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.
Highlights
The zodariid genus Storena Walckenaer, 1805 currently consists of 61 nominal species distributed across Africa, Australia, Australasia, Neotropical and Southeast Asia (World Spider Catalog 2020)
We revise the Indian species of Storena based on the type material available in the National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
The zodariid spiders in India are currently represented by 11 genera and 31 species (Caleb & Sankaran 2020)
Summary
The zodariid genus Storena Walckenaer, 1805 currently consists of 61 nominal species distributed across Africa, Australia, Australasia, Neotropical and Southeast Asia (World Spider Catalog 2020). Other parts of the globe are poorly known and currently the African, Australasian and one Southeast Asian representative (probably other species ) are considered to be misidentified (Bosmans & Van Hove 1986; Dankittipakul et al 2012; World Spider Catalog 2020). The genus currently has six representatives in India: Storena arakuensis Patel & Reddy, 1989, Storena birenifer Gravely, 1921, Storena debasrae Biswas & Biswas, 1992, Storena dibangensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006, Storena indica Tikader & Patel, 1975 and Storena tikaderi Patel & Reddy, 1989 (Caleb & Sankaran 2020; World Spider Catalog 2020). We revise the Indian species of Storena based on the type material available in the National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
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