Oedignatha Thorell

Biswas, B. & Biswas, K, 1992, Fauna of West Bengal- Araneae: Spiders- Subfamily Corinnidae, Fauna of West Bengal Part 3 (Arachnida and acari), Calcutta, India: Zoological Survey of India, pp. 422-428 : 422

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.892221

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281581

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scientific name

Oedignatha Thorell
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Genus 34. Oedignatha Thorell View in CoL View at ENA

1881. Oedignatha Thorell, View in CoL Ann. Mus. Civ. Star. Nat. Genova, 18: 209.

1931. Oedignatha: Gravely, View in CoL Rec. Indian. Mus., 33(3): 264.

1934. Oedignatha: Rcimoscr, View in CoL Proc. zool. Soc. London, (1): 15.

Diagnosis: Cephalothorax oblonged, not narrow in front, sufficiently high with a very short central fovea. The cephalic sheild coming up to the posterior median eyes. The frontal row slightly recurved and the posterior row longer than the amcrior row, slightly procurved. The ocular quadrate almost squire. Chelicerae twice longer than its breadth inner margin provided with 5 to 9 teeth, outer margin with 3 teeth. Sternum oval in shape. Abdomen oblonged covered with sclerotized dorsal shield ornamented by whitish spot, sometimes dorsum provided by dorsal scoulum.

The spiders of this genus are found in high altitude and low hilly region of foliage leaves.

Type-species: Oedignatha scrobiculata Thorell. View in CoL

Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Java, China.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Liocranidae

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