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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFC1CFB06D5E2BF3A" box="[905,1001,1273,1299]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">T. rufula</emphasis>
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;
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.
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<subSubSection id="BDDD651BFFDAFFAFFF52FABCD794BDFA" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="F5783690FFDAFFAFFF52FABCD4C4BFC1" blockId="22.[151,1437,1168,2039]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFF52FABCD749BF73" bold="true" box="[199,322,1344,1370]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Males of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFE2DFABDD7C3BF73" box="[440,456,1345,1370]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFE42FABCD410BF73" box="[471,539,1344,1370]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">rufula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are similar to those of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFCBCFABDD5BCBF73" box="[809,951,1344,1370]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">T. nalandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFC2AFABCD24FBF73" bold="true" box="[959,1092,1344,1370]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">comb. rest.</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="32C74D13FFDAFFAFFBEBFABDD2FBBF73" baseAuthorityName="Karsch" baseAuthorityYear="1879" box="[1150,1264,1345,1370]" class="Arachnida" family="Sparassidae" genus="Thelcticopis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paripes">
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFBEBFABDD2FBBF73" box="[1150,1264,1345,1370]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">T. paripes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFB6CFABCD375BF73" bold="true" box="[1273,1406,1344,1370]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">comb. rest.</emphasis>
in having a massive U-shaped embolus with a centrally situated tip and a large conductor situated in retrolateral half of tegulum, but can be distinguished from these two species by the distinctly shorter dRTA and the conductor having a blunt tip (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFE82FA55D7AABFED" box="[279,417,1449,1476]" captionStart="FIGURES 17" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,181,1822]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[151,1436,181,1822]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 17AF. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars:AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611331/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Figs 17DE</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFE38FA56D7F4BFED" box="[429,511,1450,1476]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">18AB</figureCitation>
) vs. long dRTA reaching distally well into proximal half of tegulum and conductor with acuminate tip (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFEE3FA31D408BFCE" box="[374,515,1485,1511]" captionStart="FIGURES 13" captionStartId="18.[151,264,1590,1614]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetId="figure-23@18.[151,1436,181,1567]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 13AD. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest., holotype male.AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral. Abbreviations: aE—apical narrow part of embolus; bE—basal broad part of embolus; C—conductor; CT—conductor tip; iT—internal tooth; TA—tegular apophysis; VO—ventral outgrowth of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611323" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611323/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Figs 13AB</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFD9BFA31D46ABFCE" box="[526,609,1485,1511]" captionStart="FIGURES 14" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[214,1374,193,1885]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[214,1374,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 14AL. Thelcticopis nalandica (Karsch, 1892) comb. rest, holotype male of Stasina nigropicta (AE), female (FL). AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C, I Eye arrangement, dorsal; D, JK Chelicerae, ventral (D, K left, J right); E Habitus, dorsal; F Epigyne, ventral; G Vulva, dorsal. H Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal. L Opisthosoma, dorsal. Abbreviation: CT—conductor tip. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611325" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611325/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">14AB</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFDF8FA31D4C9BFC1" box="[621,706,1485,1512]" captionStart="FIGURES 15" captionStartId="20.[151,264,1663,1687]" captionTargetBox="[160,1427,237,1634]" captionTargetId="figure-23@20.[160,1427,237,1640]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURES 15AD. Thelcticopis paripes (Karsch, 1879) comb. rest., holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral. Abbreviations: aE—apical narrow part of embolus; bE—basal broad part of embolus; C—conductor; CT—conductor tip; TA—tegular apophysis; vmB—ventro-medial branch of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611327" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611327/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">15AB</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F5783690FFDAFFAFFF52FA0CD349BD99" blockId="22.[151,1437,1168,2039]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFF52FA0CD418BC23" bold="true" box="[199,531,1520,1546]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Supplementary description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFD8FFA0CD45FBC23" box="[538,596,1520,1546]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Male</emphasis>
(
<typeStatus id="2A7C8832FFDAFFAFFDF6FA0CD4C1BC23" box="[611,714,1520,1546]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
;
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFD43FA0CD56ABC23" box="[726,865,1520,1546]" captionStart="FIGURES 17" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,181,1822]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[151,1436,181,1822]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 17AF. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars:AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611331/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Figs 17AB</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFCF8FA0CD5B4BC23" box="[877,959,1520,1546]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">18CE</figureCitation>
). Colouration: brown [colour after
<bibRefCitation id="91564B61FFDAFFAFFADFFA0CD6D8BC04" author="Pocock, R. I." pageId="22" pageNumber="323" pagination="478 - 498" refId="ref18596" refString="Pocock, R. I. (1901) Descriptions of some new species of spiders from British India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 13, 478 - 498." type="journal article" year="1901">Pocock 1901</bibRefCitation>
: carapace, chelicera castaneous; sternum, legs ochre-yellow, all these clothed with grey-white or yellowish setae; opisthosoma dirty yellow-grey; dorsal opisthosoma with a median band of black spots; laterals provided with black spots; tibia III provided with six pairs of ventro-lateral spines]. Thoracic striae evident. Fovea deep, longitudinal, straight. Chelicerae with three promarginal and six retromarginal teeth (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFBC3F981D2B4BCBE" box="[1110,1215,1661,1687]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Fig. 18D</figureCitation>
). Body length 11.5. Carapace 5.9 long, 5.0 wide. Opisthosoma 5.6 long, 3.59 wide. Chelicerae 0.98 long. Eye sizes and interdistances (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFF0AF93FD701BCF4" box="[159,266,1731,1757]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Fig. 18C</figureCitation>
): AME 0.35, ALE 0.36, PME 0.28, PLE 0.25; AMEAME 0.49, AMEALE 0.64, AMEPME 0.46, ALEPLE 0.35, PMEPME 0.79, PMEPLE 0.81.
