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Issue: Vol. 4344 No. 3: 8 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.9
Page range: 589–596
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First description of the male of the type species Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and description of a new Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from India 

Department of PG Studies and Research in Applied Zoology, Bioscience complex, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka 577451, India.
Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India
Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India
Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India
Department of PG Studies and Research in Applied Zoology, Bioscience complex, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, Karnataka 577451, India.
Araneae Comb-footed spider Taxonomy new combination Western Ghats

Abstract

The present paper reports the first description of the type species of the theridid genus Meotipa, Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and redescribe the female of the same species with one new species Meotipa multuma sp.nov. from India. The two species are described in detail and we provide digital images and illustrations. Chrysso makiling, Barrion-Dupo & Barrion is transferred to Meotipa Simon, 1895 based on the presence of the generic characters of the last genus.

 

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