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The eXceptionally tall and thin abdominal projection is characteristic for female
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). This species is morphologically and geographically distributed close to
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; morphologically for presence of rod-shaped projection in epigynal atrium, but distinguishable by its trifid (
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) (vs. flat, quandrangular (
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)) shape, shorter and wider copulatory ducts (vs. narrow, long) and spermathecae being separated by less than their diameter. Copulatory duct 2.1 times longer than spermatheca width (
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) (vs. 3.5 times longer (
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)). Width of epigynal projection at tip 0.5 times atrium radius (
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), (vs. equal to atrium radius (
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)). Males of
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have straight embolus (
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) (vs. coiled in
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,
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) eXceeding 1.7 times conductor length (vs. about 1.3 times in
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FD9C3CC6FC018EFC" box="[692,926,1174,1197]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Meotipa spiniventris</emphasis>
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)
</taxonomicName>
, 1.1 times in
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFBF3CEAFD8B8E83" authority="Simon, 1895" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1895" box="[151,532,1209,1234]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vesiculosa">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFBF3CEAFEEB8E83" box="[151,372,1209,1234]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Meotipa vesiculosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DE4650D57E0FFFA5FE563CE9FD8B8E83" author="Simon" box="[382,532,1209,1234]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" refString="Simon, E. (1895) Etudes arachnologiques. 26 e. XLI. Descriptions d'especes et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 64, 131 - 160." type="journal article" year="1895">Simon, 1895</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, receding in
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FD873CEAFB058E83" authority="Yaginuma, 1952" authorityName="Yaginuma" authorityYear="1952" box="[687,1178,1209,1234]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argyrodiformis">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FD873CEAFC218E83" box="[687,958,1209,1234]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Meotipa argyrodiformis</emphasis>
(Yaginuma, 1952)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FB813CEAFE1C8EA7" authority="Mello-Leitao, 1917" authorityName="Mello-Leitao" authorityYear="1917" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulcherrima">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FB813CEAFA038E83" box="[1193,1436,1209,1234]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Meotipa pulcherrima</emphasis>
(Mello-Leitão, 1917)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FE923C8EFC518EA7" authority="Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009" authorityName="Deeleman-Reinhold" authorityYear="2009" box="[442,974,1245,1270]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thalerorum">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FE923C8EFD048EA7" box="[442,667,1245,1270]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Meotipa thalerorum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DE4650D57E0FFFA5FD8A3C8DFC518EA7" author="Deeleman-Reinhold" box="[674,974,1245,1270]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" refString="Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2009) Spiny theridiids in the Asian tropics. Systematics, notes on behaviour and species richness (Araneae: Theridiidae: Chrysso, Meotipa). Contributions to Natural History, 12, 403 - 436." type="journal article" year="2009">Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E0FFFA5FFEF3D52FC2E8F4B" blockId="2.[151,1437,885,1306]" box="[199,945,1281,1306]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
For differential diagnosis to female
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FD703D52FD2A8F48" box="[600,693,1282,1305]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FD703D52FD2A8F48" box="[600,693,1282,1305]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Meotipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, refer
<tableCitation id="F755189F7E0FFFA5FC7F3D51FC348F4B" box="[855,939,1281,1306]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,239,1353,1376]" captionText="TABLE 1. Differential diagnoses in female sex of Meotipa species other than M. picturata." pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Table 1</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="EEA87DAC7E0FFFA5FFBF3D19FBF98F31" box="[151,1126,1353,1376]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<paragraph id="BA682D247E0FFFA5FFBF3D19FBF98F31" blockId="2.[151,1126,1353,1376]" box="[151,1126,1353,1376]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFBF3D19FE958F31" bold="true" box="[151,266,1353,1376]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Differential diagnoses in female sex of
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FD9C3D19FC928F31" box="[692,781,1353,1376]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Meotipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species other than
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FCF23D19FBC08F31" box="[986,1119,1353,1376]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="picturata">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FCF23D19FBC08F31" box="[986,1119,1353,1376]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. picturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E0FFFA5FFB73D2CFAF38D57" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<table id="C8D7DF847E0F0058FFB73D2CFAF38D57" box="[159,1388,1404,1798]" gridcols="5" gridrows="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73D2CFAF38FC3" box="[159,1388,1404,1426]" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73D2CFEED8FC3" box="[159,370,1404,1426]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Species vs. character</th>
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93D2CFDFB8FC3" box="[401,612,1404,1426]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Median epigynal rod</th>
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503D2CFCC08FC3" box="[632,863,1404,1426]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae distance</th>
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563D2CFBCD8FC3" box="[894,1106,1404,1426]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">CD: spermathecae</th>
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3D2CFAF38FC3" box="[1175,1388,1404,1426]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">FD: Spermathecae</th>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73DF5FAF38FEA" box="[159,1388,1445,1467]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73DF5FEED8FEA" box="[159,370,1445,1467]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73DF6FE868FEA" box="[159,281,1445,1467]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sahyadri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73DF6FE868FEA" box="[159,281,1445,1467]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93904C4D7E0FFFA5FE373DF6FEC68FEA" box="[287,345,1446,1467]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" rank="species">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FE373DF6FEC68FEA" bold="true" box="[287,345,1446,1467]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93DF5FDFB8FEA" box="[401,612,1445,1467]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">present</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503DF5FCC08FEA" box="[632,863,1445,1467]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">less than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563DF5FBCD8FEA" box="[894,1106,1445,1467]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">CD longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3DF5FAF38FEA" box="[1175,1388,1445,1467]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73D9EFAF38FB4" box="[159,1388,1486,1509]" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73D9EFEED8FB4" box="[159,370,1486,1509]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73D80FEB48FB5" box="[159,299,1486,1509]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vesiculosa">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73D80FEB48FB5" box="[159,299,1486,1509]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. vesiculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93D9EFDFB8FB4" box="[401,612,1486,1509]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">absent</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503D9EFCC08FB4" box="[632,863,1486,1509]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">less