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFD7BF91AD528BD29" box="[750,803,1766,1792]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Palp</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFCA0F91AD5C9BD29" box="[821,962,1766,1792]" captionStart="FIGURES 17" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,181,1822]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[151,1436,181,1822]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 17AF. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars:AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611331/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Figs 17CE</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFC45F91AD22DBD29" box="[976,1062,1766,1793]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">18AB</figureCitation>
): cymbium with small proximo-retrolateral bulge (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFEFDF8F5D7DFBD0D" box="[360,468,1801,1828]" captionStart="FIGURES 17" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,181,1822]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[151,1436,181,1822]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 17AF. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars:AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611331/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Figs 17D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFE77F8F6D41EBD0D" box="[482,533,1802,1828]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">18A</figureCitation>
), with a brush of cymbial scopula dorsally in distal half (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFB35F8F5D30CBD0D" box="[1184,1287,1801,1828]" captionStart="FIGURES 17" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,181,1822]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[151,1436,181,1822]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 17AF. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars:AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611331/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Fig. 17E</figureCitation>
). Tibia short, i.e., half as long as cymbium (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFE7DF8D1D444BD6E" box="[488,591,1837,1863]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Fig. 18A</figureCitation>
), with short RTA; vRTA long, broad, claw-like in ventral view, dRTA short, conical; with a short, triangular VDL (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFDC1F8ACD4EABD43" box="[596,737,1872,1898]" captionStart="FIGURES 17" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,181,1822]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[151,1436,181,1822]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 17AF. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars:AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611331/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Figs 17CE</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFD7BF8ACD54FBD43" box="[750,836,1872,1898]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">18AB</figureCitation>
). Tegular apophysis arising from tegulum in 4.30-o clock position, with inwardly directed apex (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFD08F88FD521BDA4" box="[669,810,1907,1933]" captionStart="FIGURES 17" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,181,1822]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[151,1436,181,1822]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 17AF. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars:AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611331/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Figs 17CE</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFCADF88FD586BDA4" box="[824,909,1907,1933]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">18AB</figureCitation>
). Conductor arising prolaterally, broad, its tip more or less proximad (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFE34F86AD420BD99" box="[417,555,1942,1968]" captionStart="FIGURES 17" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1846,1870]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,181,1822]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[151,1436,181,1822]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 17AF. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars:AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611331" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611331/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Figs 17DE</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFDA2F86AD486BD99" box="[567,653,1942,1968]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">18AB</figureCitation>
). Embolus covered by conductor, visible centrally (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFDAFFAFFB59F86AD33EBD99" box="[1228,1333,1942,1968]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Fig. 18A</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="F5783690FFDAFFAFFF52F845D794BDFA" blockId="22.[151,1437,1168,2039]" box="[199,415,1977,2004]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFF52F845D710BDFA" box="[199,283,1977,2003]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Female</emphasis>
. Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BDDD651BFFDAFFAFFF52F820D555BDDE" box="[199,862,2012,2039]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="F5783690FFDAFFAFFF52F820D555BDDE" blockId="22.[151,1437,1168,2039]" box="[199,862,2012,2039]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDAFFAFFF52F820D76ABDDF" bold="true" box="[199,353,2012,2038]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="8DD07600FFDAFFAFFEF2F821D7AABDDE" box="[359,417,2013,2039]" name="India" pageId="22" pageNumber="323">India</collectingCountry>
(Nilgiri Hills) (
<bibRefCitation id="91564B61FFDAFFAFFDC4F821D4EDBDDE" author="Pocock, R. I." box="[593,742,2013,2039]" pageId="22" pageNumber="323" pagination="478 - 498" refId="ref18596" refString="Pocock, R. I. (1901) Descriptions of some new species of spiders from British India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 13, 478 - 498." type="journal article" year="1901">Pocock 1901</bibRefCitation>
) (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="F5783690FFDBFFAEFF02F8CAD4D1BDBF" blockId="23.[151,1436,1846,1944]" pageId="23" pageNumber="324">
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDBFFAEFF02F8CAD756BD67" bold="true" box="[151,349,1846,1870]" pageId="23" pageNumber="324">FIGURES 17AF.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFDBFFAEFEF0F8CAD423BD67" box="[357,552,1846,1870]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="324">Thelcticopis rufula</emphasis>
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, holotype male. AB Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); CE Left palp (C prolateral, D ventral, E retrolateral); F Labels in the holotype vial. Scale bars: AE, 1 mm. Photographs by Danniella Sherwood, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD4FFA1FF02F944D768BCF8" bold="true" box="[151,355,1720,1745]" pageId="24" pageNumber="325">FIGURES 18AE.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD4FFA1FEFAF944D43EBCF9" box="[367,565,1720,1744]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="325">Thelcticopis rufula</emphasis>
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, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger.
