Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar

Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar, Indian arachnologist

Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, 680 125, India
E-mail: avsudhi@rediffmail.com

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Sunil Jose, K., Sudhikumar, A.V., Davis, S. & Sebastian, P.A. 2003. Description of female Amycieae forticeps (Cambridge) with a redescription of its male from Kerala, India (Araneae: Thomisidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 100: 157-160. Reference page.
Sudhikumar, A.V., Sebastian, P.A., Davis, S. & Sunil Jose, K. 2003. Argyrodes flagellum (Araneae: Theridiidae), a Rare Comb-footed Whip spider: First Report from India. Entomon 28(3): 273-276. Reference page.

Sunil Jose, K., Davis, S., Sudhikumar, A.V. & Sebastian, P.A. 2004. Redescription of Tetragnatha viridorufa Gravely from Kerala, India (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 101(1): 182-184. Reference page.
Sudhikumar A.V., Mathew, M.J. & Sebastian, P.A. 2004. Hither to unknown Genus Trigonobothrys Simon (Theridiidae: Araneae) from India with description of the female of Trigonobothrys martinae. Entomon 29(1): 51-55. Reference page.

Davis S., Sudhikumar A.V., Sunil Jose, K. & Sebastian, P.A. 2006. New record of the salticid spider Thiania bhamoensis Thorell (Araneae: Salticidae) from Kerala, India with its redescription and field notes on behaviour. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 102(2): 245-249. Reference page.

Sudhikumar A.V., Jocqué, R. & Sebastian, P.A.. 2009. A new species of the ant spider genus Suffasia (Araneae: Zodariidae) from the Western Ghats, India with a key to the species of the genus. Zootaxa 2203: 59–64. Abstract & excerpt. . Reference page.

Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S., Simmons, Z. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2016. On the type species of the genus Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: The first description of male with notes on cymbial notch and mating plug (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4154(4): 489–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.9. Reference page.

Malamel, J.J. & Sudhikumar A.V. 2017. First report of Epidius parvati Benjamin, 2000 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Pathiramanal Island, India. Check List 13(3) 2114: 1-4. Reference page.
Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2017. Revision of Hindumanes Logunov, 2004 (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae), with description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Zootaxa 4350(2): 317–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.7. Reference page.

Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V., Patel, K.G., Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2018a: First description of the female of Chrysilla volupe (Karsch, 1879) (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India, with notes on the species’ distribution and life history. Arthropoda Selecta 27(2): 143-153. Reference page.

Malamel, J.J., Nafin, K.S., Sudhikumar, A.V. & Sebastian, P.A. 2019. Two new species of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the genera Epeus Peckham et Peckham, 1886 and Piranthus Thorell, 1895 from India. Arthropoda Selecta 28(2): 267-276. Reference page. .
Malamel, J.J., Prajapati, D.A., Sudhikumar, A.V. & Sebastian, P.A. 2019 Two new species of the tribe Ballini Banks, 1892 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 28(3): 424–434. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Nafin, K.S., Sumesh, N.V., Sudhin, P.P. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2019. Redescription and new records of Phoroncidia septemaculeata O. Pickard Cambridge 1873 from India (Araneae: Theridiidae). Zootaxa 4691(2): 188–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.2.9. . Reference page.
Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S., Benjamin, S.P. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2019 Two new species of the genus Marengo Peckham et Peckham, 1892 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Western Ghats of India. Arthropoda Selecta 28(3): 435–444. full article (PDF).Reference page.
Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S., Sumesh, N.V. & Sudhikumar A.V. 2019. A new spider species of the genus Cocalus C.L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae) from the Western Ghats of India. Arthropoda Selecta 28(1): 125-130. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.28.1.10. . Reference page.

Nafin, K.S., Maddison, W.P. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2020. The first described male of the Asian jumping spider genus Piranthus Thorell, 1895 (Araneae: Salticidae: Baviini). Peckhamia 207.1: 1-7. Reference page.
Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S., Caleb, T.D.J. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2020. Redescription of Asemonea cristata Thorell, 1895 (Araneae: Salticidae: Asemoneinae), with notes on its synonymy and distribution. Arthropoda Selecta 29(2): 251-256. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.29.2.11. . Reference page.

Abhijith, R.S., Sheeba, P. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2021. Synonymization of Pardosa mysorensis (Tikader & Mukerji, 1971) with Pardosa sumatrana (Thorell, 1890). Serket 17(4): 406-412. Reference page.
Asima, A., Sudhikumar, A.V. & Prasad, G. 2021. Description of a new species of Uloborus Latreille, 1806 (Araneae: Uloboridae) from Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary of Western Ghats, India. Serket 18(1): 47-52. Reference page.
Sankaran, P.M., Kadam, G., Sudhikumar, A.V. & Tripathi, R. 2022. First record of Siamspinops Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 from India, first description of the female of Makdiops shevaroyensis (Gravely, 1931), and a catalogue of Indian selenopid fauna (Araneae, Selenopidae). Zootaxa 5194(1): 109–121. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.1.6. . Reference page.

Amulya, K.B., Honey, S. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2022. A new species of lynx spider (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Arachnology 19(3): 678-680. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.3.678. . Reference page.
Maddison, W.P., Ruiz, G.R.S., Ng, P.Y.C., Vishnudas, E.H. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2022. Kelawakaju gen. nov., a new Asian lineage of marpissine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Marpissina). Zookeys 1130ː 79–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1130.87730 Reference page.
Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S., Tripathi, R., Jangid, A.K., Prajapati, D.A., Siliwal, M. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2022. Description of two new species of the genus Afraflacilla Berland et Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 31(3): 326-334. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.31.3.09. . Reference page.
Vishnudas, E.H. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2022. First report of Prosoponoides Millidge & Russell- Smith, 1992 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from India, with description of a new species from the Western Ghats. Arachnology 19(1): 63-65. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.63. . Reference page.
Vishnudas, E.H. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2022a. A new synonymy in the spider genus Prosoponoides Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 (Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Arachnology 19(2): 580-581. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.2.580. . Reference page.