Makdiops agumbensis ( Tikader, 1969 )

Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam, Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil Vasu & Tripathi, Rishikesh, 2022, First record of Siamspinops Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 from India, first description of the female of Makdiops shevaroyensis (Gravely, 1931), and a catalogue of Indian selenopid fauna (Araneae, Selenopidae), Zootaxa 5194 (1), pp. 109-121 : 118

Makdiops agumbensis ( Tikader, 1969)

Selenops agumbensis Tikader, 1969: 252 , figs 1–3 (♀).

Makdiops agumbensis (Tikader) . Crews & Harvey 2011: 87 ; Sankaran et al. 2020: 596 , figs 1A–C (♀).

Type locality. Agumbe Ghat , Karnataka, India ( Tikader 1969) .

Type repository. NZC-ZSI ( Sankaran et al. 2020).

Records from India. Karnataka ( Tikader 1969; Fig. 7 ).

Distribution. Known only from India ( World Spider Catalog 2022).

Remarks. Crews & Harvey (2011) transferred this species from Selenops to Makdiops based on original textual description. Sankaran et al. (2020) redescribed and illustrated the holotype female.

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FIGURE 7. Distribution of the genus Makdiops Crews & Harvey, 2011 in India. ○ Makdiops agumbensis (Tikader, 1969); ▲ Makdiops mahishasura Crews & Harvey, 2011; ♦ Makdiops montigena (Simon, 1889); ● Makdiops nilgirensis (Reimoser, 1934); Makdiops shevaroyensis (Gravely, 1931); ■ Makdiops shiva Crews & Harvey, 2011.