A new spider species of the genus Philoponella Mello-Leitão 1917 (Araneae: Uloboridae) from Western Ghats of India

[摘要] A new species from the spider genus Philoponella Mello-Leitão 1917 – Philoponella rostralis n. sp.(♂♀) is diagnosed and described from the Kottapara Hills, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. A detailed description of its morphology, diagnostic features, photographs and the depictions of the copulatory organs of bothsexes are given.

[学科分类] 动物科学

[关键词] epigyne;feather legged spider;morphology;palp;taxonomy