First record and redescription of wolf spider Pardosa oriens (Araneae, Lycosidae) from India

Abstract

Genus Pardosa incorporates species morphologically resembling each other. As a result, a lot of discrepancies can be observed in the group. This paper reports and redescribes Pardosa species Pardosa oriens (Chamberlin 1924) for the first time from India.

Keywords

• Kerala
• new reports
• taxonomy
• Western Ghats