taxonID	type	description	language	source
CD6287C2FFA3FFCB1B96FC14FD31F9D5.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Araneus fimbriatus Clerck, 1757, by subsequent designation (Latreille 1804).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA3FFCB1B96FC14FD31F9D5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: For family and genus description and diagnosis, see Morris et al. (2025).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA3FFCB1B96FC14FD31F9D5.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first record of the family and the genus from India. Images of a Dolomedes species from West Bengal (Mondal, pers. comm.) were presented in Mondal et al. (2020: 165), but misidentified as a species of Eucamptopus Pocock, 1900. Pocock (1900) described the monotypic pisaurid genus Eucamptopus for Eucamptopus coronatus Pocock, 1900 based on a male specimen collected from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tikader & Malhotra (1976) redescribed E. coronatus based on its holotype, which was supposed to be deposited at the Natural History Museum of London (Tikader & Malhotra 1976), but is currently unavailable there, and may be misplaced or lost (D. Sherwood, pers. comm.). Even though the palpal illustrations of E. coronatus provided in Tikader & Malhotra (1976: figs 1 – 3) are highly schematic, the overall shape and orientation of palpal sclerites, particularly the embolus together with the general shape of the habitus, and the presence of four retromarginal teeth on the chelicerae show similarities with genera currently included in Dolomedidae. Moreover, the palpal illustrations of E. coronatus show a close similarity with that of Dolomedes spp., suggesting a possible synonymy of Eucamptopus with Dolomedes. The recent discovery of D. mizhoanus in Tamil Nadu (see below), will suggest a possibility that E. coronatus could be a synonym of D. mizhoanus. But confirmation of all these require the examination of the holotype or topotype material of E. coronatus.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA3FFC81B96F9C4FB92F848.taxon	description	Figs 3 – 10	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA3FFC81B96F9C4FB92F848.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♂ (SMF 4847 - 137), CEYLON (= SRI LANKA), 1874, leg. G. Worms, examined based on photographs.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA3FFC81B96F9C4FB92F848.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Males of D. karschi can be distinguished from the known males of Dolomedes species except D. mizhoanus by the combination of the following features: 1) a broad and thick RTA that fully surrounds the retrolateral side of palpal tibia; 2) a broad-based median apophysis with a ventrally folded base that forms a basal extension; 3) a DST with a retrolaterally extended posterior edge; 4) a long embolus that extends through the dorsal distal tegular projection; 5) a broad-based fulcrum drastically narrowed at its curved section; 6) an elongated lateral subterminal apophysis that can be observed retrolaterally without the expansion of the palp; and 7) chelicerae usually with more than three promarginal teeth (Figs 7 – 9). Males of D. karschi can be separated from the males of D. mizhoanus by the anteriorly protruded RTA with three spines (vs. RTA flat with a single spine in D. mizhoanus); by the triangular basal extension of the median apophysis (vs. thumb-shaped in D. mizhoanus); and by the fulcrum with less protruded ventral edge (vs. more protruded in D. mizhoanus) (cf. Figs 8 – 9 and Zhang et al. 2004: figs 21 – 22).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA3FFC81B96F9C4FB92F848.taxon	description	Redescription. Male in ethanol (Figs 3 – 6). Carapace brown, laterally covered with dense, short, grayish setae (Fig. 3); eye region red-brown, with sparse gray-brown setae; chelicerae dark yellow-brown, covered with long setae near fang furrow; endites, labium, and sternum yellow-brown; legs brown, covered with gray-brown setae, femur IV ventrally covered with extra dense long setae; dorsum of opisthosoma bearded with short, dark brown setae forming irregular brownish patches (Fig. 3), anterolaterally with several lines of white setae, venter yellow-brown. Fovea distinct, longitudinal (Fig. 3). Cheliceral promargin with five teeth, two large basal, and three small apical positioned close to central furrow, retromargin with four equal-sized teeth. Opisthosoma long-oval, with distinct cardiac mark (Fig. 3). Body length 15.82. Carapace 8.74 long, 8.28 wide. Opisthosoma 7.08 long, 4.92 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.26, AME 0.34, PLE 0.58, PME 0.52; AME – ALE 0.14, AME – AME 0.16, PME – PLE 0.48, PME – PME 0.24. Clypeus 1.25 long. Chelicerae 3.03 long. Length of palp and legs: palp 13.23 [5.40, 1.71, 2.51, 3.61], I 40.80 [11.02, 4.39, 10.89, 10.59, 5.67], II 40.80 [11.17, 3.23, 10.69, 10.14, 5.57], III 38.14 [10.59, 4.08, 9.25, 9.16, 5.06], IV 45.70 [11.69, 4.43, 11.14, 11.84, 6.60]. Leg formula: 4123. Palp (Figs 7 – 9). Palpal tibia with a thumb-shaped ventral tibial apophysis and