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Issue: Vol. 5194 No. 1: 4 Oct. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.1.6
Page range: 109-121
Abstract views: 345
PDF downloaded: 29

First record of Siamspinops Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 from India, first description of the female of Makdiops shevaroyensis (Gravely, 1931), and a catalogue of Indian selenopid fauna (Araneae, Selenopidae)

Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India.
283a Kapil Nagar, Vetal bambarde, Kudal, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra 416 520, India.
Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680 125, India.
Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680 125, India.
Araneae distribution maps new species taxonomy type material wall crab spiders

Abstract

The selenopid genus Siamspinops Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 is recorded for the first time from India. Siamspinops garoensis Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran, 2022 sp. nov., based on male and female specimens, is described and illustrated in detail. The unknown female of Makdiops shevaroyensis (Gravely, 1931) is described and illustrated for the first time, and a catalogue and distribution maps of the Indian selenopid species are provided.



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