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Genus: Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 | Family: Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Draconarius lunakensis (Tikader, 1964)

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Distribution: Nepal

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Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f (2481/18) - (Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2026b)
Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 1f 2jf (2490/18) - (Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2026b)

Taxonomic References

Tegenaria lunakensis Tikader, 1964a: 258, f. 1a-d (Df) Original description

Tegenaria lunakensis Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013: 847 (incertae sedis)

Draconarius lunakensis Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2026b: 133, f. 56-61 (f, T from Tegenaria)

References

Bolzern, A., Burckhardt, D. & Hänggi, A. (2013). Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168(4): 723-848. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12040 -- Show included taxa

Sudhin, P. P., Sankaran, P. M. & Sen, S. (2026b). Taxonomic notes on species of the genera Agelena Walckenaer, 1805, Tamgrinia Lehtinen, 1967 and Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 from India, with remarks on an allied species from Nepal (Araneae: Agelenidae). Zootaxa 5839(1): 121-138. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5839.1.5 ZooBank: 1F20A325-EAA4-46BA-B19D-E1994C0F2DE9 -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1964a). Zoological results of the Indian Cho-Oyu Expedition (1958) in Nepal. Part 8. – Arachnida. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 59: 257-267. -- Show included taxa

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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
2026-06-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2026b
2026-06-28	Species transferred to new genus	Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2026b		Species transferred from Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 to Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999