Inthaeron rossi is a species of araneomorph spider endemic to India in the family Cithaeronidae, that was described by Norman I. Platnick in 1991.[1][2]
| Inthaeron rossi | |
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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: | Cithaeronidae |
| Genus: | Inthaeron |
| Species: | I. rossi
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| Binomial name | |
| Inthaeron rossi Platnick, 1991
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Description
editThey are generally around 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long and 2 millimetres (0.079 in) wide. They have a greenish-brown cephalothorax and yellowish-brown legs. Their abdomen is about twice as long as the carapace, and is mostly light brown and hairy with several stripes of various colors.[3] Only the female characters were known until 1994, when a male specimen was finally captured and identified, bearing the distinctive, highly coiled embolus.[4] The species name is derived from one of the specimen's collectors.[2]
Distribution
editIt was initially found in Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India, though it has also been found in Betul, Madhya Pradesh.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Gen. Inthaeron Platnick, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ a b Platnick, N. I. (1991). "A revision of the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". American Museum Novitates (3018): 1–13.
- ^ a b Gajbe, U.A. (2007). "Araneae: Arachnida". Fauna of Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh). State Fauna Series. Vol. 15. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India. pp. 493–494.
- ^ Platnick, N.I.; Gajbe, U.A. (1994). "Supplementary notes on the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". Journal of Arachnology. 22: 83.