Oedignatha raigadensis, Bastawade, 2006

Bastawade, 2006, Replacement Name For Amaurobius indicus Bastawade And Its Transfer To Family Corinnidae (Arachnida: Araneae), Zoos' Print Journal 21 (7), pp. 2307-2307 : 2307

REPLACEMENT NAME FOR AMAUROBIUS INDICUS BASTAWADE AND ITS TRANSFER TO FAMILY CORINNIDAE (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE ) D.B. Bastawade Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Station, Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India Email: [e-mail] Amaurobius indicus Bastawade was described as a new species under the family Amaurobiidae ( Bastawade, 2002) . Siliwal et al. (2005: see II.a.2) referred to this species as 'misplaced' on the figures and characters given by the author. In his World Catalog of Spiders, Platnick (2006) remarked the species to be 'misplaced' following Siliwal et al. (2005). Literature search for the characters for the placement of this species suggested that this species should be placed under the family Corinnidae . This Note is in keeping with the recommendations by the two sources in standardizing arachnid taxonomy.

The family Corinnidae is represented by 35 known species under nine genera and, out of these, six genera and 25 species are endemic to the Indian mainland ( Siliwal et al., 2005). The genus Oedignatha Thorell 1881 , presently includes 13 species from India. Majumder and Tikader (1991) and Reddy and Patel (1993) had placed the genus Oedignatha Thorell, 1881 under the Family Clubionidae but it has now been transferred to the Family Corinnidae ( Platnick, 2006) .

The studies of diagnostic characters of the Family Corinnidae and of the genus Oedignatha suggest that the previously described Amaurobius indicus Bastawade should be transferred to family Corinnidae and the genus Oedignatha .

This species was described by me ( Bastawade, 2002) based on Amaurobius andamanensis Tikader, 1977 and had provided a key to distinguish the two. However, Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) transferred A. andamanensis to genus Oedignatha (IX.g. 2 in Siliwal et al., 2005). Since A. indicus Bastawade, 2002 meets the characters of genus Oedignatha like O. andamanensis , I propose the transfer of A. indicus to genus Oedignatha . Since, Oedignatha indica Reddy & Patel, 1993 is preoccupied (see # IX.g.7 in Siliwal et al., 2005), I propose a replacement name Oedignatha raigadensis nom. nov., as per Article No. 60 of the ICZN (1999). The proposed name is after the district in which the type locality Khalapur occurs.

The type material are preserved in 70% alcohol and currently deposited at ZSI, WRS, Pune with the following registration numbers: I/1104 (holotype female), I/1105 (paratype male), I/ 1106a & b (paratype females) .