Indicoblemma is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by J. D. Bourne in 1980.[3] It is a senior synonym of Chavia.[2] They are found in parts of India, China and Thailand.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetrablemmidae |
| Genus: | Indicoblemma Bourne, 1980[1] |
| Type species | |
| I. sheari Bourne, 1980
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Species
editAs of September 2019[update] it contains four species, found in Asia:[1]
- Indicoblemma cruxi Lin & Li, 2010 – China
- Indicoblemma lannaianum Burger, 2005 – Thailand
- Indicoblemma monticola (Lehtinen, 1981) – Thailand
- Indicoblemma sheari Bourne, 1980 (type) – India
Description
editThey are yellow to brown, and have six eyes. The sternum has rough pits, that have fine setae at the points of fusion of these pits.[4]
Behaviour and Ecology
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Indicoblemma Bourne, 1980". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ a b Burger, M. (2005). "The spider genus Indicoblemma Bourne, with description of a new species (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 13: 97.
- ^ Bourne, J. D. (1980). "New armored spiders of the family Tetrablemmidae from New Ireland and northern India (Araneae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 87: 301–317. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.85520.
- ^ a b Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.