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.
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