Trichothyse poonaensis ( Tikader, 1982 ), 2025

Trichothyse poonaensis ( Tikader, 1982) comb. nov.

Phaeocedus poonaensis Tikader, 1982: 362 View in CoL , figs 158–163 (holotype ♀: INDIA: Maharashtra: Pune: Sakal Nagar near Pune University [18°32’49.83’’N, 73°49’12.79’’E, 582 m a.s.l.], 22.III.1975, leg. U.A. Gajbe, NZC-ZSI (4493/18), examined (holotype images are provided in Sankaran et al. (2020) —not re-examined).

Poecilochroa taborensis Levy, 1999: 436 , figs 17–18, 2009: 20, figs 44–46; Lissner & Chatzaki, 2016: 17, figs 1, 2A–C, 3A–D, 4A–E, 5A–C, 6A–D; Sankaran et al., 2020: 1329, fig. 3a–c.

Macarophaeus sabulum Wunderlich, 2011: 49 , fig. 68h–i, 2012: 187, figs 8–11.

Macarophaeus taborensis Wunderlich, 2017: 315 .

Poecilochroa poonaensis (Tikader) : Sankaran et al., 2021: 3003; Domènech et al., 2023: 160, fig. 1A–D; Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 50, fig. 25A–C.

Description. Male and female. For description of the male and female, see Levy (1999, 2009) and Sankaran et al. (2020).

Justification of transfer. An examination of the holotype of P. poonaensis in a recent paper ( Sankaran et al. 2020), as well as good illustrations of male and female genitalia available in Levy (1999: figs 17–18, 2009: figs 44–45), Domènech et al. (2023: fig. 1A–B) and Bosmans & Gavalas (2023: fig. 25B–C), showed that it has all of the diagnostic features of Trichothyse species, although at the time the association with this genus was unclear due to its distribution range. The male palp is typical of male Trichothyse species, as described for T. antineae comb. nov. above, and the epigyne has a small median atrium, as well as a vulva with features as described for T. jodhpurensis comb. nov. above (cf. Figs 1–20 View FIGURES 1–8 View FIGURES 9–20 , 54–57 View FIGURES 54–57 , 109–119 View FIGURES 109–115 View FIGURES 116–119 and Levy 1999: figs 17–18, 2009: 44–45). Based on the similarity in genitalic structure and somatic morphology of this species to Trichothyse , we propose the transfer of P. poonaensis to Trichothyse .

Distribution. Known from Cyprus, Greece, India, Israel, Portugal, Spain ( Fig. 121 View FIGURE 121 ).