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Taxonomic notes on the ray spider family Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 (Arachnida: Araneae) from India
Supradipta Dutta1, Rajib Goswami2, Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin3
1Zoological Survey of India; Prani Vigyan Bhawan; M-Block; New Alipore; Kolkata; West Bengal - 700 053; India; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Kolkata; West Bengal - 700 019; India. duttasupra49@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The genus Simonia Yu & Lin, 2023 (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) is recorded for the first time from India, with the description of a new species, Simonia lawbahsp. nov. based on female specimens collected from Meghalaya. We also transfer Wendilgarda assamensis Fage, 1924 and W. housaiyuae Lin & Li, 2022 to the genus Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011. Furthermore, we synonymize Chthonopes bifidum Yu & Lin, 2022 with C. housaiyuae (Lin & Li, 2022) comb. nov. Additionally, the current distribution map of all theridiosomatid species in India is provided.
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