Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India..
Zootaxa. 2020 Dec 23;4896(4):zootaxa.4896.4.12. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.12.
The selenopid genus Makdiops Crews Harvey, 2011 was recently erected by Crews and Harvey (2011) with Selenops montigena Simon, 1889 as the type species. The genus represents medium-sized, usually high-altitude-dwelling spiders that can be diagnosed by the pattern of ventral spination of the anterior tibiae and metatarsi (4-3, 3-3 or 3-2) and by the absence of tarsal scopulae (Crews Harvey 2011). The genus is restricted to India (five species) and Nepal (one species) (Crews Harvey 2011; Caleb Sankaran 2020; World Spider Catalog 2020). While erecting the new genus, Crews and Harvey (2011) transferred two species formerly placed in Selenops Latreille, 1819: Selenops montigena Simon, 1889 and Selenops agumbensis Tikader, 1969. However, they did not examine the types of these two species due to their unavailability, and both these transfers were based either only on the original or subsequent descriptions/re-descriptions of these species. In this paper, we present images of the types of these two species and transfer Selenops shevaroyensis Gravely, 1931 to Makdiops. Additionally, we provide supplementary descriptions for the types of M. montigena, M. agumbensis and M. shevaroyensis comb. nov..
由 Crews 和 Harvey（2011）建立的 Makdiops Crews Harvey，2011 硒蛛属最近被建立，其模式种为 Selenops montigena Simon，1889。该属代表中等大小，通常生活在高海拔地区的蜘蛛，可以通过前胫骨和跗节的腹侧刺的模式（4-3、3-3 或 3-2）和跗节栉具的缺失来诊断（Crews Harvey 2011）。该属仅限于印度（五个种）和尼泊尔（一个种）（Crews Harvey 2011；Caleb Sankaran 2020；World Spider Catalog 2020）。在建立新属时，Crews 和 Harvey（2011）将以前归入 Selenops Latreille，1819 的两个种转移到 Makdiops 属中：Selenops montigena Simon，1889 和 Selenops agumbensis Tikader，1969。然而，由于这些物种的模式标本无法获得，他们没有检查这两个物种的模式标本，这两个转移都是基于这些物种的原始或后续描述/重新描述。在本文中，我们展示了这两个物种的模式标本的图像，并将 Selenops shevaroyensis Gravely，1931 转移到 Makdiops 属中。此外，我们还为 M. montigena、M. agumbensis 和 M. shevaroyensis comb. nov. 的模式标本提供了补充描述。
