A review of the Indian species formerly assigned to the genus Storena Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with the description of a new genus

  • Pradeep M. Sankaran Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0884-5625
  • John T.D. Caleb Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700 053
  • Pothalil A. Sebastian Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.707
Keywords: India, redescription, synonymy, taxonomy, transfer, Zoological Survey of India

Abstract

Indian spider species currently assigned to Storena Walckenaer, 1805 are revised mostly based on the type material available in the National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. A new genus, Laminion gen. nov. is proposed to include four species; three are transferred from Storena: Laminion arakuensis (Patel & Reddy, 1989) gen. et comb. nov., Laminion birenifer (Gravely, 1921) gen. et comb. nov. and Laminion debasrae (Biswas & Biswas, 1992) gen. et comb. nov., whereas the fourth species is from Suffasia Jocqué, 1991: Laminion gujaratensis (Tikader & Patel, 1975) gen. et comb. nov. The species Storena tikaderi Patel & Reddy, 1989 syn. nov. is synonymised with L. birenifer gen. et comb. nov. Storena dibangensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006 and Storena indica Tikader & Patel, 1975 are transferred to Mallinella Strand, 1906. All the type material examined are imaged and redescribed. In addition, images of the type material of Storenomorpha joyaus (Tikader, 1970) are presented.

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2020-08-24
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Sankaran, P. M., Caleb, J. T., & Sebastian, P. A. (2020). A review of the Indian species formerly assigned to the genus Storena Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with the description of a new genus. European Journal of Taxonomy, (707). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.707
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