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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F2CFF84FF74E22EF899046A" bold="true" box="[151,409,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="115">Nihonhimea indicum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F2CFF84FF74E2CAF84A0488" box="[151,330,1959,1983]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="115">Theridion indica</emphasis>
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, f. 5A-C (description of female)
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;
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, figs 499-503, pl. 19 (description and illustration of female).
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,
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, coll.
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(
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.
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFF16E46AF86E0216" bold="true" box="[245,366,263,289]" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFE61E46AFB690215" box="[386,617,263,290]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">Theridion indicum</emphasis>
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was originally described based on
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specimens from South Andaman,
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(
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) and subsequently reported from
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(
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Sen
<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFA64E447F9AE0252" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">et al</emphasis>
., 2015
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). However,
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reported
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFC2BE427FC080252" box="[968,1288,330,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">Achaearanea brookesiana</emphasis>
Barrion &amp; Litsinger
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, from mainland
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and mentioned that this species could be the synonym of
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFB56E400FDC502B1" box="[1205,1221,365,390]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">T</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFAD5E401FC3A02B0" box="[1334,1338,364,391]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">,</emphasis>
without examining the type material. Later on,
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was transfeered to the genus
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFB69E4E3FC28029E" box="[1162,1320,398,425]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">Parasteatoda</emphasis>
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based on genitalia characters (
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). We have studied the genitalia of the
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female of
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFB3DE4DCFC5D02FC" box="[1246,1373,432,459]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">T. indicum</emphasis>
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from National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of
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, Kolkata. The epigynum have thick and short ducts, globular spermathecae and two openings on both sides of the depression (
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). The abdomen is having a median cardiac pattern with lateral light lines (
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). These characters are showing the affinity of
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFF74E755F81A0166" box="[151,282,566,593]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">T. indicum</emphasis>
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towards the genus
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFDF7E75BFBA40166" box="[532,676,566,593]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">Nihonhimea</emphasis>
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. Further, based on descriptions and illustrations provided by
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, it is certain that
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFD93E734FBF50144" box="[624,757,600,627]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">T. indicum</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFCE9E734FAC20144" box="[778,962,600,627]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">A. brookesiana</emphasis>
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may be junior synonyms of the very variable and widespread species
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<emphasis id="C5BEC5506F23FF8BFDC8E717FA2F01A2" box="[555,815,634,661]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="116">Nihonhimea mundula</emphasis>
(L. Koch, 1872)
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, which was already known from
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. So, on the basis of external morphology and the structure of the genitalia, this species can be transferred to the genus
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.
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