A review of the genus Sphingius Thorell, 1890 from India (Araneae: Liocranidae)
Author
Sankaran, Pradeep M.
Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India
Author
Caleb, John T. D.
0000-0002-9471-9467
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700 053, India caleb 87 woodgate @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9471 - 9467
caleb87woodgate@gmail.com
Author
Sebastian, Pothalil A.
0000-0002-4936-4310
Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India & drpothalil @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4936 - 4310
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-23
4896
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505
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journal article
9199
10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.3
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1175-5326
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Cambalida kambakamensis
(
Gravely, 1931
)
comb. nov.
Figs 12–13
Sphingius kambakamensis
Gravely, 1931: 271
, fig. 19D;
Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 154
, figs 326–329.
Type material.
Syntype
Ƌ from
INDIA
:
Andhra Pradesh
: about
50 miles
north-west of
Chennai
:
Kambakam Hills
(
13°34’03.5’’N
,
79°50’29.1’’E
),
609–702 m
(
2000–2500 ft
) a.s.l., leg.
F.H. Gravely
,
28–31 August 1922
, deposited in NZC-ZSI (no register number), examined (
Fig. 12F
)
.
Justification of the transfer.
Detailed examination of the
syntype
of
S. kambakamensis
Gravely, 1931
revealed that the pedipalp of this species is similar to that of the corinnid genus
Cambalida
Simon, 1909
, as illustrated for
C. deorsa
Murthappa, Prajapati, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016
and
C. tuma
Murthappa, Prajapati, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016
(compare
Figs 12
C–E, 13A–C with
Murthappa
et al.
2016
: figs 2A–C, 3A–C). Based on these observations, we propose to transfer
S. kambakamensis
to
Cambalida
.
Diagnosis.
This species seems very close to
C. deorsa
, but can be separated from the latter by its embolic tip, which is slightly curved, while in
C. deorsa
it is straight (compare
Fig. 13
B–C with
Murthappa
et al.
2016
: figs 2C, 3C).
Remarks.
The ZSI collection has one glass bottle for this species labelled as “
Type
” (5753/H2) containing a male specimen in fairly good condition, with broken legs. Both of its pedipalps are remained detached, but only the left one is found inside the bottle.