A new species of the genus Spinoctenus Hazzi, Polotow, Brescovit, González-Obando et Simó, 2018 (Araneae: Ctenidae) from Panama

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  A new species of the genus Spinoctenus Hazzi, Polotow, Brescovit, González-Obando et Simó, 2018 (Araneae: Ctenidae) from Panama A new species Spinoctenus leleji sp. n . is described from Panama based on a male specimen. This is the first record of the genus Spinoctenus from Panama and the second record of this genus outside South America. The new species is most similar to S. tequendama Hazzi, Polotow, Brecovit, González-Obando et Simó, 2018, but differs by the structure of the male palp and the shape of metatarsus IV. Photographs of the habitus and copulatory organs are provided. The type locality of the new species is mapped. Omelko, Мichail M. 2026. A new species of the genus Spinoctenus Hazzi, Polotow, Brescovit, González-Obando et Simó, 2018 (Araneae: Ctenidae) from Panama. Far Eastern Entomologist(554): 19-24.  https://biosoil.ru/fee/publication/2988

First report of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from southern India

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First report of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from southern India

Abstract
Latrodectus geometricus (Koch, 1841) is a widow spider native to Africa and introduced in to several countries from both the Americas to Japan. Three adult female L. geometricus with three egg-sacs were observed in Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. The present record extends its known distributional range to further south being the southernmost occurrence of the species in India.

R., Kishore & Sadhasivan, Vinod. (2025). First report of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from southern India. ENTOMON. 50. 465-468. 

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