identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03AEB323A6638B56FF4FFDFAE083C2FB.text	03AEB323A6638B56FF4FFDFAE083C2FB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropizodium bengalensis (Tikader & Patel 1975) Sankaran & Caleb & Sebastian 2019	<div><p>Tropizodium bengalensis (Tikader &amp; Patel, 1975) comb. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 1 A–H)</p><p>Lutica bengalensis Tikader &amp; Patel, 1975: 138, figs 12–15 (Description and illustrations of female). Tikader, 1981: 139, figs 3–4 (Illustrations of female).</p><p>Type material. Holotype female from INDIA: West Bengal: Kolkata (=Calcutta): Bhowanipore / <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.34594&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.533236" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.34594/lat 22.533236)">Bhabanipur</a> (=Bhowanipur) (22°31’59.65’’N, 88°20’45.37’’E), 10 m alt.; B. Goswami leg.; 4 May 1974; repository NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no register number), examined . Paratype (1 female, no register number) with same data as holotype, examined .</p><p>Type material status. The ZSI collection has two glass bottles for this species. The first bottle, labelled as ‘holotype’, contains one female specimen in fairly good condition. The same bottle has a small glass vial containing the dissected genitalia of the holotype. The second bottle labelled as ‘paratype’ contains one female specimen in good condition, but with detached opisthosoma.</p><p>Justification of transfer. Tikader and Patel (1975) described this species on the basis of two female specimens collected in West Bengal. Detailed examination of the holotype (Fig.1A, C–D) and the paratype (Fig. 1B, E) shows that this species has all the diagnostic features of Tropizodium: AME largest, small intercheliceral triangle and distantly lying globular spermathecae without clearly defined copulatory ducts. Based on these observations, we propose to transfer L. bengalensis to Tropizodium .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AEB323A6638B56FF4FFDFAE083C2FB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sankaran, Pradeep M.;Caleb, John T. D.;Sebastian, Pothalil A.	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2019): Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4658 (1): 168-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.8
03AEB323A6638B56FF4FFEAEE2A3C7B4.text	03AEB323A6638B56FF4FFEAEE2A3C7B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropizodium Jocque & Churchill 2005	<div><p>Genus Tropizodium Jocqué &amp; Churchill, 2005</p><p>Diagnosis. For description and diagnosis of the genus, see Jocqué &amp; Churchill (2005) and Dankittipakul et al. (2012).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AEB323A6638B56FF4FFEAEE2A3C7B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sankaran, Pradeep M.;Caleb, John T. D.;Sebastian, Pothalil A.	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2019): Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4658 (1): 168-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.8
03AEB323A6638B57FF4FFB21E66BC14A.text	03AEB323A6638B57FF4FFB21E66BC14A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropizodium kovvurensis (Reddy & Patel 1993) Sankaran & Caleb & Sebastian 2019	<div><p>Tropizodium kovvurensis (Reddy &amp; Patel, 1993) comb. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 2 A–D)</p><p>Lutica kovvurensis Reddy &amp; Patel, 1993: 173, fig. 1a–h (Description and illustrations of male and female).</p><p>Type material. Holotype female from INDIA: costal Andhra Pradesh: West Godavari: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=81.72673&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=17.012522" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 81.72673/lat 17.012522)">Kovvur</a> (17°00’45.08’’N, 81°43’36.24’’E), 21 m alt.; T.S. Reddy leg.; date unknown; repository NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no register number), not examined . Allotype (1 male, no register number) with same data as holotype, not examined .</p><p>Remark. We were unable to trace the types of L. kovvurensis in the arachnid collection of ZSI, even though the authors mentioned that the types are deposited in ZSI, Kolkata (Reddy &amp; Patel 1993).</p><p>Other material examined. INDIA, Kerala: Ernakulam, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.49679&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.195489" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.49679/lat 10.195489)">Malayattoor</a>, (10°11’43.76’’N, 76°29’48.45’’E), 27 m alt., 23 January 2014, M.S. Pradeep leg. , from ground, by hand: 3 females (ADSH 112763) .</p><p>Justification of transfer. Reddy and Patel (1993) described this species on the basis of one female and one male specimens collected in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Although we could not examine the types of L. kovvurensis, the original illustrations of the female habitus and female genitalia of this species are diagnosable and show diagnostic features of Tropizodium . The first and most important diagnostic character refers to the vulva of L. kovvurensis, which is represented by distantly lying spermathecae without clearly defined copulatory ducts (Reddy &amp; Patel 1993 fig. 1c–d). Such vulva is a characteristic feature of Tropizodium species (Jocqué &amp; Churchill 2005). Features such as AME largest and epigyne posteriorly with a small central depression of L. kovvurensis (Reddy &amp; Patel 1993 fig. 1a, c–d) are also congruent with the diagnostic features of Tropizodium species (Jocqué &amp; Churchill 2005). All these characters clearly indicate that Reddy and Patel (1993) misplaced this species under Lutica . Based on these observations, we propose to transfer L. kovvurensis to Tropizodium .