Taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Oxytate L. Koch, 1878 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from India Author Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal 0000-0002-0325-3981 sudhinpp @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0325 - 3981 sudhinpp@gmail.com Author Sen, Souvik text Zootaxa 2023 2023-07-13 5315 6 549 558 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5315.6.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.6.2 1175-5326 8142462 9569129E-685F-4EE1-B8A5-A9811A4C27B2 Oxytate chlorion ( Simon, 1906 ) Figs 1A–D , 5A , 7 Dieta chlorion Simon, 1906: 286 (description of female) Type material. Holotype female from INDIA : Tamil Nadu : Nilgiris, Simon leg., 1906, deposited in (MNHN), examined. FIGURES 1A–I. Oxytate chlorion ( Simon, 1906 ) (A–D), and Oxytate greenae ( Tikader, 1980 ) (E–I). A, E Holotype female, dorsal view; B, F Same, ventral view; C, G Epigyne ventral view; H Vulva, dorsal view; D, I Labels. Scale bars: A–B: 5 mm. C: 0.5 mm; E–F: 2 mm. G–H: 0.2 mm. Oxytate chlorion © MNHN, Paris. Diagnosis. The female epigyne of O. chlorion is most similar to that of Oxytate forcipata Zhang & Yin, 1998 , from which it can be easily distinguished by the relatively narrower anterior hood (broader in O. forcipata ), and postero-medially placed and inwardly oriented copulatory openings (medio-laterally placed and anteriorly oriented in O. forcipata ) (cf. Figs 1C , 5A with fig. 1 in Zhang & Yin, 1998 , and fig. 280B in Song et al. 1999 ). Redescription. Female ( holotype , Figs 1A–D ). Measurements: Body length 6.82. Carapace length 2.83, width 2.41. Abdomen length 3.86, width 1.97. Eye diameters: ALE 0.08. AME 0.06. PLE 0.07. PME 0.06. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.18, ALE–AME 0.12, PME–PME 0.19, PLE–PME 0.29, ALE–PLE 0.25, AME–PME 0.24, ALE–ALE 0.51, PLE–PLE 0.85, AME–PLE 0.45, ALE–PME 0.21. Measurements of legs: I 10.07 [3.12, 1.03, 2.43, 2.38, 1.11], II 9.75 [3.03, 0.96, 1.31, 1.10, 0.70], III 5.84 [1.61, 0.68, 1.71, 1.12, 0.72], IV 5.68 [2.14, 0.43, 1.31, 1.10, 0.70]. Leg formula: 1234. Colour in alcohol: overall pale yellow to colourless, markings faintly visible ( Figs 1A–B ). Epigyne as in Figs 1C , 5A : epigyne with broad anterior hood; copulatory openings large, rounded, inwardly oriented, located postero-medially to the epigyne ( Figs 1C , 5A ). Male. Unknown. Distribution. India : Tamil Nadu ( Simon 1906 ) ( Fig. 7 ).