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New synonymies and transfers in Castianeira Keyserling, 1879 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae) from India
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Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T.D., Sebastian, Pothalil A. (2019): New synonymies and transfers in Castianeira Keyserling, 1879 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae) from India. Zootaxa 4623 (2): 331-340, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.2.7
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- We are grateful to Rev. Fr. Prasanth Palackappillil CMI, Principal, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin for providing all facilities for completing this work. We thank Dr Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata for giving access to the Arachnid collection of ZSI, Shri. K. C. Gopi, Additional Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and Dr Shelley Acharya, Officer-in-Charge, Arachnida Section for their support, and to Mr Chandan Bera for his curatorial assistance. We extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr Yuri Marusik and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments on the MS, and to Dr Charles Haddad for his editorial efforts. The first and third authors especially acknowledge the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-DST, New Delhi for providing funding support under the Major Research Project No. EMR/2015/002518.
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