than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563D9EFBCD8FB4" box="[894,1106,1486,1509]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3D9EFAF38FB4" box="[1175,1388,1486,1509]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73DA8FAF38C5F" box="[159,1388,1528,1550]" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73DA8FEED8C5F" box="[159,370,1528,1550]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73DA9FEAD8C5F" box="[159,306,1528,1550]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thalerorum">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73DA9FEAD8C5F" box="[159,306,1528,1550]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. thalerorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93DA8FDFB8C5F" box="[401,612,1528,1550]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">absent</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503DA8FCC08C5F" box="[632,863,1528,1550]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">less than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563DA8FBCD8C5F" box="[894,1106,1528,1550]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3DA8FAF38C5F" box="[1175,1388,1528,1550]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73E71FAF38C66" box="[159,1388,1569,1591]" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73E71FEED8C66" box="[159,370,1569,1591]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73E72FED78C66" box="[159,328,1569,1591]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bituberculata">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73E72FED78C66" box="[159,328,1569,1591]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. bituberculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93E71FDFB8C66" box="[401,612,1569,1591]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">absent</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503E71FCC08C66" box="[632,863,1569,1591]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">less than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563E71FBCD8C66" box="[894,1106,1569,1591]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">CD longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3E71FAF38C66" box="[1175,1388,1569,1591]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">FD longer</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73E1AFAF38C31" box="[159,1388,1610,1632]" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73E1AFEED8C31" box="[159,370,1610,1632]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73E1BFEBC8C31" box="[159,291,1611,1632]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impatiens">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73E1BFEBC8C31" box="[159,291,1611,1632]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. impatiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93E1AFDFB8C31" box="[401,612,1610,1632]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">absent</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503E1AFCC08C31" box="[632,863,1610,1632]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">more than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563E1AFBCD8C31" box="[894,1106,1610,1632]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">CD longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3E1AFAF38C31" box="[1175,1388,1610,1632]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">FD longer</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73E24FAF38CDB" box="[159,1388,1652,1674]" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73E24FEED8CDB" box="[159,370,1652,1674]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73E25FE968CDB" box="[159,265,1652,1674]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pallida">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73E25FE968CDB" box="[159,265,1652,1674]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. pallida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93E24FDFB8CDB" box="[401,612,1652,1674]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">absent</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503E24FCC08CDB" box="[632,863,1652,1674]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">more than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563E24FBCD8CDB" box="[894,1106,1652,1674]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">CD longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3E24FAF38CDB" box="[1175,1388,1652,1674]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">FD longer</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73ECDFAF38CE2" box="[159,1388,1693,1715]" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73ECDFEED8CE2" box="[159,370,1693,1715]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73ECEFEA88CE2" box="[159,311,1694,1715]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiniventris">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73ECEFEA88CE2" box="[159,311,1694,1715]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. spiniventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93ECDFDFB8CE2" box="[401,612,1693,1715]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">absent</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503ECDFCC08CE2" box="[632,863,1693,1715]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">less than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563ECDFBCD8CE2" box="[894,1106,1693,1715]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">CD longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3ECDFAF38CE2" box="[1175,1388,1693,1715]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73E96FAF38C8C" box="[159,1388,1734,1757]" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73E96FEED8C8C" box="[159,370,1734,1757]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73E98FEC78C8D" box="[159,344,1734,1757]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argyrodiformis">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73E98FEC78C8D" box="[159,344,1734,1757]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. argyrodiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93E96FDFB8C8C" box="[401,612,1734,1757]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">absent</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503E96FCC08C8C" box="[632,863,1734,1757]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">less than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563E96FBCD8C8C" box="[894,1106,1734,1757]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3E96FAF38C8C" box="[1175,1388,1734,1757]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04E72F667E0F0058FFB73EA0FAF38D57" box="[159,1388,1776,1798]" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<th id="4736461A7E0F0058FFB73EA0FEED8D57" box="[159,370,1776,1798]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0FFFA5FFB73EA1FEA18D57" box="[159,318,1776,1798]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulcherrima">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFB73EA1FEA18D57" box="[159,318,1776,1798]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">M. pulcherrima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FEB93EA0FDFB8D57" box="[401,612,1776,1798]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">absent</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FD503EA0FCC08D57" box="[632,863,1776,1798]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">more than diameter</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FC563EA0FBCD8D57" box="[894,1106,1776,1798]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
<td id="4736461A7E0F0058FBBF3EA0FAF38D57" box="[1175,1388,1776,1798]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Spermathecae longer</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="F2CD7EAF7E0FFFA5FFEF3F16FC5A8DD2" pageId="2" pageNumber="506" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="BA682D247E0FFFA5FFEF3F16FC5A8DD2" blockId="2.[151,1436,1862,1923]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0FFFA5FFEF3F16FED18D0E" bold="true" box="[199,334,1862,1887]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after Sahyadri (noun in apposition), a Sanskrit vernacular name for the northern Western Ghats which comprise all localities of the new species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="BA682D247E0EFFA4FFBF3FC5FDE58DBB" blockId="3.[151,1436,1941,2026]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FFBF3FC5FEA58DFA" bold="true" box="[151,314,1941,1964]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">FIGURES 16.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FE173FC7FE6C8DFD" box="[319,499,1942,1964]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">Meotipa sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93904C4D7E0EFFA4FED03FC7FDAE8DFD" box="[504,561,1943,1964]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507" rank="species">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FED03FC7FDAE8DFD" bold="true" box="[504,561,1943,1964]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, female from India, holotype.
