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Genus: Desis Walckenaer, 1837 | Family: Desidae Pocock, 1895

Desis gardineri Pocock, 1904

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021483

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Described:

Distribution: India (Laccadive Is.)

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Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (1952.12.11.60) - (Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Desis gardineri Pocock, 1904: 802, pl. 66, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Desis gardineri Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2026: 147, f. 1-3 (f)

References

Pocock, R. I. (1904). Arachnida. In: Gardiner, J. S. (ed.) Fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Volume II. Part III. University Press, Cambridge, pp. 797-805, pl. 66. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.10215 -- Show included taxa

Sudhin, P. P., Sankaran, P. M. & Sen, S. (2026). On the identity of the Indian species of Desis Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae: Desidae: Desinae). Zootaxa 5828(1): 146-150. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.1.10 [[Zoobank: F5C03421-2DF0-4D31-B3FB-6E1696B7545D]] -- 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
2026-06-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Sudhin, Sankaran & Sen, 2026