Makdiops montigena ( Simon, 1889 )

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 : 119

Makdiops montigena ( Simon, 1889)

Selenops montigena Simon, 1889: 335 (♀). Gravely 1931: 260, fig. 15D (♀).

Makdiops montigenus (Simon) . Crews & Harvey 2011: 84 , figs 81–84, 112 (♂ ♀).

Makdiops montigena (Simon) . Sankaran et al. 2020: 597 , figs 2A–B, D (♀).

Type locality. Jaunsar-Bawar , Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India ( Sankaran et al. 2020) .

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

Records from India. Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand ( Crews & Harvey 2011; Sankaran et al. 2020; Fig. 7 ).

Distribution. India, Nepal ( World Spider Catalog 2022).

Remarks. Crews & Harvey (2011) transferred this species from Selenops to Makdiops based on non-type material collected from India and Nepal. 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.