Tikader & Malhotra, 1976: 794
Tikader, 1981: 139
Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae Zodariidae)
Sankaran, Pradeep M.
Caleb, John T. D.
Sebastian, Pothalil A.
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-21
4658
1
168
174
98ZYP
(Tikader & Malhotra, 1976)
Sankaran & Caleb & Sebastian
2019
Tikader & Malhotra
1976
[151,774,297,324]
Arachnida
Zodariidae
Zodarion
Animalia
Araneae
5
173
Arthropoda
species
deccanensis
comb. nov.
( Fig. 4A–H)
Lutica deccanensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1976: 794, figs 1–5 (Description and illustrations of male and female). Tikader, 1981: 139, figs 1–2 (Illustrations of female).
Type material. Holotypefemale from INDIA: Maharashtra: Pune(=Poona): Gokhale Nagar: Vetal Hill( 18°31’31.76’’N, 73°48’55.38’’E), 705 malt.; M.S. Malhotraleg.; 21 July 1974; repository NZC-ZSI, Kolkata(no register number), examined. Allotype( 1 male, no register number) with same data as holotype, examined. Type material status.The ZSI collection has three glass bottles for this species. The first bottle, labelled as ‘holotype’, contains one female specimen with broken legs. The second bottle, labelled as ‘allotype’, contains one highly bleached male. The third bottle, labelled as ‘internal genitalia of L. deccanensis’, contains the dissected genitalia of the holotype. Justification of transfer. Tikader and Malhotra (1976)described this species based on one female and one male specimens collected in Maharashtra. Detailed examination of the holotype( Fig. 4A, C–D) and the allotype( Fig. 4B, E) indicates that this species deviates from the diagnostic features of Tropizodiumspecies. The shape of the female prosoma ( Fig. 4A), shape and orientation of the embolus ( Fig. 4E), shape of the epigyne ( Fig. 4C) and shape and orientation of the vulva ( Fig. 4D) show close similarity with the species of ZodarionWalckenaer, 1826. Based on these observations, we propose to transfer L. deccanensisto Zodarion.
2350486610
1974-07-21
M. S. Malhotra & Kolkata
India
Pune
705
18.525488
Vetal Hill
1
73.815384
Gokhale Nagar
5
173
1
Maharashtra
holotype
2350486609
[472,1334,2012,2039]
1974-07-21
M. S. Malhotra & Kolkata
India
Pune
705
18.525488
Vetal Hill
1
73.815384
Gokhale Nagar
5
173
1
1
Maharashtra
allotype