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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDCFFA9FF02F927D76FBCDA" bold="true" box="[151,356,1755,1779]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">FIGURES 12AD.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDCFFA9FEE4F927D4ADBCDA" box="[369,678,1755,1779]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Thelcticopis moolampilliensis</emphasis>
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, genitalia of non-type male (AB) and female (CD) (ZSI/WGRC/I.R.INV.26579). AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Epigyne, ventral; D Vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; CD—copulatory duct; CO—copulatory opening; CS—cymbial scopula; E—embolus; FD— fertilisation duct; GA—glandular appendage; LL—lateral lobe of epigyne; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis; S—spermatheca; Sp—spermophor; T—tegulum; TA—tegular apophysis; UA—unpaired appendage; VDL—ventro-distal lobe of palpal tibia. Scale bars: AB, 1 mm; CD, 0.5 mm. Drawings by Pradeep Sankaran.
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<paragraph id="F5783690FFDDFFA8FF52FEB6D292B8E4" blockId="17.[151,1437,150,1689]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF52FEB6D749BB4D" bold="true" box="[199,322,330,356]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Males of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FE22FEB7D44FBB4C" box="[439,580,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. nalandica</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FDD9FEB7D4DABB4C" bold="true" box="[588,721,331,357]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">comb. rest.</emphasis>
are very similar to those of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FB83FEB7D28CBB4D" box="[1046,1159,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. paripes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FB05FEB7D31FBB4C" bold="true" box="[1168,1300,331,357]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">comb. rest.</emphasis>
in having a heavily enlarged embolus and conductor, the latter situated in the retrolateral half of tegulum, as well as the elongated dRTA with acuminate distad tip, but are distinguished by (1) RTA simple, i.e., without ventro-medial branch (vs. with such branch in
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FEECFE4BD7E2BBF9" box="[377,489,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. paripes</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FE7AFE4BD479BBF8" bold="true" box="[495,626,439,465]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">comb. rest.</emphasis>
), (2) dRTA with ventral outgrowth (vs. dRTA without such outgrowth in
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF02FE27D70EBBDD" box="[151,261,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. paripes</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FE9EFE27D786BBDC" bold="true" box="[267,397,475,501]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">comb. rest.</emphasis>
), (3) conductor tip long, i.e., extending distinctly into prolateral half of tegulum (vs. short, not extending in prolateral half of tegulum in
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FDE4FE03D4EAB831" box="[625,737,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. paripes</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FD7CFE03D567B830" bold="true" box="[745,876,511,537]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">comb. rest.</emphasis>
) (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FC10FE03D219B830" box="[901,1042,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURES 13" captionStartId="18.[151,264,1590,1614]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetId="figure-23@18.[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 13AD. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest., holotype male.AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral. Abbreviations: aE—apical narrow part of embolus; bE—basal broad part of embolus; C—conductor; CT—conductor tip; iT—internal tooth; TA—tegular apophysis; VO—ventral outgrowth of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611323" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611323/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Figs 13AB</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FB8BFE03D264B830" box="[1054,1135,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[214,1374,193,1885]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[214,1374,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 14AL. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest, holotype male of Stasina nigropicta (AE), female (FL). AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C, I Eye arrangement, dorsal; D, JK Chelicerae, ventral (D, K left, J right); E Habitus, dorsal; F Epigyne, ventral; G Vulva, dorsal. H Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal. L Opisthosoma, dorsal. Abbreviation: CT—conductor tip. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611325/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">14AB</figureCitation>
vs.
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). Females of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF20FDDFD74BB814" box="[181,320,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. nalandica</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FED3FDDFD7C2B814" bold="true" box="[326,457,547,573]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">comb. rest.</emphasis>
are similar to those of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FD5DFDDFD531B814" box="[712,826,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. flavipes</emphasis>
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in having median septum with posterior part distinctly narrower than anterior part and being twice as long as wide, but distinguished by (1) lateral lobes medially distinctly concave (vs. not in
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FEEDFD97D7E7B8AC" box="[376,492,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. flavipes</emphasis>
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), and (2) internal duct system simple, i.e., running in a semicircle from anterior to posteriorly situated spermathecae (vs. with anteriad first winding and additional windings laterally before reaching spermathecae postero-laterally in
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FD87FD4FD48FB8E4" box="[530,644,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. flavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FD08FD4FD528B8E4" box="[669,803,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[214,1374,193,1885]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[214,1374,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 14AL. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest, holotype male of Stasina nigropicta (AE), female (FL). AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C, I Eye arrangement, dorsal; D, JK Chelicerae, ventral (D, K left, J right); E Habitus, dorsal; F Epigyne, ventral; G Vulva, dorsal. H Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal. L Opisthosoma, dorsal. Abbreviation: CT—conductor tip. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611325/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Figs 14FH</figureCitation>
vs.
