Transfer of Storena gujaratensis Tikader & Patel, 1975 to the genus Suffasia Jocqué, 1991 (Araneae: Zodariidae)

Authors

  • Reshma Solanki Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat 390002, India
  • Manju Siliwal Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society, 12, Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti - Kalapatti Road, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India
  • Dolly Kumar Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat 390002, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3452.10.8.12130-12132

Keywords:

Gujarat, new combination, taxonomy, transfer.

Abstract

The original description of Storenagujaratensis by Tikader & Patel in 1975 based on a male specimen was wrongly identified in the genus; here we transfer it to the genus Suffasia based on presence of dorsal cymbial flange, large tegulum, long embolus and short bifurcated RTA.  We provide a more detailed taxonomic description of the male.

 

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Published

26-07-2018

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 8 (2018)

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