Taxonomic Examine of Eriovixia panigrahii (Araneae: Araneidae) from Kalahandi, Odisha, India
Summary
Eriovixia Archer, 1951 is a genus of the spider household Araneidae Clerck, 1757, with 35 named species occurring three species in Africa and thirty two species in Asia.4 Eriovixia species have been recognized throughout our survey within the hilly space of Kalahandi, Odisha; three have been recognized as Eriovixia laglaizei, Eriovixia excelsa, and Eriovixia poonaensis and one was a brand new species. The brand new one was described as Eriovixia panigrahisis based mostly on morphological characters and the COI mitochondrial gene sequence. However the species epithet was corrected from Eriovixia panigrahisis to Eriovixia panigrahii by the World Spider Catalog and handled as a “nomen nudum”, as the unique description didn’t designate sort specimens and lacked genitalia descriptions. This examine presents the revised and full taxonomic description of Eriovixia panigrahii, based mostly on each female and male holotypes. The holotype and paratypes are clearly designated, and detailed observations of genital morphology are offered. Key diagnostic characters are described to help correct identification of the species.
