On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka Author Sankaran, Pradeep M. Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India. Author Sherwood, Danniella Arachnology Research Association, 124 City Road, London, ECIV 2 NX, United Kingdom. & Fundación Ariguanabo, 4111, Calle 58, e / ave. 41 y ave. 43, San Antonio de los Baños, Provincia Artemisa c. p. 18100, Cuba. Author Jäger, Peter Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institut, Mertonstrasse 17 - 21, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-06 5463 3 301 338 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1 journal article 298429 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.3.1 5390ab23-704a-4644-8307-4bfc73751bcf 1175-5326 11611277 6E261F38-7196-4C87-AE81-E09996D055F4 Thelcticopis maindroni Simon, 1906 Fig. 27 Thelcticopis maindroni Simon, 1906: 295 , fig. 2 ( ♂ ). Tikader & Sethi 1990: 184 , figs 50–51 ( ♂ ). Type material. Holotype ♂ , INDIA : Tamil Nadu : Coonoor , Nilgiri Hills [ca. 11°22’N , 76°46’E ; 1936 m a.s.l. ], November 1904 , M.M. Maindron leg. ( MNHN 17289 ); not examined as the type was not available for the present study). Distribution. India ( Tamil Nadu ) ( Simon 1906 ) ( Fig. 27 ). Remarks. Interpreting the illustration of the male palp given in Simon (1906 : fig. 2) and in Tikader and Sethi (1990 : fig. 51), and considering the same size (PL 6.0 in T. maindroni , 5.9 in T. rufula ), the similar pattern on the dorsal opisthosoma and the close vicinity of both type localities, we strongly suspect this species could be a junior synonym of T . rufula , but its type material must be compared directly against the holotype of T . maindroni , which was not available for this study, neither was topotypic material available.