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FC4C3FC6FCEE8DFA" bold="true" box="[868,881,1942,1963]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">1</emphasis>
Carapace, dorsal vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FB733FC6FBF78DFA" bold="true" box="[1115,1128,1942,1963]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">2</emphasis>
Cephalothorax, frontal vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FAA73FC6FA038DFA" bold="true" box="[1423,1436,1942,1963]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">3</emphasis>
Chelicera base, dorsal vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FE9E3FE5FE5C8D9B" bold="true" box="[438,451,1973,1994]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">4</emphasis>
Chelicera base, ventral vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FDD93FE5FD618D9B" bold="true" box="[753,766,1973,1994]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">5</emphasis>
Cephalothorax, ventral vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0EFFA4FB043FE5FBA68D9B" bold="true" box="[1068,1081,1973,1994]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">6</emphasis>
Cephalothorax, lateral vieW. Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Figs. 12); 0.5 mm (Figs. 56).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="EEA87DAC7E09FFA3FFBF3FC6FDB48DBB" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827658/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="508" targetBox="[208,1378,193,1921]" targetPageId="4">
<paragraph id="BA682D247E09FFA3FFBF3FC6FDB48DBB" blockId="4.[151,1436,1942,2026]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E09FFA3FFBF3FC6FED98DFD" bold="true" box="[151,326,1942,1965]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">FIGURES 711.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E09FFA3FE653FC8FD9D8DFD" box="[333,514,1942,1965]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">Meotipa sahyadri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E09FFA3FD203FC7FDDD8DFD" bold="true" box="[520,578,1943,1964]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, female
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E09FFA3FDB43FC7FD368DFD" bold="true" box="[668,681,1943,1964]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">7</emphasis>
Flattened setae on Leg IV
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E09FFA3FC973FC7FC538DFD" bold="true" box="[959,972,1943,1964]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">8</emphasis>
Flattened setae at abdomen base
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E09FFA3FA0C3FC7FAAE8DFD" bold="true" box="[1316,1329,1943,1964]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">9</emphasis>
Flattened, Cylindrical setae, Slit sensillum (inset and arroW) on leg IV
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E09FFA3FDD23FE5FC8C8D9B" bold="true" box="[762,787,1973,1994]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">10</emphasis>
trichobothrium on leg IV
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E09FFA3FB373FE5FBA88D9B" bold="true" box="[1055,1079,1973,1994]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">11</emphasis>
Tarsal comb on tarsus IV, close-up (inset). Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Fig. 78).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="BA682D247E08FFA2FFBF3F29FE9A8D9C" blockId="5.[151,1436,1913,1997]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FFBF3F29FEC78DDE" bold="true" box="[151,344,1913,1936]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">FIGURES 1217.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FE4A3F2BFD868DC1" box="[354,537,1914,1936]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">Meotipa sahyadri</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FD0B3F2AFDFF8DDE" bold="true" box="[547,608,1914,1935]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, female
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FDE83F2AFD458DDE" bold="true" box="[704,730,1914,1935]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">12</emphasis>
Live female, anterior vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FB2F3F2AFBBF8DDE" bold="true" box="[1031,1056,1914,1935]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">13</emphasis>
Live female, lateral vieW (note the translucent part of abdomen)
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FEE03FC8FE7E8DFC" bold="true" box="[456,481,1944,1965]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">14</emphasis>
Spinnerets
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FD743FC8FDEA8DFC" bold="true" box="[604,629,1944,1965]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">15</emphasis>
Anterior lateral spinnerets
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FCBA3FC8FC348DFC" bold="true" box="[914,939,1944,1965]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">16</emphasis>
Posterior median spinnerets
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E08FFA2FBF03FC8FB6E8DFC" bold="true" box="[1240,1265,1944,1965]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">17</emphasis>
Posterior lateral spinnerets.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="EEA87DAC7E0BFFA1FFBF3F24FAA38DF8" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827662/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" targetBox="[151,1435,273,1817]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="BA682D247E0BFFA1FFBF3F24FAA38DF8" blockId="6.[151,1436,1908,1961]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FFBF3F24FECA8DDB" bold="true" box="[151,341,1908,1931]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">FIGURES 1823.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E0BFFA1FE753F26FD8C8DDA" box="[349,531,1909,1931]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sahyadri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FE753F26FD8C8DDA" box="[349,531,1909,1931]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Meotipa sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FD333F25FDC98DDB" bold="true" box="[539,598,1909,1930]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, epigynum
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FDF93F25FD758DDB" bold="true" box="[721,746,1909,1930]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">18</emphasis>
dorsal vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FC5A3F25FC148DDB" bold="true" box="[882,907,1909,1930]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">19</emphasis>
antero-ventral vieW tilted at 45 degrees
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FA193F25FAD58DDB" bold="true" box="[1329,1354,1909,1930]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">20</emphasis>
Ventral vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FFE63FC3FF788DF9" bold="true" box="[206,231,1939,1960]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">21</emphasis>
Posterior vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FEAF3FC3FE3F8DF9" bold="true" box="[391,416,1939,1960]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">22</emphasis>
Epigynal projection
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0BFFA1FD5D3FC3FD118DF9" bold="true" box="[629,654,1939,1960]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">23</emphasis>