</p><p>Redescription. Female in alcohol (Fig. 2A). Carapace, clypeus, chelicerae, fangs brownish. Carapace with black patches and streaks. Eye field, opisthosoma black. Endites, labium, sternum, leg and palpal segments pale brownish. Opisthosoma hirsute, elongate triangular, with thin postero-lateral corrugations (Fig. 2A). Spinnerets straw coloured. Body length 3.96. Carapace length 1.85, width 1.43. Opisthosoma length 2.11, width 1.41. Eye diameters: ALE 0.11. AME 0.16. PLE 0.07. PME 0.06. Eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.08. AME–ALE 0.04. AME–PME 0.14. PME–PME 0.29. PME–PLE 0.07. Clypeus height at AMEs 0.36, at ALEs 0.30. Chelicerae length 0.64. Measurements of palp and legs. Palp 1.58 [0.52, 0.37, 0.28, 0.41], I 6.24 [1.67, 0.56, 1.45, 1.70, 0.86], II 6.14 [1.59, 0.65, 1.24, 1.85, 0.81], III 6.02 [1.56, 0.54, 1.26, 1.75, 0.91], IV 8.10 [2.05, 0.68, 1.88, 2.49, 1.00]. Leg formula: 4123. Genitalia (Fig. 2 B–C): epigyne hardly sclerotized; posteriorly with a central, nearly triangular depression (Fig. 2C). Copulatory openings situated postero-laterally, behind the fertilization ducts. Spermathecae ovoid (Fig. 2C). Fertilization ducts narrow, lying parallel to each other (Fig. 2C).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AEB323A6638B57FF4FFB21E66BC14A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sankaran, Pradeep M.;Caleb, John T. D.;Sebastian, Pothalil A.	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2019): Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4658 (1): 168-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.8
03AEB323A6628B50FF4FF884E712C4C4.text	03AEB323A6628B50FF4FF884E712C4C4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tropizodium poonaensis (Tikader 1981) Sankaran & Caleb & Sebastian 2019	<div><p>Tropizodium poonaensis (Tikader, 1981) comb. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 3 A–I)</p><p>Lutica poonaensis Tikader, 1981: 139, figs 5–10 (Description and illustrations of male and female). Type material. Holotype female from INDIA: Maharashtra: Pune (=Poona): flower garden in Pune University compound (18 o 33’16.28’’N, 73 o 49’32.48’’E), 581 m alt.; B.K. Tikader leg.; 28 March 1980; repository NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no register number), examined. Paratype (6 females, no register number) and allotype (4 males, no register number) with same data as holotype, examined.</p><p>Type material status. The ZSI collection has three glass bottles for this species. The first bottle, labelled as ‘holotype’, contains one female specimen in good condition. The same bottle has a small glass vial containing the dissected genitalia of the holotype. The second bottle labelled as ‘paratype’, contains, instead of six females, five female specimens and one juvenile in good condition. The third bottle, labelled as ‘allotype’, contains four highly bleached males.</p><p>Justification of transfer. Tikader (1981) described this species on the basis of six females, four males and a juvenile specimen collected in Maharashtra. Detailed examination of the holotype (Fig. 3A, C–D) and the paratype (Fig. 3E) suggests that this species has all the diagnostic features of Tropizodium: AME largest, small intercheliceral triangle, epigyne posteriorly with central depression and distantly lying globular spermathecae lacking clearly defined copulatory ducts. Based on these observations, we propose to transfer L. poonaensis to Tropizodium .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AEB323A6628B50FF4FF884E712C4C4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sankaran, Pradeep M.;Caleb, John T. D.;Sebastian, Pothalil A.	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2019): Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4658 (1): 168-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.8
03AEB323A6648B51FF4FFF46E198C6B8.text	03AEB323A6648B51FF4FFF46E198C6B8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zodarion Walckenaer 1826	<div><p>Genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826</p><p>Diagnosis. For description and diagnosis of the genus, see Jocqué (1991).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AEB323A6648B51FF4FFF46E198C6B8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sankaran, Pradeep M.;Caleb, John T. D.;Sebastian, Pothalil A.	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2019): Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4658 (1): 168-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.8
03AEB323A6648B52FF4FFEF6E650C7B4.text	03AEB323A6648B52FF4FFEF6E650C7B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zodarion deccanensis (Tikader & Malhotra 1976) Sankaran & Caleb & Sebastian 2019	<div><p>Zodarion deccanensis (Tikader &amp; Malhotra, 1976) comb. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 4 A–H)</p><p>Lutica deccanensis Tikader &amp; Malhotra, 1976: 794, figs 1–5 (Description and illustrations of male and female). Tikader, 1981: 139, figs 1–2 (Illustrations of female).</p><p>Type material. Holotype female from INDIA: Maharashtra: Pune (=Poona): Gokhale Nagar: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=73.815384&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.525488" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 73.815384/lat 18.525488)">Vetal Hill</a> (18°31’31.76’’N, 73°48’55.38’’E), 705 m alt.; M.S. Malhotra leg.; 21 July 1974; repository NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no register number), examined . Allotype (1 male, no register number) with same data as holotype, examined .</p><p>Type material status. The ZSI collection has three glass bottles for this species. The first bottle, labelled as ‘holotype’, contains one female specimen with broken legs. The second bottle, labelled as ‘allotype’, contains one highly bleached male. The third bottle, labelled as ‘internal genitalia of L. deccanensis ’, contains the dissected genitalia of the holotype.</p><p>Justification of transfer. Tikader and Malhotra (1976) described this species based on one female and one male specimens collected in Maharashtra. Detailed examination of the holotype (Fig. 4A, C–D) and the allotype (Fig. 4B, E) indicates that this species deviates from the diagnostic features of Tropizodium species. The shape of the female prosoma (Fig. 4A), shape and orientation of the embolus (Fig. 4E), shape of the epigyne (Fig. 4C) and shape and orientation of the vulva (Fig. 4D) show close similarity with the species of Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 . Based on these observations, we propose to transfer L. deccanensis to Zodarion .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AEB323A6648B52FF4FFEF6E650C7B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sankaran, Pradeep M.;Caleb, John T. D.;Sebastian, Pothalil A.	Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2019): Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4658 (1): 168-174, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.8
