Titanoeca sharmai (Bastawade, 2008) Bastawade, 2008

Marusik, Yuri M., Ballarin, Francesco & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2011, On the spider genus Amaurobius (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) in India and Nepal, ZooKeys 168, pp. 55-64 : 62

Titanoeca sharmai (Bastawade, 2008) comb.n.

Amaurobius sharmai Bastawade, 2008: 40, f. 1-12 (♂♀).

Comments.

This species was described from the northeastern region of Himachal Pradesh, India (Fig. 17) on the basis of both sexes, but the figures and description are of rather poorly quality. The figures provided by the author, namely the tibial and metatarsal spines on the legs in males and the structure of the palp, leaves no doubt that the species belongs in Titanoecidae . Although there are three titanoecid genera in India, judging from the locality, high elevation, and the unmodified male palpal patella, Amaurobius sharmai must be placed in Titanoeca . It is worth mentioning that this species may be a junior synonym of Titanoeca intermedia Caporiacco, 1934 (species incorrectly synonymized with Titanoeca flavicoma L. Koch, 1872), which was described from territories now belonging to northeastern Pakistan and from northern India (Jammu & Kashmir).