Thelcticopis bifasciata ( Thorell, 1891 )

Sankaran, Pradeep M., Sherwood, Danniella & Jäger, Peter, 2024, On the identity of species of the huntsman spider genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) from India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 5463 (3), pp. 301-338 : 333

Thelcticopis bifasciata ( Thorell, 1891)

Figs 25–26

Seramba bifasciata Thorell, 1891: 82 (juvenile).

Thelcticopis bifasciatus (Thorell) : Jäger 2005: 87 (transfer due to synonymy of Seramba with Thelcticopis ).

Type material. Holotype juvenile, INDIA: Nicobar Islands: Great Nicobar [6°59’N, 93°48’E; 168 m a.s.l.], date unknown, collector unknown, ( ZMUC, without registration number; examined based on photographs).

Remarks. The larger AMEs and paired, long ventral spines on tibia I–II fit this species potentially in Thelcticopis . However, this species is hereby considered a nomen dubium due to the immaturity of the holotype ( Fig. 25B ).

Distribution. India ( Nicobar Islands) ( Fig. 26 ).

Figures

FIGURES 25A–C. Thelcticopis bifasciata (Thorell, 1891), holotype juvenile female of Seramba bifasciata Thorell, 1891.A–B Habitus (A dorsal, B ventral); C Label in the holotype vial. Figures are not to scale. Photographs by Nikolaj Scharff, © ZMUC, Denmark.

FIGURE 26. Distribution of species of the genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 in Myanmar, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. For species in southern India and Sri Lanka (except for T. kirankhalapi), see Fig. 27.