New data on the spider genus Steriphopus, with description of a new species from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae)
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Biodiversity, Aranei, Chediminae, spiders, taxonomy, Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, new speciesAbstract
The Paleotropical spider genus Steriphopus Simon, 1887, previously known from Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Seychelles, is recorded from India for the first time. In view of new data, the genus is rediagnosed and redescribed, and its diagnostic characters are reconsidered. A poorly known Seychelles species, S. lacertosus Simon, 1898, is redescribed from the conspecific female and depicted for the first time. The newly discovered Indian representative, S. benjamini n. sp., is diagnosed, depicted and described based on the holotype female and a few additional subadult specimens. The two species distinguish from each other, as well as from other congeners, in either their eye pattern or the structure of the endogyne.
To cite: Zonstein, S. & Marusik, Y. 2023. New data on the spider genus Steriphopus, with description of a new species from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 52: 41–50.
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