Pandava (spider)

Pandava is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Titanoecidae.[1]

Pandava
Pandava laminata female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Titanoecidae
Genus: Pandava
Lehtinen, 1967[1]

Taxonomy

In 1967, Pekka T. Lehtinen transferred the species Amaurobius laminatus, first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878, into his newly created genus Pandava as P. laminata, placing it in the family Titanoecidae.[1][2] Over 30 years later, in 2001, a further species, Pandava hunanensis, was added to the genus.[3] A major revision of Pandava in 2010 saw five new species being added.[4]

Diagnosis

Male spiders placed in the genus Pandava differ from other species of Titanoecidae in features of the palpal bulb: the tegular process (a projection from the tegulum) is smaller; the median apophysis (one of the hardened plates making up the palpal bulb) is thumb-shaped. Females differ in features of the epigynum: the copulatory openings are more anterior.[4]

Species

As of January 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Pandava andhraca (Patel & Reddy, 1990) – India
  • Pandava ganesha Almeida-Silva, Griswold & Brescovit, 2010 – India
  • Pandava ganga Almeida-Silva, Griswold & Brescovit, 2010 – India
  • Pandava hunanensis Yin & Bao, 2001 – China
  • Pandava kama Almeida-Silva, Griswold & Brescovit, 2010 – India
  • Pandava laminata (Thorell, 1878) (type species) – Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Sri Lanka to China, New Guinea, Marquesas Is. (introduced into Germany and Hungary)
  • Pandava nathabhaii (Patel & Patel, 1975) – India
  • Pandava sarasvati Almeida-Silva, Griswold & Brescovit, 2010 – Myanmar, Thailand
  • Pandava shiva Almeida-Silva, Griswold & Brescovit, 2010 – India, Pakistan

References
  1. "Gen. Pandava Lehtinen, 1967", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-01-13
  2. Lehtinen, P.T. (1967), "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha", Annales Zoologici Fennici, 4: 199–468
  3. Yin, C.M. & Bao, Y. H. (2001), "Two new species of the family Titanoecidae from Hunan Province (Arachnida: Araneae)", Journal of Changde Teachers University, Natural Science Edition, 13 (3): 58–61
  4. Almeida-Silva, L.M.; Griswold, C.E. & Brescovit, A.D. (2010), "Revision of the Asian spider genus Pandava Lehtinen (Araneae: Titanoecidae): description of five new species and first record of Titanoecidae from Africa", Zootaxa, 2630: 30–56, retrieved 2016-01-13
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