glands on spermathecal surface. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 1821).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="BA682D247E0AFFA0FFBF3FDBFA988D91" blockId="7.[151,1436,1931,1984]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0AFFA0FFBF3FDBFEC98DF0" bold="true" box="[151,342,1931,1954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">FIGURES 2428.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0AFFA0FE763FDDFD8B8DF3" box="[350,532,1932,1954]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">Meotipa sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0AFFA0FD343FDCFDC78DF0" bold="true" box="[540,600,1932,1953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, male
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0AFFA0FD883FDCFD268DF0" bold="true" box="[672,697,1932,1953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">24</emphasis>
live on female Web
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0AFFA0FCBB3FDCFC338DF0" bold="true" box="[915,940,1932,1953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">25</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0AFFA0FBA53FDCFB388DF0" bold="true" box="[1165,1191,1932,1953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">26</emphasis>
cephalothorax, anterior vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0AFFA0FFE63FFAFF788DEE" bold="true" box="[206,231,1962,1983]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">27</emphasis>
Habitus, ventral vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E0AFFA0FEE53FFAFE798DEE" bold="true" box="[461,486,1962,1983]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">28</emphasis>
Habitus, lateral vieW. Scale lines: 0.5 mm (Figs. 25, 2728); 0.2 mm (Fig. 26).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="BA682D247E05FFAFFFBF3E7AFD058C31" blockId="8.[151,1436,1578,1632]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFFBF3E7AFECB8C11" bold="true" box="[151,340,1578,1601]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">FIGURES 2933.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E05FFAFFE733E7CFD908C10" box="[347,527,1579,1601]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="8" pageNumber="512" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sahyadri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFE733E7CFD908C10" box="[347,527,1579,1601]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">Meotipa sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFD3E3E7BFDCF8C11" bold="true" box="[534,592,1579,1600]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, male, left palp
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFDDF3E7BFC8F8C11" bold="true" box="[759,784,1579,1600]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">29</emphasis>
ventral vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFCB53E7BFC298C11" bold="true" box="[925,950,1579,1600]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">30</emphasis>
retro-lateral
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFB143E7BFBCA8C11" bold="true" box="[1084,1109,1579,1600]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">31</emphasis>
pro-lateral vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFA2D3E7BFA818C11" bold="true" box="[1285,1310,1579,1600]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">32</emphasis>
Mesal vieW
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFFBF3E1AFF2F8C0E" bold="true" box="[151,176,1610,1631]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">33</emphasis>
Dorsal vieW. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 2930).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<typeStatus id="656C93867E05FFAFFFEF3ED7FE9D8CF1" box="[199,258,1671,1696]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">Type</typeStatus>
material.
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Sp. 358),
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,
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&amp;
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E05FFAFFFEF3E9FFE9D8DB5" blockId="8.[151,1436,1671,2020]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E05FFAFFFEF3E9FFD848CB9" bold="true" box="[199,539,1743,1768]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">Additional material studied.</emphasis>
1 male, 1 female (BNHS),
<date id="CE690BE47E05FFAFFC713E9FFC2F8CB9" box="[857,944,1743,1768]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512" value="2011-11">Xi.2011</date>
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<date id="CE690BE47E05FFAFFFBF3F47FF618D61" box="[151,254,1815,1840]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512" value="2012-08">viii.2012</date>
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<date id="CE690BE47E05FFAFFD863F47FD618D61" box="[686,766,1815,1840]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512" value="2016-10">X.2016</date>
, (type locality), coll. S. Yadav.
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,
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(
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E04FFAEFFBF3FF9FEC78DEE" bold="true" box="[151,344,1961,1984]" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">FIGURES 3438.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E04FFAEFD0F3FFAFDFA8DEE" bold="true" box="[551,613,1962,1983]" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, live female
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With egg sac, underleaf
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feeding on caterpillar
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E04FFAEFA1B3FFAFAD38DEE" bold="true" box="[1331,1356,1962,1983]" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">36</emphasis>
typical
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E04FFAEFFBF3F9AFF638D8E" box="[151,252,1994,2015]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">Meotipa</emphasis>
resting position
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E04FFAEFE8D3F99FE218D8F" bold="true" box="[421,446,1993,2014]" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">37</emphasis>
melanized form
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unknoWn deposition in translucent part of abdomen.
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF38C7FE288AE1" bold="true" box="[199,439,151,176]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
Description.
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</emphasis>
(
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).
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<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF38EDFCEC8B4C" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
Measurements. Total length—
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, Carapace length—
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, width—
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, height—
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. Abdomen length—
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, height—
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, Leg I—5.38/0.55/3.56/4.42/0.69, Leg II—3.78/0.55/2.21/3.14/0.71, Leg III—2.8/0.51/1.8/2.3/0.7, Leg IV—4.98/0.67/3.07/4.56/0.85.
