Cilantica agasthyaensis Mirza, 2024

♀ Female described
Female Female © Zeeshan A. Mirza (2024), female in life

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Mirza, Z. A. (2024). Systematics of the Western Ghats endemic tarantula subfamily Thrigmopoeinae with the description of a new genus and four new species. Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 67 (2): 183-234.

Distribution

India

Type Locality: On the way to Pandipat hut from Bonacaud, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, 350 m

Etymology

The species is named after the Agasthyamalai hill range in the Southern Western Ghats. The generic name is a Latinized noun from Cilanti, a Tamil word for spider.

Specimen Records (3)

BNHS SP 125 ♀ Holotype India

On the way to Pandipat hut from Bonacaud, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, 350 m, Kerala

December 2013 · col. Rajesh Sanap & Zeeshan Mirza

Holotype female of Cilantica agasthyaensis. Collected 24 December 2013.

BNHS SP 126 ♀ Paratype India

On the way to Pandipat hut from Bonacaud, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, 350 m, Kerala

December 2013 · col. Rajesh Sanap & Zeeshan Mirza

Paratype female of Cilantica agasthyaensis; same locality as the holotype.

BNHS SP 127 ♀ Paratype India

Ponmudi, 860 m, Kerala

December 2013 · col. Rajesh Sanap & Zeeshan Mirza

Paratype female of Cilantica agasthyaensis from Ponmudi. Collected 21 December 2013.

Bibliography (1)

Mirza, Z. A. (2024). Systematics of the Western Ghats endemic tarantula subfamily Thrigmopoeinae with the description of a new genus and four new species. Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 67 (2): 183-234.
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