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Issue: Vol. 2630 No. 1: 29 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2630.1.2
Page range: 30–56
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of the Asian spider genus Pandava Lehtinen (Araneae: Titanoecidae): description of five new species and first record of Titanoecidae from Africa

Pós Graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil aboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, Butantã, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
aboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, Butantã, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Araneae Africa Asia introduced species taxonomy

Abstract

The spider genus Pandava Lehtinen previously included two species, P. laminata (Thorell) and P. hunanensis Yin and Bao, known from Asia and the Pacific Islands. The genus is diagnosed by the reduced tegular process on the male palp and the anterior position of the copulatory openings on the female epigynum. In this paper, we present updated descriptions for the known species of Pandava and we describe five new species: Pandava shiva sp. nov. from Pakistan, Pandava sarasvati sp. nov. from Myanmar; Pandava ganesha sp. nov., Pandava kama sp. nov. and Pandava ganga sp. nov., all from India. We also update the generic distribution including the first records of Titanoecidae from Africa.

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