Indothele dumicola (Pocock, 1900)

Figs 9–10, 14

Ischnothele dumicola Pocock, 1900: 171, fig. 55 (♂ ♀).

Indothele dumicola – Coyle 1995: 111, figs 347–361 (transfer ♂ ♀ from Ischnothele). ‘ Indothele dumicola ’ – Sen et al. 2015: 18, plate 12, fig. 15–22 (♀) (misidentification = Macrothele sp.).

Type material examined

Lectotype

INDIA • ♂; Poona (=Pune), Maharashtra; 21 Nov. 1899; Wroughton leg.; in tube 1 together with 2 female lectotypes; BMNH.

Paralectotypes

INDIA • 2 ♀♀; same data as for lectotype; one spermathecae dissected; in tube 1 with the male lectotype; BMNH • 2 ♀♀; same data as for lectotype; both spermathecae dissected; tube 2; BMNH • 36 ♀♀;same data as for lectotype, undissected; tube 3; BMNH .

Records from India

Maharashtra (Coyle 1995; this work: Fig. 14).

Distribution

Known only from India (World Spider Catalog 2024).

Remarks

This species was adequately redescribed by Coyle (1995), we present the first photomicrographs of the species (Figs 9–10). The specimen depicted by Sen et al. (2015) is clearly a specimen of Macrothele .