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: pl. 26, fig. 26).
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF52FD2AD752B8D9" bold="true" box="[199,345,726,752]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FEF0FD2BD794B8D8" box="[357,415,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Male</emphasis>
(
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;
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) [after
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(
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FC55FD2BD25AB8D8" box="[960,1105,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. nalandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
): body length 12.5;
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(
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF77FD07D77FB93D" box="[226,372,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. nigropicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
): body length 9.5, carapace 45;
<bibRefCitation id="91564B61FFDDFFA8FD6FFD07D599B93C" author="Pocock, R. I." box="[762,914,763,789]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" refId="ref18551" refString="Pocock, R. I. (1900) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. Taylor and Francis, London, 279 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 48423" type="book" year="1900">Pocock 1900</bibRefCitation>
: leg I length 18.0].
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FBEDFD07D2B9B93C" box="[1144,1202,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Male</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FB56FD07D359B93C" box="[1219,1362,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURES 13" captionStartId="18.[151,264,1590,1614]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetId="figure-23@18.[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 13AD. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest., holotype male.AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral. Abbreviations: aE—apical narrow part of embolus; bE—basal broad part of embolus; C—conductor; CT—conductor tip; iT—internal tooth; TA—tegular apophysis; VO—ventral outgrowth of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611323" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611323/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Figs 13CD</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FAF5FD07D6A7B910" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[214,1374,193,1885]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[214,1374,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 14AL. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest, holotype male of Stasina nigropicta (AE), female (FL). AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C, I Eye arrangement, dorsal; D, JK Chelicerae, ventral (D, K left, J right); E Habitus, dorsal; F Epigyne, ventral; G Vulva, dorsal. H Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal. L Opisthosoma, dorsal. Abbreviation: CT—conductor tip. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611325/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">14C E</figureCitation>
): opisthosoma dorsally and ventrally vividly spotted (
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). Chelicerae with three promarginal and five retromarginal teeth, two distal of the latter separated by a small gap from others of the retromargin (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FB73FCBFD35AB974" box="[1254,1361,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURES 13" captionStartId="18.[151,264,1590,1614]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetId="figure-23@18.[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 13AD. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest., holotype male.AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral. Abbreviations: aE—apical narrow part of embolus; bE—basal broad part of embolus; C—conductor; CT—conductor tip; iT—internal tooth; TA—tegular apophysis; VO—ventral outgrowth of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611323" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611323/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Figs 13D</figureCitation>
,
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). Anterior eye row straight, posterior eye row slightly procurved; AME largest, others of similar, smaller size (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FAFFFC9BD6C3B98C" captionStart="FIGURES 13" captionStartId="18.[151,264,1590,1614]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetId="figure-23@18.[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 13AD. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest., holotype male.AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral. Abbreviations: aE—apical narrow part of embolus; bE—basal broad part of embolus; C—conductor; CT—conductor tip; iT—internal tooth; TA—tegular apophysis; VO—ventral outgrowth of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611323" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611323/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Figs 13C</figureCitation>
,
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). Spination of legs: femur III 323, III 322, IV 321; patella IIV 000; tibia I 222(15), II 222(14),
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.
