Redescription, distribution and status of the Karwar Large Burrowing Spider <i>Thrigmopoeus truculent us</i> Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), a Western Ghats endemic ground mygalomorph

Abstract

The genus Thrigmopoeus is endemic to the Western Ghats of India, and is so far represented by two species: Thrigmopoeus truculentus Pocock, 1899 and T. insignis Pocock, 1899. The distribution of T. truculentus was considered to be restricted to its type locality until a few populations were identified in other places. In this paper we provide detail morphometry and characters used in modern-day taxonomy to redescribe the female of T. truculentus, with additional notes on its distribution, range extension, burrow and habitat.