A review of the Indian species formerly assigned to the genus Storena Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with the description of a new genus
Author
Sankaran, Pradeep M.
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Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India.
pradeepmspala@rediffmail.com
Author
Caleb, John T. D.
2B3052EB-5000-4A94-8E38-F88CC308ECAD
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700 053, India.
caleb87woodgate@gmail.com
Author
Sebastian, Pothalil A.
C22767DA-4C75-4685-B77E-2AB058C1091D
Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India.
drpothalil@rediffmail.com
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-08-24
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1
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2020.707
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Laminion arakuensis
(
Patel & Reddy, 1989
)
gen. et comb. nov.
Fig. 9
Storena arakuensis
Patel & Reddy, 1989: 223
, fig. 1a–h.
Type material
Holotype
(not examined)
INDIA
•
♀
;
Andhra Pradesh
,
Visakhapatnam
,
Araku Valley
;
18°19′38.45″ N
,
82°52′39.08″ E
;
919 m
a.s.l.
;
28 Sep. 1985
;
T.S. Reddy
leg.; NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no register number specified). (The original illustrations of habitus and genitalia were used for comparison.)
Paratypes
(not examined)
INDIA
•
2 ♀♀
; same collection data as for holotype; NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no register number specified)
.
Allotypes
(not examined)
INDIA
•
3 ♂♂
; same collection data as for holotype; NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no register number specified).
Male
Unknown.
Justification of the transfer
Patel & Reddy (1989)
described this species on the basis of male and female specimens collected in
Andhra Pradesh
. Although we did not examine the
types
of this species, the female genitalia illustrated for this species clearly show the presence of sclerotised lateral and median epigynal plates (
Patel & Reddy 1989
: fig. 1c), which allows the inclusion of this species in
Laminion
gen. nov.
Remarks
We were unable to trace out the
types
of
S
.
arakuensis
in the arachnid collection of ZSI, even though the authors mentioned that the
types
would be deposited here (
Patel & Reddy 1989
).