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<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3977FD4A8B11" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,725,295,320]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Medium-sized, grossly yellowish-white spider.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF391CFE61886C" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF391CFEE78B34" box="[199,376,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Cephalothorax:</emphasis>
Carapace with dark brown inverted ‘Ψ’ (psi) mark, lateral margins brown (
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). Clypeus with mid-longitudinal brown stripe, narrowed at base, four times longer than AME diameter. AME dark eXcept on lateral sides, all other eyes pearly white (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFD4F39C4FD328BFD" box="[615,685,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1941,1964]" captionTargetBox="[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female from India, holotype. 1 Carapace, dorsal vieW 2 Cephalothorax, frontal vieW 3 Chelicera base, dorsal vieW 4 Chelicera base, ventral vieW 5 Cephalothorax, ventral vieW 6 Cephalothorax, lateral vieW. Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Figs. 1 2); 0.5 mm (Figs. 5 6)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827656/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Chelicerae white, surface smooth, bearing one anterior, two promarginal, one retro-marginal tooth; whiskered PES at base and stridulatory ridges on dorso-lateral and ventrolateral surface (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFE60398CFE128BA5" box="[328,397,476,501]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1941,1964]" captionTargetBox="[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female from India, holotype. 1 Carapace, dorsal vieW 2 Cephalothorax, frontal vieW 3 Chelicera base, dorsal vieW 4 Chelicera base, ventral vieW 5 Cephalothorax, ventral vieW 6 Cephalothorax, lateral vieW. Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Figs. 1 2); 0.5 mm (Figs. 5 6)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827656/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Fang surface dorsally smooth, ventrally serrated (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFCF5398CFBD28BA5" box="[989,1101,476,501]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1941,1964]" captionTargetBox="[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female from India, holotype. 1 Carapace, dorsal vieW 2 Cephalothorax, frontal vieW 3 Chelicera base, dorsal vieW 4 Chelicera base, ventral vieW 5 Cephalothorax, ventral vieW 6 Cephalothorax, lateral vieW. Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Figs. 1 2); 0.5 mm (Figs. 5 6)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827656/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Figs. 3, 4</figureCitation>
). Labium trapezoid, maXillae oval, both pale white; sternum sub-triangular, folded inwards at coXae (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFC9E39AFFC658849" box="[950,1018,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1941,1964]" captionTargetBox="[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female from India, holotype. 1 Carapace, dorsal vieW 2 Cephalothorax, frontal vieW 3 Chelicera base, dorsal vieW 4 Chelicera base, ventral vieW 5 Cephalothorax, ventral vieW 6 Cephalothorax, lateral vieW. Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Figs. 1 2); 0.5 mm (Figs. 5 6)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827656/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). In lateral view, cephalic region flat, thoraX elevated distally (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFE843A74FE6F886C" box="[428,496,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1941,1964]" captionTargetBox="[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[199,1390,195,1923]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female from India, holotype. 1 Carapace, dorsal vieW 2 Cephalothorax, frontal vieW 3 Chelicera base, dorsal vieW 4 Chelicera base, ventral vieW 5 Cephalothorax, ventral vieW 6 Cephalothorax, lateral vieW. Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Figs. 1 2); 0.5 mm (Figs. 5 6)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827656/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3A19FCE888A1" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3A19FE998831" box="[199,262,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Legs:</emphasis>
Legs slender, with brown, discrete rings on femora, tibia distally brown, metatarsus apically darker; black FS on patella to tibia (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFEF93A3CFD8B88D5" box="[465,532,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1965]" captionTargetBox="[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 7 Flattened setae on Leg IV 8 Flattened setae at abdomen base 9 Flattened, Cylindrical setae, Slit sensillum (inset and arroW) on leg IV 10 trichobothrium on leg IV 11 Tarsal comb on tarsus IV, close-up (inset). Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Fig. 7 8)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827658/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
); these setae longitudinally striated, bearing spinules and sharp apically (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFA623A3CFA1188D5" box="[1354,1422,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1965]" captionTargetBox="[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 7 Flattened setae on Leg IV 8 Flattened setae at abdomen base 9 Flattened, Cylindrical setae, Slit sensillum (inset and arroW) on leg IV 10 trichobothrium on leg IV 11 Tarsal comb on tarsus IV, close-up (inset). Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Fig. 7 8)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827658/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
). Cylindrical, forwardly pointed setae bearing spinules on all legs (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFCBC3ADFFC4388F9" box="[916,988,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1965]" captionTargetBox="[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 7 Flattened setae on Leg IV 8 Flattened setae at abdomen base 9 Flattened, Cylindrical setae, Slit sensillum (inset and arroW) on leg IV 10 trichobothrium on leg IV 11 Tarsal comb on tarsus IV, close-up (inset). Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Fig. 7 8)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827658/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
). Tibia, metatarsus bearing row of slit sensilla (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFFD33AE4FEA1889D" box="[251,318,692,717]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1965]" captionTargetBox="[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 7 Flattened setae on Leg IV 8 Flattened setae at abdomen base 9 Flattened, Cylindrical setae, Slit sensillum (inset and arroW) on leg IV 10 trichobothrium on leg IV 11 Tarsal comb on tarsus IV, close-up (inset). Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Fig. 7 8)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827658/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
) and short trichobothria (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFD763AE4FD46889D" box="[606,729,692,717]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1965]" captionTargetBox="[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 7 Flattened setae on Leg IV 8 Flattened setae at abdomen base 9 Flattened, Cylindrical setae, Slit sensillum (inset and arroW) on leg IV 10 trichobothrium on leg IV 11 Tarsal comb on tarsus IV, close-up (inset). Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Fig. 7 8)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827658/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Figs. 9, 10</figureCitation>
). Tarsal comb with elevated base, straight serrations, distinctly notched (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFFD73A87FED188A1" box="[255,334,727,752]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1965]" captionTargetBox="[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 7 Flattened setae on Leg IV 8 Flattened setae at abdomen base 9 Flattened, Cylindrical setae, Slit sensillum (inset and arroW) on leg IV 10 trichobothrium on leg IV 11 Tarsal comb on tarsus IV, close-up (inset). Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Fig. 7 8)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827658/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
) typical to that of Theridiinae (
<bibRefCitation id="DE4650D57E07FFADFD853A88FCF488A1" author="Agnarsson" box="[685,875,728,752]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514" refString="Agnarsson, I. (2004) Morphological phylogeny of cobWeb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 141, 447 - 626." type="journal article" year="2004">Agnarsson 2004</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3AACFAFA890D" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3AACFEAE8944" box="[199,305,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Abdomen</emphasis>
