India is a biodiverse-rich nation with 4 world hotspots and a excessive stage of endemism. These places proceed to be re-counted with new species discoveries. The current exploratory examine was performed at Wayanad, Kerala which is a part of the Western Ghats. The genus Dolomedes Latreille, 1804 generally often called Raft or Fishing spiders belonging to the household Dolomedidae Simon, 1876, is broadly distributed throughout the globe besides Antarctica. Nevertheless, it was solely in 2025 a sound examine confirmed the presence of the genus and household scientifically from India. Nevertheless, a number of checklists and articles have talked about the presence of this genus within the nation earlier than. This examine particulars the primary report of a brand new species Dolomedes indicus sp. nov from each sexes. This examine used each classical and molecular taxonomic technique for extra strong species-level identification. A primary phylogenetic tree of the Dolomedes genus with novel species was created utilizing the MT-CO1 gene.
Cherukutty, A., Krishnan, J.U. New species of Dolomedes (Araneae: Dolomedidae) from Kerala, India with insights on Indian data of the genus. Sci Rep 15, 42253 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-26308-2
