Spariolenus Simon, 1880

Moradmand, Majid, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil & Kulkarni, Siddharth, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the troglophile Spariolenus spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) in South and West Asia, Zootaxa 5380 (1), pp. 77-95 : 78

Spariolenus Simon, 1880

Type species: Spariolenus tigris Simon, 1880 , from eastern India, Calcutta. For redescription and illustration see Jäger (2001, 2006).

Generic diagnosis. Distinguished from other Heteropodinae by a combination of somatic and genital characters: most importantly, the number of spines on ventral tibia of legs: I–II 10, III 8 and IV 6 (vs. commonly I–IV 6 in others); male palp with short v- and dRTA; female copulatory organ with two spirally coiled CO which constructing two large rims ventrally. For detailed generic diagnosis see Moradmand and Jäger (2011).