: tall, colour pale yellow, mottled with pearly white guanine spots, scattered brown, black pattern on dorsum (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFFD13B4FFED38969" box="[249,332,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 17" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 17. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 12 Live female, anterior vieW 13 Live female, lateral vieW (note the translucent part of abdomen) 14 Spinnerets 15 Anterior lateral spinnerets 16 Posterior median spinnerets 17 Posterior lateral spinnerets." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827660/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
); laterally white, basal one-third white translucent in live specimens (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFB783B4FFB3F8969" box="[1104,1184,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 17" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 17. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 12 Live female, anterior vieW 13 Live female, lateral vieW (note the translucent part of abdomen) 14 Spinnerets 15 Anterior lateral spinnerets 16 Posterior median spinnerets 17 Posterior lateral spinnerets." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827660/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
) (turned opaque white in ethanol); back side of abdominal apeX margined with dark brown lines; black FS on apeX and base (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFA3B3B14FAC8890D" box="[1299,1367,836,861]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 11" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1942,1965]" captionTargetBox="[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1378,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 7 11. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 7 Flattened setae on Leg IV 8 Flattened setae at abdomen base 9 Flattened, Cylindrical setae, Slit sensillum (inset and arroW) on leg IV 10 trichobothrium on leg IV 11 Tarsal comb on tarsus IV, close-up (inset). Scale lines: 0.75 mm (Fig. 7 8)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827658/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3B38FE648E41" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3B38FEDA892E" box="[199,325,872,895]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Spinnerets:</emphasis>
Spinnerets white with pair of brown dots and lines laterally. Arrangements of spigots on ALS, PMS, PLS similar to that of other Theridiinae (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFDF23BDCFCB989F4" box="[730,806,908,933]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 17" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 17. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 12 Live female, anterior vieW 13 Live female, lateral vieW (note the translucent part of abdomen) 14 Spinnerets 15 Anterior lateral spinnerets 16 Posterior median spinnerets 17 Posterior lateral spinnerets." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827660/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig.14</figureCitation>
). About 40 piriform spigots on ALS (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFA2F3BDCFACC89F4" box="[1287,1363,908,933]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 17" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 17. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 12 Live female, anterior vieW 13 Live female, lateral vieW (note the translucent part of abdomen) 14 Spinnerets 15 Anterior lateral spinnerets 16 Posterior median spinnerets 17 Posterior lateral spinnerets." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827660/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig.15</figureCitation>
). One cylindrical spigot on PMS (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFEFF3BFFFDBE8999" box="[471,545,943,968]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 17" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 17. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 12 Live female, anterior vieW 13 Live female, lateral vieW (note the translucent part of abdomen) 14 Spinnerets 15 Anterior lateral spinnerets 16 Posterior median spinnerets 17 Posterior lateral spinnerets." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827660/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig.16</figureCitation>
) and two on PLS (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFC2A3BFFFCD28999" box="[770,845,943,968]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 17" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1913,1936]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,200,1877]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 12 17. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., female 12 Live female, anterior vieW 13 Live female, lateral vieW (note the translucent part of abdomen) 14 Spinnerets 15 Anterior lateral spinnerets 16 Posterior median spinnerets 17 Posterior lateral spinnerets." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827660/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig.17</figureCitation>
), each with short base. Flagelliform spigot on PLS longer than its cylindrical spigot length. Two aciniform spigots on PMS. Shaft of minor ampullate spigot longer than cylindrical spigot on PMS.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3C4DFA068E2C" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3C4DFEA68E65" box="[199,313,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Epigynum</emphasis>
: small, CD longer than spermatheca diameter (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFC7C3C4CFC3F8E64" box="[852,928,1052,1077]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 23" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1908,1931]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,273,1817]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,273,1817]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 18 23. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., epigynum 18 dorsal vieW 19 antero-ventral vieW tilted at 45 degrees 20 Ventral vieW 21 Posterior vieW 22 Epigynal projection 23 glands on spermathecal surface. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 18 21)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827662/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig.18</figureCitation>
). Epigynal projection emerging out medially from atrium (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFE063C6FFEE58E09" box="[302,378,1087,1112]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 23" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1908,1931]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,273,1817]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,273,1817]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 18 23. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., epigynum 18 dorsal vieW 19 antero-ventral vieW tilted at 45 degrees 20 Ventral vieW 21 Posterior vieW 22 Epigynal projection 23 glands on spermathecal surface. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 18 21)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827662/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig.19</figureCitation>
), perpendicularly (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFD7E3C6FFD3C8E09" box="[598,675,1087,1112]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 23" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1908,1931]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,273,1817]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,273,1817]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 18 23. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., epigynum 18 dorsal vieW 19 antero-ventral vieW tilted at 45 degrees 20 Ventral vieW 21 Posterior vieW 22 Epigynal projection 23 glands on spermathecal surface. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 18 21)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827662/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig.20</figureCitation>
); its length slightly eXceeding rim of atrium, lateral margins curved up to middle margin, converged apically (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFD443C34FD278E2C" box="[620,696,1124,1149]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 23" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1908,1931]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,273,1817]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,273,1817]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 18 23. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., epigynum 18 dorsal vieW 19 antero-ventral vieW tilted at 45 degrees 20 Ventral vieW 21 Posterior vieW 22 Epigynal projection 23 glands on spermathecal surface. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 18 21)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827662/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig.21</figureCitation>
), its head trifid (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFC593C34FC5A8E2D" box="[881,965,1124,1149]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 23" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1908,1931]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,273,1817]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,273,1817]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 18 23. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., epigynum 18 dorsal vieW 19 antero-ventral vieW tilted at 45 degrees 20 Ventral vieW 21 Posterior vieW 22 Epigynal projection 23 glands on spermathecal surface. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 18 21)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827662/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
