New distributional report of Borboropactus bituberculatus Simon 1884 from Nicobar Islands, India

• Authors: Minakshi Dash , C. Sivaperuman
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A female of Borboropactus bituberculatus Simon, 1884 has been reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India for the first time. Diagnostic characters are provided for the species, as well as new photographs or illustrations of the genital organs of the species.

Keywords

EN

Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Borboropactus bituberculatus; Crab spider; India; Taxonomy; Thomisidae

Discipline

• ZOOLOGY: ZOOLOGY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 36
• Pages: 1-8

Contributors

author

Minakshi Dash

• Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre Haddo, Port Blair - 744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

author

C. Sivaperuman

• Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre Haddo, Port Blair - 744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

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• Document Type: article