Volume 12 | Number 1 | May 2023
v12i1.295ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.295
Submitted date: 18 March 2023
Accepted date: 3 May 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 5–13, pls. 4–6.
A NEW RUPICOLOUS DAY GECKO SPECIES (SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE: Cnemaspis) FROM TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA
Amit Sayyed*, Samson Kirubakaran, Rahul Khot, Anbazhagan Abinesh, Shiva Harshan, Ayaan Sayyed, Masum Sayyed, Omkar Adhikari, Jayaditya Purkayastha,
Shubhankar Deshpande & Shauri Sulakhe
*Corresponding author. E-mail: amitsayyedsatara@gmail.com
Abstract
We here describe a new rupicolous day gecko species nested within the C. gracilis clade from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The new species differs with a combination of morphological characters and molecular phylogenetics, from other closely related congeners. The sequence divergence of the new species in comparison with the congeners from the gracilis clade is 6.1–15.2% for the ND2 gene. The new species can also be differentiated from the congeners based on the following combination of morphological characters: conical and spine-like tubercles absent on flanks; adult SVL less than 35.0 mm; two precloacal pores; precloacal pores separated medially by two poreless scales; four femoral pores; number of mid-ventral scales 110–120; and a small black colour spot on the occiput.
Key words : dwarf geckos, [i]gracilis[.i[ clade, molecular phylogeny, ND2, rock-dwelling, systematics
Section Editor: Zeeshan Mirza
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.295
Submitted date: 18 March 2023
Accepted date: 3 May 2023
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 5–13, pls. 4–6.
A NEW RUPICOLOUS DAY GECKO SPECIES (SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE: Cnemaspis) FROM TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA
Amit Sayyed*, Samson Kirubakaran, Rahul Khot, Anbazhagan Abinesh, Shiva Harshan, Ayaan Sayyed, Masum Sayyed, Omkar Adhikari, Jayaditya Purkayastha,
Shubhankar Deshpande & Shauri Sulakhe
*Corresponding author. E-mail: amitsayyedsatara@gmail.com
Abstract
We here describe a new rupicolous day gecko species nested within the C. gracilis clade from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The new species differs with a combination of morphological characters and molecular phylogenetics, from other closely related congeners. The sequence divergence of the new species in comparison with the congeners from the gracilis clade is 6.1–15.2% for the ND2 gene. The new species can also be differentiated from the congeners based on the following combination of morphological characters: conical and spine-like tubercles absent on flanks; adult SVL less than 35.0 mm; two precloacal pores; precloacal pores separated medially by two poreless scales; four femoral pores; number of mid-ventral scales 110–120; and a small black colour spot on the occiput.
Key words : dwarf geckos, [i]gracilis[.i[ clade, molecular phylogeny, ND2, rock-dwelling, systematics
Section Editor: Zeeshan Mirza
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
v12i1.294ISSN: 1800-427X (printed)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.294
Submitted date: 10 June 2022
Accepted date: 1 December 2022
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 1–4, pls. 1–3.
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW WOLF SPIDER SPECIES (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE: Draposa) FROM WESTERN GHATS, INDIA
Raveendran Sudha Abhijith & Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: spidersudhi@gmail.com
Abstract
Draposa is a relatively newly described wolf spider genus numbering 11 species, out of which eight have been reported from India. A new Draposa species from Kerala, Western Ghats, India, is described, photographed and illustrated. The male palp of the new species is similar to that of D. lyrivulva distributed in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, but it differs by having the following combination of characters: shorter tegular apophysis with a narrow and linear tip, prominent sub-apical protrusion, and embolus parallel to tegular apophysis.
Key words : Arachnida, distribution, Kerala, Pardosa, South Asia, taxonomy
Section Editor: Francesco Ballarin
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.294
Submitted date: 10 June 2022
Accepted date: 1 December 2022
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 1–4, pls. 1–3.
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW WOLF SPIDER SPECIES (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE: Draposa) FROM WESTERN GHATS, INDIA
Raveendran Sudha Abhijith & Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: spidersudhi@gmail.com
Abstract
Draposa is a relatively newly described wolf spider genus numbering 11 species, out of which eight have been reported from India. A new Draposa species from Kerala, Western Ghats, India, is described, photographed and illustrated. The male palp of the new species is similar to that of D. lyrivulva distributed in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, but it differs by having the following combination of characters: shorter tegular apophysis with a narrow and linear tip, prominent sub-apical protrusion, and embolus parallel to tegular apophysis.
Key words : Arachnida, distribution, Kerala, Pardosa, South Asia, taxonomy
Section Editor: Francesco Ballarin
LSID:urn:lsid:zoobank.org
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