Oxyopes tikaderi, Biswas, B. & Majumder, S. C., 1995

Biswas, B. & Majumder, S. C., 1995, State Fauna Series 4 Fauna Of Meghalaya, State Fauna Series 4 Fauna of Meghalaya Part 2, Zoological Survey Of India, pp. 93-128 : 123

84. Oxyopes tikaderi sp. nov. ( Figs. 4-6 )

General Cephalothorax and legs redish brown, abdomen yellowish in colour. Total length 4.30 mm. Carapace 1.80 mm. long, 1.80 mm. wide; abdomen 2.50 mm. long and 1.90 mm. wide.

Cephalothorax Round in shape not longer than wide. Central fovea almost absent. Cephalic region slightly high, clothed with brown hair. Posterior row of eyes strongly procurved situated at an equal distance, median eyes pearly white. Anterior row strongly recurved, black in colour, lateral eyes are large and the medians small. Ocular area with no conspicuous black patches. Sternum heart-shaped pointed behind clothed with hair and spines. Legs long and strong clothed with hair and spines.

Abdomen Long, narrow behind, clothed with fine grey and brown hair. Dorsum with irregular decoration almost uniformly coloured. Ventral side not provided with any black patches. Epigyne as in the text figs. 5-6...

Remarks This species resemble to Oxyopes sitae Tikader , but differs from this on the following characters 1) Cephalothorax not longer than wide and with no fovea where as in O. sitae cephalothorax longer than wide and with central fovea. 2) Abdomen uniform colour and without any ornamentation where as O. sitae abdomen not uniform coloured and provided with longitudinal black lines. 3) Epigyne structurally different.

Type-locality: Botanical garden, Shillong , Meghalaya, 18.xi.1965, coll. B. K. Tikader.

Holotype: Female in spirit, deposited at Zooological Survey of India, Calcutta, Regd. No. 5413/18 .

Figures

Figs. 4 6.: Oxyopes tikaderi sp. nov.: 4. Dorsal view of female, legs omitted. 5. Epigyne. 6. Internal genitalia.