Meotipa andamanensis ( Tikader, 1977 ) Tikader, 1977

Kulkarni, Siddharth, Vartak, Atul, Deshpande, Vishwas & Halali, Dheeraj, 2017, The spiny theridiid genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 in India, with description of a strange new species with translucent abdomen and a phylogenetic analysis about the genus placement (Araneae, Theridiidae), Zootaxa 4291 (3), pp. 504-520 : 515-516

Meotipa andamanensis ( Tikader, 1977) new combination

Argyrodes andamanensis Tikader, 1977: 170 , f.7A–B (Df)

Holotype (not eXamined): Female , ZSI, Chiriatapu, South Andaman, India.

Original description and illustration of Argyrodes andamanensis mentioned black FS on legs and abdomen, shape of abdomen and colour pattern of white and brown patches ( Tikader 1977). These characters as well as the illustrations provided by the author match closely with the type species M. picturata and thus leaves no doubt that A. andamanensis should be transferred to the genus Meotipa following the current diagnosis by Deeleman- Reinhold (2009). Therefore we propose the new combination here as Meotipa andamanensis ( Tikader, 1977) n. comb.

Distribution. Known from Chiriatapu, South Andaman, India.