). CO located underside of this projection.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3CD7FE6A8EB9" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3CD7FE398EF1" box="[199,422,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Epigynal projection</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="DE4650D57E07FFADFE9E3CD7FD748EF1" author="Deeleman-Reinhold" box="[438,747,1159,1184]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514" refString="Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2009) Spiny theridiids in the Asian tropics. Systematics, notes on behaviour and species richness (Araneae: Theridiidae: Chrysso, Meotipa). Contributions to Natural History, 12, 403 - 436." type="journal article" year="2009">Deeleman-Reinhold (2009)</bibRefCitation>
referred this term as rod-shaped projection in
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E07FFADFA383CD9FA0A8EF1" box="[1296,1429,1161,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="10" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="picturata">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFA383CD9FA0A8EF1" box="[1296,1429,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">M.picturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In both,
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFDD3CFDFEE28E94" box="[245,381,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">M. sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFEAC3CFCFE5C8E94" bold="true" box="[388,451,1196,1221]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="7DD756A77E07FFADFED23CFDFDE18E95" box="[506,638,1197,1220]" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="10" pageNumber="514" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="picturata">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFED23CFDFDE18E95" box="[506,638,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">M.picturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it arises from the inward fold of upper margin of atrium (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFA253CFCFAF48E95" box="[1293,1387,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 23" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1908,1931]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,273,1817]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,273,1817]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 18 23. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., epigynum 18 dorsal vieW 19 antero-ventral vieW tilted at 45 degrees 20 Ventral vieW 21 Posterior vieW 22 Epigynal projection 23 glands on spermathecal surface. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 18 21)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827662/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Figs. 22</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFA5E3CFCFA0C8E95" box="[1398,1427,1196,1220]" captionStart="FIGURES 39 44" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1917,1940]" captionTargetBox="[161,1425,303,1899]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[161,1425,303,1899]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 39 44. Meotipa picturata, female. 39 habitus dorsal vieW 40 habitus, lateral vieW 41 habitus, ventral vieW 42 epigynum, dorsal vieW 43 epigynum, ventral vieW 44 copulatory openings at base of atrium. Scale lines: 1 mm (Figs. 39 41); 0.1 mm (Fig. 42)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827670/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">43</figureCitation>
) and CO located underside of it.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3CA4FF6E8F04" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3CA4FEA78F5C" bold="true" box="[199,312,1268,1293]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Variation</emphasis>
(in females). Total length in 15 other females:
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, abdominal height:
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<quantity id="7D2F80C17E07FFADFA6A3CA4FA078F5D" box="[1346,1432,1268,1293]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.1" pageId="10" pageNumber="514" unit="mm" value="6.1">6.1 mm</quantity>
. The inverted ‘Ψ’ (psi) mark on carapace discrete in
<specimenCount id="ACD1E6AD7E07FFADFDFF3D48FCD98F61" box="[727,838,1303,1328]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514" type="female">9 females</specimenCount>
. Flattened setae on legs and abdomen detach easily in alcohol.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3D0FFBF48F91" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3D0FFE018F29" bold="true" box="[199,414,1375,1400]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
Description.
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFE4B3D0FFE018F29" bold="true" box="[355,414,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Male</emphasis>
</emphasis>
. Measurements. Total length—
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, Carapace length—
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, width—
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, height—
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. Abdomen length—
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, height—
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, Leg I—1.28/0.18/0.9/1.17/0.48, Leg II—0.8/ 0.51/1.8/2.3/0.7, Leg III—0.77/0.20/0.52/0.66/0.32, Leg IV—0.85/0.16/0.45/0.87/0.39.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3D9CFBA28FB5" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1085,1484,1509]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
Small-sized, grossly yellowish-white at life, pattern similar to female (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3DBFFB348C25" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3DBFFEF08C59" box="[199,367,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Cephalothorax</emphasis>
: Carapace with complete mid-longitudinal brown stripe (
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), flat, covered with long setae. Clypeus with mid-longitudinal brown stripe, 2.2 times longer than AME diameter. Eye arrangement and colour similar to female. Chelicerae, labium, maXillae pale white (
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). Labium trapezoid, maXillae oval, both pale white; sternum sub-triangular, 1.7 times longer than wide, uniform margin at coXae (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3ED1FAF78CC9" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1384,1663,1688]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3ED1FF638CC9" box="[199,252,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Legs</emphasis>
: Colour pattern similar to female, with cylindrical forwardly pointed setae, devoid of flattened setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3EF4FACB8CB1" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3EF4FEAE8CEC" box="[199,305,1700,1725]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Abdomen</emphasis>
: pale white devoid of any translucence, with dark green spots on dorsum and venter, white guanine patches laterally. Abdominal shape triangular in lateral view, not elevated in comparison to female (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3EBCFDE08D1D" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3EBCFF638D54" box="[199,252,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Palp</emphasis>
: Conductor mostly membranous, folded along length, broader and chitinous apically (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFBD43EBCFA0F8D55" box="[1276,1424,1772,1797]" captionStart="FIGURES 29 33" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1578,1601]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,237,1557]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1557]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 29 33. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., male, left palp 29 ventral vieW 30 retro-lateral 31 pro-lateral vieW 32 Mesal vieW 33 Dorsal vieW. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 29 30)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827666/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Figs. 29, 30</figureCitation>
). Embolus eXceeding conductor length (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFD633F5FFD4A8D79" box="[587,725,1807,1832]" captionStart="FIGURES 29 33" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1578,1601]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,237,1557]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1557]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 29 33. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., male, left palp 29 ventral vieW 30 retro-lateral 31 pro-lateral vieW 32 Mesal vieW 33 Dorsal vieW. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 29 30)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827666/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Figs. 2931</figureCitation>
), broader at base, narrow apically (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFB4E3F5FFB248D79" box="[1126,1211,1807,1832]" captionStart="FIGURES 29 33" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1578,1601]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,237,1557]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1557]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 29 33. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., male, left palp 29 ventral vieW 30 retro-lateral 31 pro-lateral vieW 32 Mesal vieW 33 Dorsal vieW. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 29 30)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827666/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 32</figureCitation>
