Goblin spiders from India: description of new species of the genera Paramolotra Tong & Li, and Aprusia Simon, and the female of Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman (Araneae: Oonopidae)
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taxonomy, genital morphology, Oonopidae, new species, India.Abstract
Abstract. The study of some museum collections with materials collected in India resulted in the descriptions of a new species of the genus Paramolotra Tong & Li, from West Bengal (the genus was previously known only from China), as well as a new species of Aprusia Simon, and also the female of Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman, from the Western Ghats region, which had been described on the basis of two male specimens, and which shows remarkably genital configuration for the genus and for the whole family.
Resumen. El estudio de algunas colecciones de museos con materiales recolectados en India dio como resultado las descripciones de una nueva especie del género Paramolotra de Bengala Occidental (género conocido anteriormente solo de China), así como una nueva especie de Aprusia Simon y también la hembra de Aprusia kerala, de la región de Western Ghats, que había sido descrito sobre la base de dos especímenes machos y la cual muestra una sorprendente configuración genital para el género y para la familia.
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