Spariolenus Simon, 1880

Moradmand, Majid, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil & Kulkarni, Siddharth, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the troglophile Spariolenus spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) in South and West Asia, Zootaxa 5380 (1), pp. 77-95 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.1.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249165
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scientific name	Spariolenus Simon, 1880
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Spariolenus Simon, 1880 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species: Spariolenus tigris Simon, 1880 View in CoL , from eastern India, Calcutta. For redescription and illustration see Jäger (2001, 2006).

Generic diagnosis. Distinguished from other Heteropodinae by a combination of somatic and genital characters: most importantly, the number of spines on ventral tibia of legs: I–II 10, III 8 and IV 6 (vs. commonly I–IV 6 in others); male palp with short v- and dRTA; female copulatory organ with two spirally coiled CO which constructing two large rims ventrally. For detailed generic diagnosis see Moradmand and Jäger (2011).