Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015

Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015

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<p>Description of Thomisus telanganaensis Pravalikha &amp; Srinivasulu, 2015 based on two females and their interpretation as intraspecific variation, are likely to be distinct Thomisus species. Further, the proposed endemicity of poorly studied species Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960 in...

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Main Author: Siddharth Kulkarni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
Intraspecific
revision
Telangana Crab Spider
Thomisus.
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2191
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spelling doaj-0c6176ac380e435bb9174f22c0d95a702020-11-25T02:25:54ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072015-07-01797605760610.11609/JoTT.o4363.7605-61751Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015Siddharth Kulkarni0Biome Conservation Foundation, Pune, 18, Silver Moon Apts.,1/2A/2, Bavdhan Kh.,Pune, Maharashtra 411021, India<p>Description of Thomisus telanganaensis Pravalikha &amp; Srinivasulu, 2015 based on two females and their interpretation as intraspecific variation, are likely to be distinct Thomisus species. Further, the proposed endemicity of poorly studied species Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960 in Pravalikha &amp; Srinivasulu (2015) is doubtful and based on distributional records cited from two dubious publications. Overall, the shortcomings in Pravalikha &amp; Srinivasulu (2015) reflect need for revision of the genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805. </p>http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2191IntraspecificrevisionTelangana Crab SpiderThomisus.
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Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015
Journal of Threatened Taxa
Intraspecific
revision
Telangana Crab Spider
Thomisus.
author_facet Siddharth Kulkarni
author_sort Siddharth Kulkarni
title Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015
title_short Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015
title_full Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015
title_fullStr Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015
title_full_unstemmed Comments on “A new species of genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Telangana, India and a detailed description of Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960” by Pravalikha & Srinivasulu, 2015
title_sort comments on “a new species of genus thomisus walckenaer, 1805 (araneae: thomisidae) from telangana, india and a detailed description of thomisus projectus tikader, 1960” by pravalikha & srinivasulu, 2015
publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
series Journal of Threatened Taxa
issn 0974-7893
0974-7907
publishDate 2015-07-01
description <p>Description of Thomisus telanganaensis Pravalikha &amp; Srinivasulu, 2015 based on two females and their interpretation as intraspecific variation, are likely to be distinct Thomisus species. Further, the proposed endemicity of poorly studied species Thomisus projectus Tikader, 1960 in Pravalikha &amp; Srinivasulu (2015) is doubtful and based on distributional records cited from two dubious publications. Overall, the shortcomings in Pravalikha &amp; Srinivasulu (2015) reflect need for revision of the genus Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805. </p>
topic Intraspecific
revision
Telangana Crab Spider
Thomisus.
url http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2191
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