New species of Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae, Palpimaninae), with a catalogue of the Indian palpimanid fauna Author Tripathi, Rishikesh 755C1120-025C-4F96-9FFF-ECD878A8DC3C Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680 125, India. rishikeshtripathi14@gmail.com Author Sankaran, Pradeep M. 0AEC69AA-7E17-401F-B83B-280C2F04AC6E Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India. pradeepmspala@rediffmail.com Author Kuni, Nikhil C2DB57B0-6270-40D3-8672-5C86362944E6 Department of Zoology, Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur, Maharashtra 413 003, India. nikhilkuni33@gmail.com Author Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil V. 97DD9CE0-7619-4ED7-85AA-09CE70210965 Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680 125, India. avsudhi@rediffmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-09-08 891 26 50 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.891.2265 journal article 267060 10.5852/ejt.2023.891.2265 b3c1c0fc-0bb4-4419-979e-c02c1f7baf28 2118-9773 8334945 C0AD31F0-5059-4E24-9CAE-C7EC6827228A Key to Indian species of Palpimanus Male of P . vultuosus is excluded from the key as it is unknown and the detail of its female was taken from Simon (1897) . Details of P . narsinhmehtai were taken from Prajapati et al. (2021) . 1. Males.................................................................................................................................................. 2 – Females .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Dorsal arm of embolic stalk (DAE) with short distomedian process, median arm of embolic stalk (MAE) tongue-shaped ( Fig. 6B ).......................................................................... P. godawan sp. nov. – Dorsal arm of embolic stalk (DAE) with long distomedian process, median arm of embolic stalk (MAE) cone-shaped ( Figs 11B , 12C ; Prajapati et al. 2021 : fig. 17) ................................................. 3 3. Prolateral arm of embolic stalk (PAE) with lateral folding, median arm of embolic stalk (MAE) short ( Fig. 11B ).............................................................................................................. P. maldhok sp. nov. – Prolateral arm of embolic stalk (PAE) lacks lateral folding, median arm of embolic stalk (MAE) large ( Fig. 12A, C ; Prajapati et al. 2021 : fig. 18)................. P. narsinhmehtai Prajapati, Hun & Raval, 2021 4. Sternum covered with long whitish setae ( Simon 1897 ) ............................ P. vultuosus Simon, 1897 – Sternum lacks covering of long whitish setae ( Figs 3H , 8H )............................................................ 5 5. Receptacles (RE) sac-like, posterior part of receptacles (PRE) flat and strongly twisted ( Fig. 6E ).... ............................................................................................................................. P. godawan sp. nov. – Receptacles (RE) balloon-shaped or reniform, posterior part of receptacles (PRE) cylindrical and weakly twisted ( Fig. 11E ; Prajapati et al. 2021 : fig. 20) ................................................................... 6 6. Receptacles (RE) balloon-shaped, accessory glands (AG) originate distolaterally to posterior part of receptacles (PRE) ( Figs 10F , 11E )........................................................................ P. maldhok sp. nov. – Receptacles (RE) reniform, accessory glands (AG) originate medially to posterior part of receptacles (PRE) ( Prajapati et al. 2021 : fig. 20) ....................................................................... P. narsinhmehtai