Palpimanidae, Thorell, 1869

Tripathi, Rishikesh, Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kuni, Nikhil & Sudhikumar, Ambalaparambil V., 2023, New species of Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae, Palpimaninae), with a catalogue of the Indian palpimanid fauna, European Journal of Taxonomy 891, pp. 26-50 : 43

Catalogue of Indian Palpimanidae

Following this study, the Palpimanidae in India now comprises six described species belonging to three genera; all are described from mainland India. The palpimanid fauna of India is dominated by Palpimanus , with four species; three species are known from both sexes, while one is known only from the female ( World Spider Catalog 2023; present data). Sankaran (2022) concluded that the species Sarascelis raffrayi Simon, 1893 is not recorded in India, but the World Spider Catalog (2023) still records this species as being found in India, which may be based on Gravely (1921). However, Gravely (1921) was uncertain about the generic placement of the specimens that he examined from the Barkuda Islands, and considered them to be conspecific with S. raffrayi , which he compared only with the original description of this species ( Simon 1893), and not with its type. As a consequence, the occurrence of this species in India based on Gravely (1921), cannot be confirmed until a physical specimen from India can be positively collected and recognized as belonging to that species.