Macrothrix odiosa Gurney, 1916

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(64) Macrothrix odiosa Gurney, 1916

Indian records. Assam —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008b); Kerala — Subhash Babu & Thomas (2007) Madhya Pradesh — Kotov et al. (2005); Rajasthan — Biswas (1971), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Maharashtra — Rane (2002, 2004, 2006); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998); Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Described from Sri Lanka ( Gurney 1916). Valid species of the M. paulensis species group ( Kotov et al., 2005). Earlier some authors placed it in the genera Echinisca Liévin, 1848 or Gurneyella Brehm, 1930 (do not mix with Guernella Richard, 1892 !).

Distribution. Tropics and subtropics of Africa and Asia, could be also found in Mediterranean Region of Europe ( Kotov et al. 2005).

Macrothrix rosea ( Jurine, 1820)

Indian records. Jammu & Kashmir— Akthar (1972), Raina & Vass (1993), Siraj et al. (2006, 2007), Ahangar et al. (2012a); Rajasthan — Sharma V. et al. (2008, 2012), Sharma R et al. (2011) ; Uttarakhand —Kumar et al. (2012). General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984) as Echinisca rosea .

Remarks. Described from Switzerland ( Jurine, 1820). The M. rosea-triserialis group was recently revised ( Dumont et al., 2002; Kotov et al., 2004). Probably, M. rosea is only present in the northern Palaearctic, while the southern Palaearctic is mainly occupied by M. triserialis . Most probably Fernando & Kanduru (1984) meant just the latter taxon, yet we have no chance for a final conclusion due to the absence of any descriptions and illustrations.

Macrothrix shadini Mukhamediev, 1963

Indian records. General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984) as Echinisca shadini .

Remarks. Macrothrix shadini , described from Uzbekistan ( Mukhamediev 1963), is a junior synonym of M. triserialis ( Smirnov 1992) . Most probably, just M. triserialis was recorded by Fernando & Kanduru (1984) under this name.