Taxonomic revision of the monotypic genus Psellonus Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Philodromidae).

The monotypic genus Psellonus is revised, including the first description of the male of Psellonus planus Simon, 1897. One new synonymy is proposed: Philodromus kendrabatai Tikader, 1966 = Psellonus planus Simon, 1897 syn. nov.

Redescription of Castianeira zetes Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae).

The corinnid species Castianeira zetes was described by Simon in 1897. It has been redescribed several times (Gravely 1931; Tikader 1981; Tikader Biswas 1981; Majumder Tikader 1991; Biswas Raychaudhuri 2000; Sen et al. 2015; Dhali et al.

First record of the spider genus Wolongia Zhu, Kim Song, 1997 from India with the description of a new species (Araneae, Tetragnathidae).

Zhu et al. (1997) erected the tetragnathid genus Wolongia to accommodate Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim Song, 1997 and Wolongia wangi Zhu, Kim Song, 1997 collected from the Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces in China. In 2009, Ping et al.

First description of the male of the type species Simon, 1895 and description of a new species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from India.

The present paper reports the first description of the type species of the theridid genus Meotipa, Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and redescribe the female of the same species with one new species Meotipa multuma sp.nov. from India.

On the genus Tylorida Simon, 1894 with the first record of the genus Simon, 1895 from India (Araneae: Tetragnathidae, Leucauginae).

The tetragnathid spider genus Tylorida Simon, 1894 is reviewed in India. The relationship of Tylorida with Orsinome Thorell, 1890 is discussed and illustrated. The taxonomic significance of male chelicerae of Tylorida spp.

On the new monotypic wolf spider genus gen. nov. (Araneae: Lycosidae, Lycosinae).

A new monotypic wolf spider genus, Ovia gen. nov. is proposed to accommodate a misplaced species: Pardosa procurva Yu & Song, 1988.

Cyrtarachne keralensis Jose, 2011 is a junior synonym of Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Araneae, Araneidae).

The Indo-pacific araneid genus Anepsion, with A. rhomboides (L. Koch, 1867) as the type species, was erected by Strand in 1929.

Castianeira furva sp. nov. (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), a new polymorphic ground sac spider from the southern Western Ghats of India.

The ground-dwelling, ant-mimicking corinnid spider genus Castianeira, with Castianeira rubicunda as type species, was erected by Keyserling (1879). Members of the genus are closely related to the Afrotropical genus Cambalida Simon, 1910 (Haddad 2012a) and are distributed mainly in tropical and temperate regions of the world except for Australia and nearby islands (World Spider Catalog 2015). The genus was revised from the Nearctic Region and south-east Asia (Reiskind 1969 and Deeleman-Reinhold 2001, respectively) and currently includes 126 described species, making it as the largest genus within the family Corinnidae (World Spider Catalog 2015).

An updated review of the genus Martensopoda Jäger, 2006 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae).

A new species of the huntsman spider genus Martensopoda Jäger, 2006, M. sanctor sp. nov.

Description of new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from the Western Ghats of India with the redescription of Stenaelurilluslesserti Reimoser, 1934 and notes on mating plug in the genus (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae).

A new species of the jumping spider genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886, Stenaelurillusalbus sp. n., is described from the Western Ghats of India, one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world.