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Genus: Sphingius Thorell, 1890 | Family: Liocranidae Simon, 1897

Sphingius bilineatus Simon, 1906

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025443

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Described:

Distribution: India, Bangladesh

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Lectotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India m of Sphingius barkudensis - (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f)
Paralectotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 2f of Sphingius barkudensis - (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f)
Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f (5519/18) of Sosticus jabalpurensis - (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021)
Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f (4320/18) of Sosticus sundargarhensis - (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021)
Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 2f (4321/18, 4322/18) of Sosticus sundargarhensis - (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (AR17739) - (Sankaran, 2025)
Holotype: Spider Research Laboratory, J. D. Patil Sangludkar Mahavidyalaya (SRL, JDPSM), Daryapur, Maharashtra, India f of Sphingius delakharae - (Pawaria et al., 2018)
Paratype: Spider Research Laboratory, J. D. Patil Sangludkar Mahavidyalaya (SRL, JDPSM), Daryapur, Maharashtra, India 1m 6f of Sphingius delakharae - (Pawaria et al., 2018)

Taxonomic References

Sphingius bilineatus Simon, 1906c: 301 (Df) Original description

Sphingius barkudensis Gravely, 1931: 271, f. 19G-H (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025442]

Sphingius bilineatus Gravely, 1931: 272, f. 19J-K (Dm, f)

Sosticus sundargarhensis Gajbe, 1979: 72, f. 2A-E (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027978]

Sosticus sundargarhensis Tikader, 1982b: 438, f. 325-329 (f)

Sphingius barkudensis Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 152, f. 320-325 (mf)

Sphingius barkudaensis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2000: 132, f. 8-14 (mf; lapsus)

Sosticus jabalpurensis Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001c: 89, f. 7-11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040628]

Sosticus jabalpurensis Gajbe, 2004d: 89, f. 99-103 (f)

Sphingius delakharae Pawaria et al., 2018: 164, f. 1.1-4, 2.5-8, 3.1-6, 4.7-10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051050

Sphingius barkudensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 506, f. 1A-D,F, 2A-F, 3A-K, 4A-D (mf, S of Sphingius delakharae)

Sphingius bilineatus Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f: 511, f. 5A-B (mf, probably senior S of Sphingius barkudensis)

Sphingius barkudensis Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 554, f. 59-65 (f, S of Sosticus jabalpurensis and Sosticus sundargarhensis)

Sphingius bilineatus Sankaran, 2025: 597, f. 1-7 (f, S of Sphingius barkudensis)

References

Bhandari, R. & Gajbe, P. (2001c). Description of four new species of spiders of the families Uloboridae, Philodromidae, Gnaphosidae and Lycosidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 99: 87-93. -- Show included taxa

Biswas, V. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2000). Sac spiders of Bangladesh-II: Genera Castianeira Keyserling, Sphingius Thorell and Trachelas Koch (Araneae: Clubionidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 98: 131-139. -- Show included taxa

Gajbe, U. A. (1979). Studies on some spiders of the genus Sosticus from India (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India 2: 69-74. -- Show included taxa

Gajbe, P. U. (2004d). Spiders of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (Arachnida: Araneae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 227: 1-154. -- Show included taxa

Gravely, F. H. (1931). Some Indian spiders of the families Ctenidae, Sparassidae, Selenopidae and Clubionidae. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 33(3): 211-282. -- Show included taxa

Majumder, S. C. & Tikader, B. K. (1991). Studies on some spiders of the family Clubionidae from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 102: 1-175. -- Show included taxa

Pawaria, S., Bodkhe, A., Kamble, S., Uniyal, V. & Talwar, S. (2018). A new spider species Sphingius delakharae sp. n. (Araneae: Liocranidae) from Delakhari, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India. In: Rao, P. N., Saxena, A., Pandey, B. N. & Kulkarni, G. K. (eds.) Biodiversity and bioprospects: Indian scenario and perspectives. Today & Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 161-171. -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sebastian, P. A. (2020f). A review of the genus Sphingius Thorell, 1890 from India (Araneae: Liocranidae). Zootaxa 4896(4): 505-522. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.3 -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M. & Caleb, J. T. D. (2021). On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: V. Genera Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834, Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922 and Gaviphosa gen. nov. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5040(4): 539-564. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.5 -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M. (2025). On a new synonym in the genus Sphingius Thorell, 1890 from India (Araneae: Liocranidae). Zootaxa 5665(4): 597-599. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.4.9 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1906c). Voyage de M. Maurice Maindron dans l'Inde méridionale (mai à novembre 1901). 8me Mémoire. Arachnides (2e partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 75(3): 279-314. -- 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	Comment
2025-07-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran, 2025
2025-07-24	Species synonymy	Sankaran, 2025	Sphingius barkudensis synonymized with Sphingius bilineatus
2020-12-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020f