Psechrus inflatus Bayer, 2012

Chatterjee, Sumantika, Caleb, John T. D., Tyagi, Kaomud, Kundu, Shantanu & Kumar, Vikas, 2017, First report of Psechrus Inflatus Bayer (Araneae: Psechridae) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (4), pp. 391-393 : 392

Psechrus inflatus Bayer, 2012

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Psechrus inflatus Bayer, 2012: 72 .

Materials examined: INDIA, Assam, Silchar , 1 male (ZSI-AA585) and 1 sub-adult female (ZSI-AA586), (24°52’14.664” N, 92°51’37.3284” E, 26 m) 15.x.2016, leg. Milufar Aktar Barlaskar and Boni Amin Laskar.

Diagnosis: The species can be recognized by the complex, meandering sperm duct ( Figure 6, 7 ) and by the presence of macrosetae in the ventro-proximal region of palpal femur ( Figure 3, 5 ). See Bayer (2012) for comparative diagnosis.

Comments: This species is known only from Yunnan Province, China ( Bayer, 2012). The present record from

Figures

Figures 1-8. Psechrus inflatus, Male. (1) carapace; (2) abdomen; (3) sternum, labium and endites; (4) chelicerae; (5) proximo-ventral view of palpal femur; (6) left palp, ventral view; (7) same, ventro-lateral view; (8) same, retrolateral view. Scales: Figs. 1–4 & 6–8, 1 mm, Fig. 5, 0.5 mm.