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF4AFC53D71FB9E0" box="[223,276,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Palp</emphasis>
(
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,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FE2AFC53D41EB9E0" box="[447,533,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[214,1374,193,1885]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[214,1374,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 14AL. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest, holotype male of Stasina nigropicta (AE), female (FL). AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C, I Eye arrangement, dorsal; D, JK Chelicerae, ventral (D, K left, J right); E Habitus, dorsal; F Epigyne, ventral; G Vulva, dorsal. H Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal. L Opisthosoma, dorsal. Abbreviation: CT—conductor tip. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611325/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">14AB</figureCitation>
): cymbium with straight proximo-retrolateral margin. Tibia short, i.e., less than half the length of cymbium. RTA with one broad branch, slightly acuminate tip and ventrad outgrowth subdistally. Tegular apophysis situated medio-retrolaterally. Conductor complex, with acuminate, proximo-prolaterad tip. Embolus with narrow apical part visible centrally, with widened tip.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF52FBC3D710BE70" box="[199,283,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Female</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FEBCFBC3D7AEBE70" box="[297,421,1087,1113]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[214,1374,193,1885]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[214,1374,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 14AL. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest, holotype male of Stasina nigropicta (AE), female (FL). AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C, I Eye arrangement, dorsal; D, JK Chelicerae, ventral (D, K left, J right); E Habitus, dorsal; F Epigyne, ventral; G Vulva, dorsal. H Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal. L Opisthosoma, dorsal. Abbreviation: CT—conductor tip. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611325/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Figs 14IL</figureCitation>
[after
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: body length 13.5, carapace length 6.0, leg I length 18.5]. Opisthosoma dorsally and ventrally vividly spotted (
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). Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 56 retromarginal teeth, the latter with gap between the three proximal teeth and the rest (
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). Spination of legs: femur III 323, III 322, IV 321; patella IIV 000; tibia I 000(16), II 000(14), IIIIV 0006.
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FC1FFB57D5FFBEEC" box="[906,1012,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDDFFA8FB91FB57D29ABEEC" box="[1028,1169,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[214,1374,193,1885]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[214,1374,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 14AL. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest, holotype male of Stasina nigropicta (AE), female (FL). AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C, I Eye arrangement, dorsal; D, JK Chelicerae, ventral (D, K left, J right); E Habitus, dorsal; F Epigyne, ventral; G Vulva, dorsal. H Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal. L Opisthosoma, dorsal. Abbreviation: CT—conductor tip. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611325/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Figs 14FH</figureCitation>
): epigynal field slightly wider than long, without anterior bands (
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). Lateral lobes kidney-shaped, without posterior projections (
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). Median septum with anterior median ridge (
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). Internal duct system with narrow copulatory ducts widening posteriorly, fertilisation ducts narrow, long and laterad (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF52FAC6D76ABF7D" bold="true" box="[199,353,1338,1364]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Distribution.</emphasis>
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BDDD651BFFDDFFA8FF52FAA3D269BCB0" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF52FAA3D730BF50" bold="true" box="[199,315,1375,1401]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Remarks.</emphasis>
Internal tooth on RTA not observed in
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male of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FC42FAA3D5EEBF50" box="[983,997,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">S</emphasis>
.
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. The
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female of
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is immature (in contrast to what was indicated by the
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). Thus,
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provided the first description of the female for that species. The suggested record for
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(
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, Lahore, Dane Park;
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) is considered doubtful here. First of all, the
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specimens listed are immature. The other two
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species
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described in the same paper are doubted to be even
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(see remarks under
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FEEDF9EFD7F2BC05" box="[376,505,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. ancorum</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FDA6F9EFD4C9BC04" box="[563,706,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">T. telonotata</emphasis>
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), thus it is assumed that
<bibRefCitation id="91564B61FFDDFFA8FC74F9EFD260BC04" author="Dyal, S." box="[993,1131,1554,1581]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" pagination="119 - 252" refId="ref17418" refString="Dyal, S. (1935) Fauna of Lahore. 4. Spiders of Lahore. Bulletin of the Department of Zoology of the Panjab University, 1, 119 - 252, pls 11 - 17." type="journal article" year="1935">Dyal (1935)</bibRefCitation>
did not use the concept of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDDFFA8FF02F9CBD72BBC78" box="[151,288,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Thelcticopis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as described by L.
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. Moreover, the large gap of
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between the nearest records for the genus in southern and eastern
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and the rather dry environments in Lahore suggest that the otherwise tropically distributed subfamily
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Sparianthinae (
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)
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does not occur in
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.
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