taxonID	type	description	language	source
A908D470B714AE11FCC0FC3F84AF3509.taxon	materials_examined	Type species Thiania pulcherrima C. L. Koch, 1846	en	Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal, Sen, Souvik (2024): The first record of Thiania abdominalis Żabka, 1985 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124 (4): 325-327, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i4/2024/172849, URL: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i4/2024/172849
A908D470B714AE13FCC0FB97823932BA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 4 ♀♀ (NZC-ZSI- 9347 / 18), India: Meghalaya, East Khasi Hills District, Laitkynsew, 25 ° 25 ' 41.83 " N, 91 ° 48 ' 8.55 " E, h = 1879 m. 11. vi. 2024, Coll. Sudhin P. P. For a diagnosis of the species, see Logunov (2021) and Asima et al., (2023). Description: Female (NZC-ZSI- 9504 / 18). (Figs 1 a – d): Colour in alcohol. Measurements: body length 5.14; carapace length 2.31, width 1.82; abdomen length 2.78, width 1.41. Ocular area length 1.04, width at ALE 1.50, width at PME 1.47. Eye diameters: AME 0.39, ALE 0.23, PME 0.07, PLE 0.21. Eye inter-distances: AME – AME 0.10, ALE – ALE 1.01, PLE – PLE 1.22, PME – PLE 0.19, PME – PME 1.28. Length of chelicera 0.49. Measurement of palp and legs: palp 1.85 [0.68, 0.36, 0.31, 0.50], leg I 4.90 [1.46, 0.68, 1.31, 0.85, 0.60], II 3.80 [1.29, 0.47, 0.96, 0.59, 0.49], III 3.75 [1.16, 0.53, 0.84, 0.77, 0.45], IV 3.89 [1.12, 0.56, 0.97, 0.77, 0.47]. Leg formula: 1423. Carapace flat, light reddish-brown, margins with black lines; eye field dark brown, sparsely covered with long white setae; eye bases black (Figure 1 a). Chelicerae are short, light reddish-brown, promargin with two small teeth, and retromargin with a single tooth. Maxillae and labium are light yellowish-brown with paler tips (Figure 1 b). Sternum pale yellow, covered with brown setae (Figure 1 b). Abdomen oval, creamy yellow, dorsum with wide transverse black bands anteriorly and posteriorly. Spinnerets pale yellow (Figure 1 a). Venter greyish-yellow without prominent markings (Figure 1 b). Epigyne wider than long, with a pair of shallow fossae; copulatory openings laterally oriented; copulatory ducts relatively broad, anteriorly curved, meet at the median line, leading posteriorly and connected to round-shaped spermathecae; fertilization	en	Sudhin, Puthoor Pattammal, Sen, Souvik (2024): The first record of Thiania abdominalis Żabka, 1985 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124 (4): 325-327, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i4/2024/172849, URL: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i4/2024/172849
