Mundakatharappel Joseph Mathew

Mundakatharappel Joseph Mathew, Indian arachnologist. Also published as Mathew M. Joseph.

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

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 12 taxon names authored by Mundakatharappel Joseph Mathew

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2004

• 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. 

2012

• Joseph, M.M. & Framenau, V.W. 2012. Systematic review of a new orb-weaving spider genus (Araneae: Araneidae), with special reference to the Australasian-Pacific and South-East Asian fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 279-341. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00845.x . Reference page. .

2014

• Sankaran, P.M., Jobi, M.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2014. On the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae, Zodariinae) in India with the description of three new species from the Western Ghats and proposing a new biogeographical hypothesis for the distribution of the genus. Zootaxa 3893(1): 114–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.1.5. . Reference page. 

2015

• Malamel, J.J., Sankaran, P.M., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2015. Cyrtarachne keralensis Jose, 2011 is a junior synonym of Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 4039(3): 478–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Malamel, J.J., Sankaran, P.M., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2015. First record of the wolf spider genus Lysania Thorell, 1890 from India with the description of a new species (Araneae: Lycosidae: Zoicinae). Zootaxa 3904(2): 293–297. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.8 Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Malamel, J.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2015: An updated review of the genus Martensopoda Jäger, 2006 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 3937(3): 577–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.9. Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Jobi, M.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2015. Castianeira furva sp. nov. (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), a new polymorphic ground sac spider from the southern Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 3964(5): 569–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Jobi, M.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2015. Theridion echinatum Gao & Li, 2014, a junior synonym of Theridion zonulatum Thorell, 1890 (Araneae, Theridiidae) with comments on its web architecture. Zootaxa 4007(138): 1–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.138.12. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Sebastian, P.A., Sankaran, P.M., Malamel, J.J. & Joseph, M.M. 2015. Description of new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from the Western Ghats of India with the redescription of Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934 and notes on mating plug in the genus (Arachnida,Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 491: 63-78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.491.8218. Reference page. .

2016

• Paul, J., Sankaran, P.M., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2016. The male of the orb-weaving spider Plebs mitratus (Simon, 1895) and a redescription of the female (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 4179(1): 103–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.4. Reference page. 

2017

• Sankaran, P.M., Malamel, J.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2017. A new species of Paratus Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Liocranidae, Paratinae) from India. Zootaxa 4286(1): 139–144. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.12. Reference page. 
• Sankaaran, P.M., Malamel, J.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2017. On the genus Tylorida Simon, 1894 with the first record of the genus Atelidea Simon, 1895 from India (Araneae: Tetragnathidae, Leucauginae). Zootaxa 4353(2): 294–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.3. Reference page. 

2018

• Paul, J., Sankaran, P.M., Sebastien, P.A. & Joseph, M.M. 2018. A review of the wasp mimicking spider genus Coenoptychus Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4413(1): 163–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.6 Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Melamel, J.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2018. Redescription of Castianeira zetes Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4457(3): 487–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.3.11 Reference page. 

2019

• Sankaran, P.M., Malamel, J.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2019. New species of Habrocestum Simon, 1876 and a redescription of Curubis tetrica Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Hasariini) from India. Journal of Natural History 53(1-2): 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1567856. . Reference page. 

2020

• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, T.D.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2020. On a new synonymy in the spider genus Nephila Leach, 1815 (Araneidae, Nephilinae) from India with supplementary notes on colour polymorphism in the genus. Zootaxa 4786(4): 592–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.4.11. . Reference page. 

2021

• Mathew, A.V. & Joseph, M.M. 2021. New species of Afrosternophorus Beier, 1967 (Pseudoscorpiones: Sternophoridae) from the Eastern Ghats and first record of Afrosternophorus ceylonicus Beier, 1973 from the Western Ghats in Kerala. International Journal of Entomology Research 6: 161–164. Reference page. 

2025

• Asima, A., Caleb, T.D.J., Prasad, G. & Mathew, M.J., 2025. First record of Epidelaxia Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) in India, with descriptions of two new species from the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 5590(4): 595–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.10. . Reference page.