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Issue: Vol. 3635 No. 3: 27 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.3.3
Page range: 237–250
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Idiops Perty, 1833 (Araneae: Idiopidae) from India

University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Sector 16-C, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075, India
Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Sector 16-C, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075, India
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society, 9-A, Lal Bahadur Colony, Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641004, Tamil Nadu, India
Araneae Mygalomorphae new species synonymy Odhisa Karnataka Tamil Nadu taxonomy Western Ghats

Abstract

Three new species of the front-eyed trapdoor genus Idiops, viz., Idiops joida sp. nov. from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, I. mettupalayam sp. nov. from the foothills of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and I. oriya sp. nov. from Odhisa, are described. Natural history information for all these species is provided as is an identification key to Idiops species from South andSoutheast Asia.