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Issue: Vol. 4658 No. 1: 21 Aug. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-08-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.8
Page range: 168–174
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 2

Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae, Zodariidae)

Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India.
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700 053, India.
Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India.
India Lutica transfer Tropizodium type specimen Zodarion Zoological Survey of India Araneae

Abstract

The Indian spider species formerly placed in the zodariid genus Lutica Marx, 1891 are revised. The following new combinations are proposed: Tropizodium bengalensis (Tikader & Patel, 1975) comb. nov., Tropizodium kovvurensis (Reddy & Patel, 1993) comb. nov., Tropizodium poonaensis (Tikader, 1981) comb. nov. and Zodarion deccanensis (Tikader & Malhotra, 1976) comb. nov.. T. kovvurensis comb. nov. is redescribed based on freshly collected female specimens. All the examined type specimens are illustrated and the current status of each type is discussed.

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