A new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell,1878(Araneae:Halonoproctidae)from Western Ghats,Kerala,India  

作　　者：Sunil Jose K 

机构地区：[1]Department of Zoology,Deva Matha College,Kuravilangad,Kerala 686633,India

出　　处：《Zoological Systematics》2021年第3期258-263,共6页动物分类学报（英文版）

基　　金：Financial assistance received from SERB;India(CRG/2018/004708)。

摘　　要：A new species of Halonoproctid spider Conothele chinnarensis sp.nov.is described from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Ghats of Kerala,India based on morphological characters.The new species C.chinnarensis sp.nov.resembles C.varvarti,C.birmanica and C.vali but can be distinguished from C.varvarti by the long stalk of the apical lobe which is not distally twisted,whereas in C.varvarti,the stalk is twisted distally and the burrow in C.chinnarensis sp.nov.is straight without any other chamber,while in C.varvarti,on the inner end of the burrow a second D-shaped hinged trapdoor exists,which opens into another chamber(Siliwal et al.,2009);it differs from C.birmanica by the presence of curved spines on tibiaeⅢwhich are absent in C.birmanica.

关 键 词：Conothele mygalomorph spiders trapdoor spiders tarantulas Western Ghats 

分 类 号：Q959.226[生物学—动物学]