retrolaterally surrounded by a broad, highly sclerotised, and anteriorly protruded RTA with three sharp spines (Figs 7 – 9). Basal retrolateral edge of the venter of cymbium with a long-oval basal cymbium apophysis (Figs 8 – 9). Tegulum sclerotised, prolaterally attached to a large and elongated distal tegular projection, and retrolaterally to a long, membranous, and triangular conductor (Figs 8 – 9). Subtegulum small, lying basomedial to the tegulum (Fig. 8). Tegulum, distal tegular projection, and conductor form a U-shaped tegular ring having a highly sclerotised saddle that lies its lower center (Fig. 8). Median apophysis hook-shaped, lying retrolaterally to the saddle, and is equally wide with a broad base; median apophysis basoretrolaterally with a triangular ventral fold (Fig. 8). Fulcrum hook-shaped, with a very broad base, drastically shrinking at the curved region, with a folded ventral edge forming a groove containing the long, narrow, and curved embolus (Figs 8 – 9). Lateral subterminal apophysis elongated with a rounded tip, visible retrolaterally without expanding the palp (Fig. 9). Fulcrum, embolus, and lateral subterminal apophysis originated from distal sclerotised tube of apical division. Variation. Unknown. Female. Unknown.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA3FFC81B96F9C4FB92F848.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Sri Lanka (exact type locality unknown) (Strand 1913) (Fig. 31).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA6FFCC1B96FF2CFC4CF88A.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 2, 11 – 24	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA6FFCC1B96FF2CFC4CF88A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♀, TAIWAN: Mizuho, date unknown, leg. Koji Shintsuji, depository unknown, not examined (female genitalic illustrations provided in Zhang et al. 2004: figs 19 – 20, and Jäger 2007: figs 18 – 19 are diagnostic, and were used for comparison). Material examined. INDIA: Kerala: Malappuram, Akampadam (11 ° 18 ’ N, 76 ° 12 ’ E; 61 m a. s. l.), 15 March 2013, leg. M. S. Pradeep, resting near stream, by hand: 1 ♀ with egg sac (ZSI / WGRC / I R. - INV. 28701); Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Sirumalai Hills (10 ° 10 ’ 58 ’’ N, 77 ° 58 ’ 04 ’’ E; 1013 m a. s. l.), 15 August 2024, leg. G. Kadam, resting near small stream, by hand: 1 ♀ without right leg IV (ZSI / WGRC / I R. - INV. 28702).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA6FFCC1B96FF2CFC4CF88A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. For a comparative diagnosis of the species, see Zhang et al. (2004).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA6FFCC1B96FF2CFC4CF88A.taxon	description	Supplementary description. Female in ethanol (ZSI / WGRC / I R. - INV. 28702; Figs 16 – 18). Carapace, clypeus pale green, the former marginally black, while the latter with black reticulate pattern (Fig. 16); thoracic striae evident, marked by black lines (Fig. 16); fovea red-brown (Fig. 16); chelicerae, endites, labium red-brown; sternum yellowish, covered with long black hairs, laterally provided with round to oval, black spots, posterior ones very small (Fig. 17); leg segments pale green to dark brown, with black patches, stripes and annulations; all coxae and femora ventrally with numerous black spots (Fig. 17); dorsum of opisthosoma black with indistinct grayish pattern (Fig. 16), sides and venter brown-black; spinnerets brownish. Fovea straight, long, longitudinal (Fig. 16). Cheliceral promargin with five teeth, two large basal, and three small apical, retromargin with four equal-sized teeth (Fig. 18). Opisthosoma oval, with distinct cardiac mark (Fig. 16). Body length 16.32. Carapace 7.04 long, 8.71 wide. Opisthosoma 9.28 long, 6.78 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.17, AME 0.32, PLE 0.49, PME 0.52; AME – ALE 0.13, AME – AME 0.25, AME – PME 0.28, PME – PLE 0.57, PME – PME 0.35. Clypeus height at AMEs 1.07, at ALEs 1.19. Chelicerae 4.10 long. Length of palp and legs: palp 13.68 [4.70, 2.07, 2.86, 4.05], I 38.65 [10.48, 4.83, 10.07, 9.22, 4.05], II 41.08 [11.37, 4.71, 10.30, 9.82, 4.88], III 37.09 [10.53, 4.45, 9.08, 8.62, 4.41], IV 45.09 [12.11, 4.59, 10.95, 11.69, 5.75]. Leg formula: 4213. Spination of palp: femur pld 1 do 5 rld 1, patella pld 1 do 1 rld 1, tibia pl 1 pld 1 rld 2, tarsus pl 2 pld 1 rl 1 rlv 2; legs: femora I – II pl 1 pld 4 do 3 rld 5, III pld 5 do 3 rld 5, IV pld 5 do 3 rld 3; patellae I – IV pl 1 do 1 rl 1; tibiae I – II pl 2 plv 4 do 1 rl 2 rld 1 rlv 4, III – IV pl 2 plv 3 do 1 rl 2 rld 1 rlv 4; metatarsus I pl 3 pld 1 plv 2 rld 1 rlv 3 vt 1, II pl 1 pld 3 plv 2 rl 3 rld 1 rlv 2 vt 1, III pl 3 pld 1 plv 2 rl 3 rld 1 rlv 2 vt 1, IV pl 3 pld 1 plv 2 rl 3 rld 1 rlv 3 vt 1; tarsi I – IV spineless. Genitalia (Figs 19 – 20, 23 – 24). Epigynal field slightly longer than wide, with a broad, median membranous epigynal window having a prominent convex posteromedian margin, with lateral epigynal folds, and with short, lateral lobes having rounded tips (Figs 19, 23). Copulatory openings posterolaterally positioned, slit-like (Fig. 23). Copulatory