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Issue: Vol. 4362 No. 3: 6 Dec. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.3.7
Page range: 433–441
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Three new species of tube-dwelling spider genus Ariadna Audouin, 1826 (Araneae: Segestriidae) from India

Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, Uttarakhand, India.
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara–390 002, Gujarat, India.
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara–390 002, Gujarat, India.
Araneae Gujarat Karnataka new species Segestriidae spiders

Abstract

The tube-dwelling spider family Segestriidae is represented in India by only two species, Ariadna nebulosa Simon, 1906 and Segestria inda Simon, 1906. Both species are known only from their type localities. For about 96 years, there has been no report of these spiders from the Indian subcontinent. Here, we describe three new species based on female specimens from India. Ariadna vansda sp. nov. from Gujarat; A. molur sp. nov., and A. chhotae sp. nov. from Karnataka.

 

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