Chrysso makiling (Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2015) Murthappa & Malamel & Prajapati & Sebastian & Venkateshwarlu, 2017

Murthappa, Prashanthakumara S., Malamel, Jobi J., Prajapati, Dhruv A., Sebastian, Pothalil A. & Venkateshwarlu, Mididoddi, 2017, First description of the male of the type species Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and description of a new Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from India, Zootaxa 4344 (3), pp. 589-596 : 595

Chrysso makiling (Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2015) comb. nov.

Chrysso makiling Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2015 ; Figs. 1A–D (Generic name misspelled; description and illustration of ♀ [Type from Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve , Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines; A.T Barrion leg.; repository Arachnological collection of the UP Los Banos Museum of Natural History (UPLBMNH), College, laguna, Philippines- Not examined]).

Justification for the transfer. Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, (2015) described this species only from the female specimen. The original drawings and descriptive characters given by Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, (2015; Figs. 1A–D ) indicate that this species shares the characteristic features of Meotipa rather than Chrysso : Opisthosoma with black lanceolate spines dorsally, long legs with lanceolate spines (in chrysso spines are sharp or needle like) middorsally and anteriodorsally. All these characters clearly suggest the evidence for the transfer and hereby we transfer this species from Chrysso to Meotipa .

Figures

FIGURE 1 A – J. Meotipa picturata. A Male habitus, dorsal view, B same prolateral view, C same ventral view; D Female habitus, dorsal view, E same prolateral view, F same ventral view; G Male left palp prolateral view, H same ventral view; I Female Epigyne, ventral view; J same dorsal view; Scale bars: A, B, C, 1 mm; D, E, F, 2 mm; G, H, I, J, 0.02 mm.