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<subSubSection id="BDDD651BFFD4FFA0FF52F8BBD407BAD0" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="326" pageId="24" pageNumber="325" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="F5783690FFD4FFA0FF52F8BBD407BAD0" blockId="24.[151,1437,1863,2033]" lastBlockId="25.[151,1436,151,249]" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="326" pageId="24" pageNumber="325">
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD4FFA1FF52F8BBD730BD48" bold="true" box="[199,315,1863,1889]" pageId="24" pageNumber="325">Remarks.</emphasis>
The RTA of the palp of
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was found detached from the palp (
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) when recently recurated by DS, and it is unknown when or how this damage occurred; the palp was previously intact in the early 2000s (PJ pers. obs.,
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFD4FFA1FE5BF873D457BD80" box="[462,604,1935,1961]" captionStart="FIGURES 18" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1720,1744]" captionTargetBox="[154,1436,197,1681]" captionTargetId="figure-23@24.[151,1436,181,1697]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 18AE. Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901, holotype male. AB Left palp (A ventral, B retrolateral); C Eye arrangement, dorsal; D Left chelicera, ventral; E Habitus, dorsal. Abbreviations: C—conductor; dRTA—dorsal part of RTA; TA—tegular apophysis; vRTA—ventral part of RTA. Drawings by Peter Jäger." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611333" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611333/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="325">Figs 18AB</figureCitation>
). Initially,
<bibRefCitation id="91564B61FFD4FFA1FD4DF873D575BD80" author="Pocock, R. I." box="[728,894,1935,1961]" pageId="24" pageNumber="325" pagination="478 - 498" refId="ref18596" refString="Pocock, R. I. (1901) Descriptions of some new species of spiders from British India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 13, 478 - 498." type="journal article" year="1901">Pocock (1901)</bibRefCitation>
labelled this species with the manuscript name
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD4FFA1FF34F848D729BDE4" box="[161,290,1971,1997]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="325">T. parvulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was never published. Occasionally, Pococks historical spider material carries manuscript names that differ from the valid names he later provided to the species when they were published (DS pers. obs.). Considering the somatic colouration and locality details,
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD5FFA0FCB0FF6BD53EBA99" box="[805,821,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="326">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD5FFA0FCD0FF6BD57EBA99" box="[837,885,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="326">ajax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be the matching sex of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD5FFA0FB41FF6BD2EFBA99" box="[1236,1252,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="326">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD5FFA0FB61FF6BD333BA98" box="[1268,1336,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="326">rufula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the female specimen identified as
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD5FFA0FE7BFF47D7F5BAFD" box="[494,510,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="326">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD5FFA0FD9FFF47D445BAFC" box="[522,590,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="326">rufula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="91564B61FFD5FFA0FDE9FF47D53CBAFC" author="Reimoser, E." box="[636,823,187,213]" pageId="25" pageNumber="326" pagination="465 - 511" refId="ref18655" refString="Reimoser, E. (1934) Araneae aus Sud-Indien. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 41, 465 - 511." type="journal article" year="1934">Reimoser (1934)</bibRefCitation>
and stored at MHNG (
<figureCitation id="6DFC2A15FFD5FFA0FBA5FF47D274BAFC" box="[1072,1151,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 19" captionStartId="25.[151,264,1400,1424]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,309,1377]" captionTargetId="figure-68@25.[151,1436,309,1377]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURES 19AC. Thelcticopis spec., female examined and probably misidentified as Thelcticopis rufula Pocock, 1901 by Reimoser (1934). A Habitus, dorsal; B Epigyne, ventral; C Labels in the vial. Scale bar: B, 0.5 mm. Photographs by Lionel Monod, © MHNG, Geneva." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11611335" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11611335/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="326">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
) could be a misidentified, unknown species of
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<emphasis id="C7B3EA82FFD5FFA0FEE8FF23D40DBAD0" box="[381,518,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="326">Thelcticopis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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