Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10831414 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8006082 |
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Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991 |
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Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991 View in CoL
Figs 2A–F View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3
Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991: 275 View in CoL , figs 1–6 (J, ♀).
Type material. Holotype J and paratype ♀ from SRI LANKA , T. Wijesiri, AMNH, not examined. (Illustrations of this species given in Wijesinghe, 1991 a: 275, figs. 1-6 are diagnostic and were used for comparison).
Other material examined. 1 J ( CATE 10020505 a) from INDIA: Kerala: Peppara wildlife Santuary: near Vahvanthole waterfalls 8°40'28.2"N, 77°09'45.8"E; 410m alt GoogleMaps .), 06 February 2023, A . Jose leg GoogleMaps ., from litter, by hand.
Diagnosis. For diagnosis of the species, see Wijesinghe, 1991.
Supplementary description. Male ( Figures 2A–C View Figure 2 ). For description of the species, see Wijesinghe, 1991. Body length 4.74. Carapace 2.78 long, 2.17 wide, 1.70 height. Abdomen 3.04 long, 1.39 wide, 1.44 height. Ocular area 1.05 long, 1.66 wide. Eye sizes and ocular distance: AME 0.34, ALE 0.15, PME 0.09, PLE 0.17; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.07, PME–PME 1.34, ALE–ALE 1.49, PME–PLE 0.25, PLE–PLE 1.52, ALE–PME 0.09, ALE-PLE 0.74. Length of chelicerae 0.91 long, 0.53 wide. Clypeus height at AMEs 1.11. Sternum 1.03 long, 0.81 wide. Length of pedipalp and legs: pedipalp 2.76 [0.87, 0.32, 0.44, 1.13], I 6.93 [1.77, 0.68, 1.80, 1.76, 0.92], II 6.26 [1.80, 0.64, 1.53, 1.53, 0.76], III 6.11 [1.75, 0.56, 1.40, 1.57, 0.83], IV 8.76 [2.34, 0.73, 2.04, 2.64, 1.01]. Leg formula: 4123. Spination of pedipalp: femur pld 1 do 2, patella pld 1 do 1 rld 1, tibia do 1 rl 1, tarsus/cymbium pl 2 do 2 rl 1 rld 1; legs: femur I pld 1 do 5 rld 1, II pl 1 pld 1 do 4 rld 2, III pld 2 do 5 rld 2, IV pld 1 do 5 rld 2; patellae I–IV pld 1 rld 1; tibia I–IV pl 1 pld 1 plv 3 do 2 rl 1 rld 1 rlv 3; metatarsus I–IV pl 1 pld 3 plv 3 rl 1 rld 3 rlv 3. Pedipalp ( Figures 2D–F View Figure 2 ): tibia longer than wide, RTA biramous, anterior ramus oriented to 1 o’ clock ventrally, joined to tibia by continuous broad base, medially curly and tapers to the tip. Posterior ramus pointed 5 o'clock ventrally, attached to tibia by socket like structure, curved frontaly at the tip. VTA small, sub triangular with smooth anterior edge, directed to 1 o’ clock ventrally. Dorsal tibial margin sclerotised to a sharp tip. Cymbium protruded down retrolaterally, rco small, dorsally triangular, perpendicular to cymbium. The dco prominent, developed to a left-curved spiny structure. Tegular furrow inverted J-shaped.
Female: See Wijesinghe, 1991.
Distribution. India (present data) and Sri Lanka (the type locality) ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 ; Wijesinghe, 1991; WSC, 2023).
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Westfield State College, Museum and Herbarium |
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Gelotia lanka Wijesinghe, 1991
Jose, Athira, Tripathi, Rishikesh & Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu 2023 |
Gelotia lanka
Wijesinghe, D. P. 1991: 275 |