Dutta S.1,2, Sudhin P.P.1, Sen S.1*, Banerjee D.1 2026. The genus Chorizopesoides Mi et Wang, 2018 (Aranei: Araneidae) from India, with the description of a new species // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.35. No.2: 239–244 [in English].
1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal, India.
2 Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata – 700019, West Bengal, India.
* Corresponding author
Supradipta Dutta: duttasupra49@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6250-4872
Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin: sudhinpp@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-3981
Souvik Sen: sensouvik07@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7149-5376
Dhriti Banerjee: dhritibanerjee@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-0165
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.35.2.09
ABSTRACT: The genus Chorizopesoides Mi et Wang, 2018 is recorded for the first time from India. Two species are recognized: Chorizopesoides shimoga sp.n. (♀) and C. orientalis (Simon, 1909). Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1965 syn.n. was found to be a junior synonym of C. orientalis, and the collecting localities of all five known Chorizopesoides species are also mapped.
KEY WORDS: orb-weaver, Araneae, taxonomy, new synonym, distribution, Western Ghats.