A checklist of Indian armored spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats.

Authors :: Sankaran PM
Sebastian PA
Source :: Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2016 Feb 26; Vol. 4084 (3), pp. 443-50. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Feb 26.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: The Oriental armored spider genus Shearella Lehtinen, 1981 is recorded for the first time from India. Detailed description and illustrations of both sexes of Shearella alii sp. nov. are given. The geographic distribution of the genus is updated. Sinamma sanya (Lin & Li, 2010) is transferred back to Shearella, and Shearella browni (Shear, 1978) back to Monoblemma Gertsch, 1941. A checklist of all Indian tetrablemmid species currently known and a distribution map of all known Shearella spp. are presented.

Subjects :: Animal Distribution
Animal Structures anatomy & histology
Animal Structures growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Checklist
China
Female
India
Male
Organ Size
Spiders anatomy & histology
Spiders growth & development
Spiders classification

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