Indicoblemma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetrablemmidae
Genus: Indicoblemma
Bourne, 1980[1]
Type species
I. sheari
Bourne, 1980
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]

Indicoblemma is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by J. D. Bourne in 1980.[3] It is a senior synonym of Chavia.[2] They are found in parts of India, China and Thailand.[4]

Species

As of September 2019 it contains four species, found in Asia:[1]

  • Indicoblemma cruxi Lin & Li, 2010 – China
  • Indicoblemma lannaianum Burger, 2005 – Thailand
  • Indicoblemma monticola (Lehtinen, 1981) – Thailand
  • Indicoblemma sheari Bourne, 1980 (type) – India

Description

They are yellow to brown, and have six eyes. The sternum has rough pits, that have fine setae at the points of fusion of these pits.[4]

Behaviour and Ecology

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Indicoblemma Bourne, 1980". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  2. 1 2 Burger, M. (2005). "The spider genus Indicoblemma Bourne, with description of a new species (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 13: 97.
  3. ↑ Bourne, J. D. (1980). "New armored spiders of the family Tetrablemmidae from New Ireland and northern India (Araneae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 87: 301–317. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.85520.
  4. 1 2 Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.


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