v12i1.294

Submitted date: 10 June 2022
Accepted date: 1 December 2022
Published date: 12 May 2023
Pp. 1–4, pls. 1–3.

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW WOLF SPIDER SPECIES (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE: Draposa) FROM WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

Raveendran Sudha Abhijith & Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: spidersudhi@gmail.com

Abstract
Draposa is a relatively newly described wolf spider genus numbering 11 species, out of which eight have been reported from India. A new Draposa species from Kerala, Western Ghats, India, is described, photographed and illustrated. The male palp of the new species is similar to that of D. lyrivulva distributed in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, but it differs by having the following combination of characters: shorter tegular apophysis with a narrow and linear tip, prominent sub-apical protrusion, and embolus parallel to tegular apophysis.

Key words : Arachnida, distribution, Kerala, Pardosa, South Asia, taxonomy

Section Editor: Francesco Ballarin
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