Draconarius joshimath Quasin, Siliwal & Uniyal, 2017

Hoang, Quang Duy, Nophaseud, Liphone & Jäger, Peter, 2025, Notes on the genus Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae: Agelenidae) with description of two new species from Laos, Zootaxa 5590 (4), pp. 555-567 : 563-564

Draconarius joshimath Quasin, Siliwal & Uniyal, 2017

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Type material. Holotype: female (WILD-09-ARA-1305), INDIA: Uttarakhand: Joshimath, Chamoli District ( NDBR), 30 ⁰32'57.6"N, 79 ⁰36'02.4"E, 2293 m a.s.l., 16 July 2009, S. Quasin leg. Paratypes: 1 male (WILD-09- ARA-1306), same data as for holotype; 1 female (WILD-09-ARA-1307), 30 ⁰33'02.6"N, 79 ⁰33'14.0"E, 20 July 2009, 2243 m a.s.l., S. Quasin leg. (all not examined) .

Material examined. 1 male, INDIA: Uttarakhand: Western Himalaya, Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, 30°33'1.60"N, 79°33'57.47"E, 2070 m a.s.l., 16 March 2011, along road, under logs and stones, by hand, P. Jäger & S. Quasin leg. ( SMF). Diagnosis. See Quasin et al. (2017). Description. See Quasin et al. (2017). Distribution. India (Joshimath of Uttarakhand) ( Figs 10 , 11 ). Notes. This species was actually compared in the original diagnosis ( Quasin et al. 2017) with two members of the venustus species group, but not formally included, which we do here according to the palpal morphology ( Fig. 9 ).

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FIGURES 9A–B. Draconarius joshimath Quasin, Siliwal & Uniyal, 2017, male from Joshimath, Uttarakhand, India. A Palp, prolatero-ventral; B Same, retrolateral (spines omitted). Abbreviations: C—conductor; E—embolus; LTA—lateral tibial apophysis; MA—median apophysis; PA—patellar apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis; SP—spermophor.

FIGURES 10A–B. A Published distributional records of Draconarius s.l. species sorted by elevational intervals of occurrence (inset, bottom left); B Distribution along elevational gradient (numbers of datasets [n] against elevation [m]).

FIGURES 11A–B. Published distributional records of Draconarius s.l. A by species; B by life style (A: numbers indicating species numbers in particular countries; B: blue triangles—cave dwelling specimens; red circles—outside dwelling specimens).