Key to Indian species of Palpimanus

Male of P. vultuosus is excluded from the key as it is unknown and the detail of its female was taken from Simon (1897). Details of P. narsinhmehtai were taken from Prajapati et al. (2021).

1. Males.................................................................................................................................................. 2

– Females .............................................................................................................................................. 4

2. Dorsal arm of embolic stalk (DAE) with short distomedian process, median arm of embolic stalk (MAE) tongue-shaped (Fig. 6B).......................................................................... P. godawan sp. nov.

– Dorsal arm of embolic stalk (DAE) with long distomedian process, median arm of embolic stalk (MAE) cone-shaped (Figs 11B, 12C; Prajapati et al. 2021: fig. 17) ................................................. 3

3. Prolateral arm of embolic stalk (PAE) with lateral folding, median arm of embolic stalk (MAE) short (Fig. 11B).............................................................................................................. P. maldhok sp. nov.

– Prolateral arm of embolic stalk (PAE) lacks lateral folding, median arm of embolic stalk (MAE) large (Fig. 12A, C; Prajapati et al. 2021: fig. 18)................. P. narsinhmehtai Prajapati, Hun & Raval, 2021

4. Sternum covered with long whitish setae (Simon 1897) ............................ P. vultuosus Simon, 1897

– Sternum lacks covering of long whitish setae (Figs 3H, 8H)............................................................ 5

5. Receptacles (RE) sac-like, posterior part of receptacles (PRE) flat and strongly twisted (Fig. 6E).... ............................................................................................................................. P. godawan sp. nov.

– Receptacles (RE) balloon-shaped or reniform, posterior part of receptacles (PRE) cylindrical and weakly twisted (Fig. 11E; Prajapati et al. 2021: fig. 20) ................................................................... 6

6. Receptacles (RE) balloon-shaped, accessory glands (AG) originate distolaterally to posterior part of receptacles (PRE) (Figs 10F, 11E)........................................................................ P. maldhok sp. nov.

– Receptacles (RE) reniform, accessory glands (AG) originate medially to posterior part of receptacles (PRE) (Prajapati et al. 2021: fig. 20) ....................................................................... P. narsinhmehtai