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Genus: Poecilochroa Westring, 1874 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Poecilochroa barmani Tikader, 1982

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027728

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Described:

Distribution: India

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Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f (5073/18) - (Sankaran & Caleb, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Poecilochroa barmani Tikader, 1982b: 451, f. 354-358 (f) Original description

Poecilochroa barmani Gajbe, 2007: 477, f. 157-161 (f)

Poecilochroa barmani Sankaran & Caleb, 2025: 136, f. 8-10 (f)

References

Gajbe, U. A. (2007). Araneae: Arachnida. In: Fauna of Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh), State Fauna Series. Zoological Survey of India Kolkata 15(1), 419-540. -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M. & Caleb, J. T. D. (2025). On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: VI. Genera Ladissa Simon, 1907, Melicymnis Simon, 1885, and Poecilochroa Westring, 1874 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5673(1): 132-142. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.1.9 -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1982b). Part 2. Family Gnaphosidae. In: The fauna of India. Spiders: Araneae. Vol. II. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 295-536. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-08-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran & Caleb, 2025