Two new species of Araniella (Aranei: Araneidae) from Western Himalaya, with notes on species reported from India

摘要

Araniella Chamberlin et Ivie, 1942 from India is surveyed. As a result, two new species, A. levii sp.n. and A. maasdorpi sp.n., are described on the basis of male specimens from high altitudes of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, northern India, and anew combination is established for Araniella nympha (Simon, 1889), comb.n. (ex. Araneus). Comments are provided for three other species known from this country.