ducts long, tubular, and less sclerotised with one obliquely oriented coil (Figs 20, 24). Spermathecae long, coiled, sclerotised, and laterally oriented (Figs 20, 24). Fertilization ducts broad, flat, diverging and laterally oriented (Figs 20, 24). Male. For description and illustrations of the male, see Zhang et al. (2004). Measurements of the second female. Body length 16.34. Carapace 7.87 long, 8.40 wide. Opisthosoma 8.47 long, 5.69 wide. Intraspecific variations. The prosoma of the female specimen from Kerala is overall brown in colour; in live specimen, habitus of this female has numerous white patches and spots, and dorsum opisthosoma posteriorly have four conspicuous W-shaped markings (Figs 1, 11). Its cheliceral promargin with three teeth, two large basal, and one small apical (Fig. 12). The specimen from Tamil Nadu is slightly darker in colour, and its sternum and the ventral region of all leg coxae and femora have black spots (Figs 2, 17), which are absent in the specimen from Kerala, as well as never reported in specimens described from China, Laos and Taiwan (Kishida 1936; Zhang et al. 2004; Jäger 2007). The epigynal window of the female specimen from Kerala has concave posteromedian margin (Fig. 21). The fertilization ducts of the female specimen from Tamil Nadu are larger in size (see also Jäger 2007: fig. 19), than those of the specimen from Kerala (Figs 22, 24). Egg sac. The egg sac examined is globular, dirty gray in colour, with a diameter of 14.53 millimetres (Fig. 15).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA6FFCC1B96FF2CFC4CF88A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Hebei, Hunan, Guizhou, Zhejiang), Laos (Ban Keng Koung), and Taiwan (Mizuho, now a days Ruisui). Herein recorded in India: Kerala, and Tamil Nadu (Fig. 31).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA5FFC21B96FF2CFE3BFDC6.taxon	description	Figs 25 – 30	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA5FFC21B96FF2CFE3BFDC6.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Syntype ♀, INDONESIA: Java, date unknown, collector unknown, not examined. Other material examined. Subadult ♀ (ZMB 6787), CEYLON (= SRI LANKA), date unknown, leg. Paul & Fritz Sarasin, examined based on photographs.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA5FFC21B96FF2CFE3BFDC6.taxon	description	Description. For description of the female, see Doleschall (1859). Male. Unknown.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA5FFC21B96FF2CFE3BFDC6.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Doleschall (1859) described L. boiei (now D. boiei) based on a single female specimen collected from the island of Java, in Indonesia. This species is known only from verbal description that lacked genitalic details and illustrations, which made its identity obscure. Though Karsch (1892) recorded this species from Sri Lanka, based on a subadult female specimen (Figs 25 – 29), his identification is doubtful. It is apparent that Karsch (1892) never examined the type of L. boiei, instead he used its original description, which provides only a few somatic details supported by the illustrations of habitus and eye group (Doleschall 1859: fig. 7), for identifying his specimen. Karsch (1892) proposed the conspecificity of his specimen with L. boiei based only on a rufous median stripe [light stripe, per Karsch (1892)] that was present dorsally on the thoracic region of L. boiei. An examination of the specimen described by Karsch from Sri Lanka showed that it has white bands laterally on its opisthosoma (Figs 25, 27). However, Doleschall (1859) never mentioned this feature for L. boiei. Moreover, the type locality of L. boiei is in Java, and is lying approximately 3777 Km away from Sri Lanka, which also challenges the assumption regarding the occurrence of L. boiei in Sri Lanka. The original description of the Sri Lankan species D. karschi (Strand 1913) shows that it has lateral white bands on its opisthosoma similar to those of Karsch’s specimen (Figs 3, 5). Strand (1913) also doubted about the similarity of D. karschi with the specimen described as D. boiei by Karsch. The similarity in the opisthosomal pattern, and the same geographic distribution suggests that Karsch’s specimen may be conspecific with D. karschi, and not with D. boiei. The whereabouts of the type material of D. boiei is unknown, and it may be lost as it is not available in possible depositories such as NHM, Vienna (Hörweg, pers. comm.) or HNHM, Hungary (Lazányi, pers. comm.). The original description (Doleschall 1859) gives no relevant features to differentiate this species from its known congeners. These, combined with the absence of a precise type locality within Java render this species unrecognisable. Therefore, we propose to consider D. boiei as a nomen dubium.	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
CD6287C2FFA5FFC21B96FF2CFE3BFDC6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Indonesia (Java), and Sri Lanka (doubtful; exact collecting locality is unknown; Doleschall 1859; Karsch 1892; Fig. 31).	en	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2
