First description of the male of the type species Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and description of a new Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from India
Author
Murthappa, Prashanthakumara S.
Author
Malamel, Jobi J.
Author
Prajapati, Dhruv A.
Author
Sebastian, Pothalil A.
Author
Venkateshwarlu, Mididoddi
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-08
4344
3
589
596
journal article
31585
10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.9
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1175-5326
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Chrysso makiling
(Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2015)
comb. nov.
Chrysso makiling
Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2015
;
Figs. 1A–D
(Generic name misspelled; description and illustration of
♀
[
Type
from
Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve
, Los Banos,
Laguna
,
Philippines
;
A.T Barrion
leg.; repository Arachnological collection of the
UP
Los Banos Museum
of Natural History (UPLBMNH), College, laguna, Philippines- Not examined]).
Justification for the transfer.
Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, (2015) described this species only from the female specimen. The original drawings and descriptive characters given by Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, (2015;
Figs. 1A–D
) indicate that this species shares the characteristic features of
Meotipa
rather than
Chrysso
: Opisthosoma with black lanceolate spines dorsally, long legs with lanceolate spines (in
chrysso
spines are sharp or needle like) middorsally and anteriodorsally. All these characters clearly suggest the evidence for the transfer and hereby we transfer this species from
Chrysso
to
Meotipa
.