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Issue: Vol. 5433 No. 1: 4 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.6
Page range: 133-143
Abstract views: 9
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First records of Medmassa Simon, 1887 from India, with the description of two new species (Araneae: Corinnidae)

Division of Arachnology; Department of Zoology; Sacred Heart College; Thevara; Cochin; Kerala 682 013; India
83a 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
Araneae Kerala natural history spider Tamil Nadu taxonomy

Abstract

Medmassa Simon, 1887 is recorded for the first time from India, including the description of two new species: M. sagax Tripathi, Kadam & Sankaran sp. nov. (♂ ♀) and M. postica Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran sp. nov. (♀). The discovery of Medmassa increases the number of known corinnid genera in India to eight. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the copulatory organs of both species are provided, their natural history is briefly discussed, and a map of the currently known distribution of both species is presented.

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