). Tegulum and subtegulum separated by thin margin (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFD363F64FDEE8D1D" box="[542,625,1844,1869]" captionStart="FIGURES 29 33" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1578,1601]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,237,1557]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1557]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 29 33. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., male, left palp 29 ventral vieW 30 retro-lateral 31 pro-lateral vieW 32 Mesal vieW 33 Dorsal vieW. Scale lines: 0.1 mm (Figs. 29 30)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827666/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F2CD7EAF7E07FFACFFEF3F07FAFA8945" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="515" pageId="10" pageNumber="514" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFADFFEF3F07FF5C8DC4" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFFEF3F07FEFF8D21" bold="true" box="[199,352,1879,1904]" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known from localities in the northern Western Ghats in
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(see material eXamined, map
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E07FFACFFEF3FF0FB898A84" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="11.[151,1437,151,789]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="515" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">
Natural History. Females were observed with egg cases during post-monsoon months of September-October (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E07FFADFFB73F94FF6C8D8D" box="[159,243,1988,2013]" captionStart="FIGURES 34 38" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,205,1920]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,205,1920]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 34 38. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., live female 34 With egg sac, underleaf 35 feeding on caterpillar 36 typical Meotipa resting position 37 melanized form 38 unknoWn deposition in translucent part of abdomen." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827668/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Fig. 34</figureCitation>
). We observed more than one male on a females web. The rarity of males is known in
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E07FFADFBE83F95FA828D8D" box="[1216,1309,1989,2012]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">Meotipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, where seX ratio is biased towards females (
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). We collected
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and
<specimenCount id="ACD1E6AD7E06FFACFB4738C8FB728AE1" box="[1135,1261,151,176]" pageId="11" pageNumber="515" type="female">18 females</specimenCount>
, however since our sampling was occasional, seX ratio in
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFD4338EDFD6D8A84" box="[619,754,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">M. sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFDD138ECFCA78A84" bold="true" box="[761,824,188,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
was not quantified.
</paragraph>
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The sampling sites included a botanical garden (
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locality) and secondary forest (other localities) where we found that
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFE393955FE068B4C" box="[273,409,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">M. sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFE893954FE7F8B4C" bold="true" box="[417,480,260,285]" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
constructs web only on broad leaved plants viz. Fig
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFB1D3955FBEC8B4D" box="[1077,1139,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">Ficus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., Teak
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFBCF3955FA048B4C" box="[1255,1435,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">Tectona grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and Chapha
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFE0E3977FE118B11" box="[294,398,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">Plumeria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., at a height between 13 metres above the ground, but we did not locate them above 3 metres height. Each leaf had only one female web, although a branch with three leaves had a female on each. A caterpillar was observed captured in the web and being fed by female spider (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E06FFACFCD3393FFBD78BD9" box="[1019,1096,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURES 34 38" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,205,1920]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,205,1920]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 34 38. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., live female 34 With egg sac, underleaf 35 feeding on caterpillar 36 typical Meotipa resting position 37 melanized form 38 unknoWn deposition in translucent part of abdomen." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827668/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">Fig.35</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E06FFACFFEF39C4FB228BA4" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">
The resting position of adult and sub-adult female
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFC3E39C5FC3F8BFC" box="[790,928,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">M. sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFC8339C4FC728BFC" bold="true" box="[939,1005,404,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
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) is similar to other
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFA1639C5FA048BFD" box="[1342,1435,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">Meotipa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species during the day as described by
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; males are active diurnally. It remains motionless during the day, active during dark and has small web restricted to underside of leaf.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E06FFACFFEF3A50FE4788D4" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">
On a teak tree leaf located in busy industrialized region, a darker colour morph of
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFBA73A51FA868849" box="[1167,1305,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">M. sahyadri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="88A3F1367E06FFACFA0C39AFFAF98849" bold="true" box="[1316,1382,511,536]" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
was collected (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E06FFACFE233A74FEFF886D" box="[267,352,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURES 34 38" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,205,1920]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,205,1920]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 34 38. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., live female 34 With egg sac, underleaf 35 feeding on caterpillar 36 typical Meotipa resting position 37 melanized form 38 unknoWn deposition in translucent part of abdomen." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827668/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">Fig. 37</figureCitation>
). We could not locate any more specimens in that region or such darker forms in other localities. In spite of the darker body colour, the translucent part of abdomen and legs observed. Eggs were visible from the translucent part of abdomen.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA682D247E06FFACFFEF3ADFFAFA8945" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">
There is no significant ontogenic colour variation based on our observations of first, second, third instars and adults of 28 live specimens from the
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locality. We are not sure if the white translucence at part of abdomen is devoid of pigments and eXploring that is beyond the scope of this paper. Some females had black deposition below the hypodermis of abdomen (
<figureCitation id="22EC31A17E06FFACFEC83AACFDB38944" box="[480,556,764,789]" captionStart="FIGURES 34 38" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1961,1984]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,205,1920]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,205,1920]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 34 38. Meotipa sahyadri n. sp., live female 34 With egg sac, underleaf 35 feeding on caterpillar 36 typical Meotipa resting position 37 melanized form 38 unknoWn deposition in translucent part of abdomen." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/827668/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="515">Fig.38</figureCitation>
), possibly eXcretory product; however, we could not determine its nature.
</paragraph>
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