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Genus: Hitobia Kamura, 1992 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Hitobia behni (Thorell, 1891)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027729

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Described:

Distribution: India (Nicobar Is.)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), Copenhagen = Zoological Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC/ZMK), Denmark f (13109) - (Sankaran & Caleb, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Poecilochroa behnii Thorell, 1891: 19 (Df) Original description

Hitobia behni Sankaran & Caleb, 2025: 137, f. 16-18 (f, T from Poecilochroa)

References

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

Thorell, T. (1891). Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(2): 1-149. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-08-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran & Caleb, 2025
2025-08-04	Species transferred to new genus	Sankaran & Caleb, 2025		Species transferred from Poecilochroa to Hitobia