World Spider Catalog

Genus: Leucauge White, 1841 | Family: Tetragnathidae Simon, 1864

Leucauge rubromaculata Benjamin, 2024

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061968

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Distribution: India, Sri Lanka

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Holotype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany m (Ar8769) - (Benjamin, 2024a)
Paratype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany 1m 3f (Ar8770) - (Benjamin, 2024a)

Taxonomic References

Leucauge rubromaculata Benjamin, 2024a: 3, f. 1A-F, 2A-F, 3A-B, 4A-F, 5A-D (Dmf) Original description

Leucauge rubromaculata Anju et al., 2026: 536, f. 1a-f, 2a-j (mf)

References

Anju, K. B., Sen, S., Sudhin, P. P. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2026). First record of Leucauge rubromaculata Benjamin, 2024 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from India. National Academy Science Letters 49(4): 535-539. doi: 10.1007/s40009-025-01645-y -- Show included taxa

Benjamin, S. P. (2024a). Tetragnathid spiders from Sri Lanka: description of two new species (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). ZooNova 35: 1-11. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13484738 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-08-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Anju et al., 2026
2026-08-15	Species distribution update	Anju et al., 2026	Old value
2024-09-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Benjamin, 2024a
2024-09-03	New species inserted	Benjamin, 2024a

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