Open AccessA new species of the cob web spider genus Theridion from India (Araneae: Theridiidae)
Author(s) -
Priya Prasad,
Kaomud Tyagi,
John T.D. Caleb,
Vikas Kumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2019.26.7
Subject(s) - theridiidae , spider , biology , linyphiidae , checklist , zoology , genus , ecology , paleontology
A new species – Theridion odisha sp.n. – is described from Odisha state, India. An updated checklist of Theridion species known from India with taxonomic remarks is enlisted and mapped. Two new combinations are also proposed, Nihonhimea indicum (Tikader, 1977) comb.n., ex Theridion and Nihonhimea tikaderi (Patel, 1973) comb.n., ex Theridion. Nihonhimea indicum (Tikader, 1977) is considered a senior synonym of Parasteatoda brookesiana (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995).