This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sankaran, Pradeep M., Kadam, Gautam (2025): On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594 (2): 258-268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2

Abstract

We report the first record of the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876, and the genus Dolomedes Latreille, 1804 from India, including the first record, and a redescription of the widely distributed species, Dolomedes mizhoanus Kishida, 1936. We also review the two Dolomedes species previously known from Sri Lanka, and discuss the record of Dolomedes boiei (Doleschall, 1859) in Sri Lanka. We provide detailed descriptions and genitalic illustrations of Dolomedes karschi Strand, 1913 and D. mizhoanus, with a distribution map of the family in India and Sri Lanka. We also propose D. boiei to be treated as a nomen dubium due to its unknown type deposition and vague original description.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/f8a4a86d-2bfa-43df-b441-292a175cbb23
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/315BFFBAFFA2FFCA1B01FFBBFFAFFFFB
Citation: Sankaran P M, Kadam G, plazi (2025). On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y6r55d accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.