Saturday, December 23, 2023

[Arachnida • 2023] Hongkongia novia • First Record of the Genus Hongkongia Song & Zhu, 1998 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from India, with the Description of A New Species


Hongkongia novia 
 Sankaran & Tripathi, 2023


A new spider species discovered in Kerala's Ponmudi Hills, part of the Southern Western Ghats, India. Belonging to family Gnaphosidae, this find introduces the Hongkongia genus to India.

Keywords: Araneae, Gnaphosidae, new species, Hongkongia



Pradeep M. Sankaran and Rishikesh Tripathi. 2023. First Record of the Genus Hongkongia Song & Zhu, 1998 from India, with the Description of A New Species (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).  Zootaxa. 5389(4); 497-500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.4.8