A new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell,1878(Araneae:Halonoproctidae)from Western Ghats,Kerala,India

作     者：Sunil Jose K Sunil Jose K

作者机构：Department of ZoologyDeva Matha CollegeKuravilangadKerala 686633India 

出 版 物：《Zoological Systematics》 (动物分类学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第46卷第3期

页      面：258-263页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071002[理学-动物学] 

基　　金：Financial assistance received from SERB India(CRG/2018/004708) 

主　　题：Conothele mygalomorph spiders trapdoor spiders tarantulas Western Ghats 

摘      要：A new species of Halonoproctid spider Conothele chinnarensis *** described from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Ghats of Kerala,India based on morphological *** new species *** *** ***,*** and *** but can be distinguished from *** by the long stalk of the apical lobe which is not distally twisted,whereas in ***,the stalk is twisted distally and the burrow in *** *** straight without any other chamber,while in ***,on the inner end of the burrow a second D-shaped hinged trapdoor exists,which opens into another chamber(Siliwal et al.,2009);it differs from *** by the presence of curved spines on tibiaeⅢwhich are absent in ***.