Dhruv Anilkumar Prajapati

Dhruv Anilkumar Prajapati, Indian arachnologist

Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Murthappa, P.S., Prajapati, D.A., Sankaran, P.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2016. First records of the genus Cambalida Simon, 1909 (Araneae: Corinnidae, Castianeirinae) from Asia, with the description of two new species from India and one new combination. Zootaxa 4103(6): 526–536. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.6.3. Reference page.
Prajapati, D.A., Murthappa, P.S., Sankaran, P.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2016. Two new species of the ant-eating spider genus Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 (Araneae, Zodariidae, Zodariinae) from India. Zootaxa 4061(5): 575–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.7. Reference page.
Prajapati, D.A., Murthappa, P.S., Sankaran, P.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2016. Two new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa 4171(2): 321–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.5. Reference page.

Caleb, J.T.D., Prajapati, D.A., Maheshwari, N.R. & Sanap, R.V. 2017a. Redescription and synonymy of Stenaelurillus arambagensis (Biswas et Biswas, 1992) comb.n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 119-123. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Murthappa, P.S., Malamel, J.J., Prajapati, D.A., Sebastian, P.A. & Venkateshwarlu, M. 2017. First description of the male of the type species Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and description of a new Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from India. Zootaxa 4344(3): 589–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.9. Reference page.
Sanap, R.V., Joglekar, A., Prajapati, D.A. & Caleb, J.T.D. 2017. Two new species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa 4318(1): 135–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.6. Reference page.

Prajapati, D.A. 2019. A new species of the jumping spider genus Phlegra Simon, 1876 from India (Aranei: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Arthropoda Selecta 28(4): 575-578. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.28.4.11. . Reference page.
Caleb, J.T.D., Prajapati, D.A. & Ali, P.A. 2019. Redescription of Rudakius ludhianaensis (Tikader, 1974) (Aranei: Salticidae), with notes on its synonymy and distribution. Arthropoda Selecta 28(3): 417–423. PDF. 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.

Prajapati, D.A., Malamel, J.J. & Sebastian, P.A. 2020. First record of Uroballus Simon, 1902 from India, with description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Simaethina). Arachnology 18(6): 629-631. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.6.629. . Reference page.

Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V., Prajapati, D.A. & Bambhaniya, P. 2021.Taxonomic notes on two jumping spider species of the genus Epocilla Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India and Pakistan. Arthropoda Selecta 30(2): 221-229. Reference page.
Prajapati, D.A., Kumbhar, S.B., Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V. & Kamboj, R.D. 2021. Description of two new species of the tribe Chrysillini Simon, 1901 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 30(2): 230-238. Reference page.
Prajapati, D.A., Tatu, K. & Kamboj, R.D. 2021. First record of Afraflacilla Berland & Millot, 1941 from India, with description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Arachnology 18(9): 990-992. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.990. 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.