Abstract

GRISMADO, Cristian J.. Goblin spiders from India: description of new species of the genera Paramolotra Tong & Li, and Aprusia Simon, and the female of Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman (Araneae: Oonopidae). Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.1, pp.121-132. ISSN 1853-0400.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.25.807.

The study of some museum collections with materials collected in India resulted in the descriptions of a new species of the genus Paramolotra Tong & Li from West Bengal (the genus was previously known only from China), as well as a new species of Aprusia Simon, and also the female of Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman, from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. A. kerala had been described based on of two male specimens, it shows a remarkably genital configuration for the genus and for the whole family.

Keywords : Taxonomy; genital Morphology; Oonopidae; New species; India.

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