584

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**Two new species of the ant-eating spider genus Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 (Araneae, Zodariidae, Zodariinae) from India**

DHRUV A. PRAJAPATI⁺⁻
PRASHANTHAKUMARA S. MURTHAPPA⁺⁻
PRADEEP M. SANKARAN⁺⁻
POTHALIL A. SEBASTIAN⁺⁻

Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India

Araneae Ant-eating spider India new species taxonomy Tropizodium

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Abstract

Two new species, Tropizodium kalami sp. n. and Tropizodium viridurbium sp. n. from the genus Tropizodium are described from India. Detailed morphological descriptions, diagnostic features and illustrations of copulatory organs are given. Distribution of both the new species is mapped.

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