Eugubinus reticolus Distant, 1915

(Figs. 25–26)

Eugubinus reticolus Distant, 1915: 8 . Syntype (s): India, Calcutta [= Kolkata], salt lakes below Chingrighatta; BMNH.

Type material examined. India: Syntype ♀, “Salt Lakes below Chingrighatta, Calcutta. 29.x. 14 F. H. Gravely ”, “ Eugubinus reticolus Dist. ”, “ Syntype [blue circular label]”, “From webs of Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stol.) ”, “Distant Coll. 1911-383”, “NHMUK 013588108” (BMNH) (Fig. 25) .

Remarks. This species was described from an unspecified number of specimens from “Calcutta; salt lakes below Chingrighatta” in India, from webs of Cyrtophora cicatrosa . A badly mutilated female syntype (lacking head and prothorax) and one topotypical nymph (Fig. 26) are located in BMNH. The dark apex of the hind femur is seen in both the adult female and the nymph, supporting recognition of the specimens as conspecific. Gravely (1921) recorded the species from Berkuda Island, Chilka Lake, Odisha. An adult and a nymph of E. reticolus were recently imaged in Tamil Nadu (Agarwal 2020a).