Cambalida flavipes ( Gravely, 1931 ) Gravely, 1931

Murthappa, Prashanthakumara S., Prajapati, Dhruv A., Sankaran, Pradeep M. & Sebastian, Pothalil A., 2016, First records of the genus Cambalida Simon, 1909 (Araneae: Corinnidae, Castianeirinae) from Asia, with the description of two new species from India and one new combination, Zootaxa 4103 (6), pp. 526-536 : 533-535

Cambalida flavipes ( Gravely, 1931) comb. nov.

Castaneira flavipes Gravely, 1931: 275 , figs 20D–E (Generic name misspelled; description and illustration of ♂ and ♀ [Type (whether ♂ or ♀ is unspecified) from INDIA: Odisha (formerly Orissa): Ganjam: Chilka Lake: Barkuda Island; F.H. Gravely leg.; repository ZSI—NOT EXAMINED]).

Castianeira flavipes Tikader, 1981: 260 , figs 5–8 (Generic name corrected; redescription and illustration of ♂ and ♀); Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 135, figs 276–281 (Redescription and illustration of ♂ and ♀).

Justification for the transfer. Gravely (1931) described this species based on male and female specimens. Later this species was redescribed by Tikader (1981) and Majumder & Tikader (1991). The original drawings and descriptive characters given by Gravely (1931: fig. 20D), Tikader (1981: figs 5, 7–8) and Majumder & Tikader (1991: figs 276, 278–279, 281) indicate that this species shares the characteristic features of Cambalida rather than Castianeira : broader carapace; prosoma, opisthosoma, legs brownish with some yellow bands; posterior eye row slightly larger than anterior; small dorsal opisthosomal scutum; palp without apophysis, with compressed, coiled embolus; vulva with spermatheca I (globular) and II (reniform) and copulatory ducts with median curving. Judging from this, it is clear that Gravely and the subsequent researchers misplaced this species within the genus Castianeira . Here we transfer this species from Castianeira to Cambalida .

Distribution. Southern and eastern India ( Fig. 7 ).

Remark. The two Cambalida species described here have distal femoral constrictions on legs III and IV in both sexes ( Figs 1K , 4K ). This character is seen in many Australian Castianeirines ( Raven 2015), but was not reported in recent revision of Cambalida ( Haddad 2012) . It is, however, also found in all species of African Cambalida (Haddad, pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Distribution records of Indian Cambalida spp. ● records from literature.

FIGURE 1 A – K. Cambalida deorsa sp. n. A Holotype male from Jnana Sahyadri campus of Kuvempu University, dorsal view; B Same, ventral view; C Same, lateral view; D Male, frontal view; E Male opisthosoma, ventral view; F Paratype female from Jnana Sahyadri campus of Kuvempu University, dorsal view; G Same, ventral view; H Same, lateral view; I Female, frontal view; J Female chelicerae, ventral view showing the apical fang shield bearing long setae; K Femur IV (left), retrolateral view showing distal femoral constriction. Abbreviations: PES post-epigastric sclerite, TS tracheal scute, VS ventral sclerite. Scale bars: A – C, F – H: 2 mm; D – E, I – J: 0.5 mm; K: 1 mm.

FIGURE 4 A – K. Cambalida tuma sp. n. A Holotype male from Dediyapada, dorsal view; B Same, ventral view; C Same, lateral view; D Male, frontal view; E Male abdomen, ventral view; F Paratype female from Dediyapada, dorsal view; G Same, ventral view; H Same lateral view; I Female, frontal view; J Female chelicerae, ventral view shoving the apical fang shield bearing long setae; K Femur IV (left), retrolateral view showing distal femoral constriction. Abbreviations: PES post-epigastric sclerite, TS tracheal scute, VS ventral sclerite. Scale bars: A – C, F – H: 1 mm; D, I: 0.2 mm; E, J, K: 0.5 mm.