A new species of Asceua Thorell, 1887 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from the Western Ghats of India
The genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 represents small to medium sized, ant-eating spiders distributed in Africa, Australia, and
East and Southeast Asia (Jocqué 1991; World Spider Catalog 2024). At present, two Asceua species are known from India:
Asceua cingulata (Simon, 1905) (male, female), and A. thrippalurensis Sankaran, 2023 (male, female) (Caleb & Sankaran
2024; World Spider Catalog 2024). While examining some recent spider collections from the southern Western Ghats of
Kerala, India, we recognized a new Asceua species, which is described and illustrated here as Asceua tertia sp. nov.
Asima, A., Sankaran, P. M. & Prasad, G. (2024). A new species of Asceua Thorell, 1887 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 5492(4): 596-599. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.8
