Sphingius dherikanalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corinnoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Corinnoidea

Familia: Liocranidae
Subfamilia: Oedignathinae
Genus: Sphingius
Species: Sphingius dherikanalensis

Name

Sphingius dherikanalensis (Gajbe, 1979)

Type locality: India, Odisha: Dhenkanal (not Dherikanal): Tikarpada (not Tikarpara) (20°35’56’’N, 84°48’02’’E), 262 m alt.

Holotype: NZC-ZSI. female ♀. 29.II.1972. legit J.K. Sen. 4319/18.

Synonymy

• Sosticus dherikanalensis Gajbe, 1979: 71 (synonymized by Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 556)
• Sphingius dherikanalensis (Gajbe): Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 556

References

Primary references

• Gajbe, U.A. 1979. Studies on some spiders of the genus Sosticus from India (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India 2: 69-74. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sankaran, P.M. & Caleb, J.T.D. 2021. On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: V. Genera Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834, Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922 and Gaviphosa gen. nov. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5040(4): 539–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.5. . Reference page.