Thathapudi David John Caleb

Thathapudi David John Caleb, Indian arachnologist

• Department of Zoology, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai-600 059, Tamil Nadu, India
• E-mail: caleb87woodgate@gmail.com

Taxon names authored

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• 52 taxon names authored by Thathapudi David John Caleb

Publications

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2014

• Caleb, J.T.D. 2014: A new species of Phintella Strand (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Munis entomology & zoology 9(2): 605–608. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Christudhas, A., Laltanpuii, K. & Chitra, M. 2014: New species of Hyllus C. L. Koch (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Munis entomology & zoology 9(2): 634–637. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Karthikeyani, R. & Muthuchelian, K. 2014. Description of Drassodes luridus O. P. Cambridge (Araneae: Gnaphosidae): First record from Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2(4): 135-138. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. & Mathai, M.T. 2014a. A new species of Deinopis MacLeay (Araneae: Deinopidae) from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 3(1): 1-7. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. & Mathai, M.T. 2014b. Description of some interesting jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from South India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2(5): 63-71. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. & Mathai, M.T. 2014c. Record of Araneus viridisomus Gravely, 1921 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 3(2): 1-5. Reference page. 

2015

• Caleb, J.T.D. & Karthikeyani, R. 2015. A new jumping spider of the genus Cosmophasis Simon 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Maharashtra, India. Acta Arachnologica 64(2): 97-99. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.64.97. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. & Mathai, M.T. 2015a. Description of a new species of Harmochirus Simon (Araneae: Salticidae) from South India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 10(1): 117-121. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Mungkung, S. & Mathai, M.T. 2015. Four new species of jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillinae) with the description of a new genus from South India. Peckhamia 124(1): 1-18. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Caleb, J.T.D. 2016a: A discovery and redescription of Curubis erratica Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(2): 207-211. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. 2016b: New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 271-277. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. 2016c: A discovery and redescription of Curubis erratica Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(2): 207-211. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. & Mathai, M.T. 2016. A new jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa 4103(2): 185–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.10. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. & Mathai, M.T. 2016a. Extended boundaries of the ant mimicking swift spider genus Aetius decollatus Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology 5: 36-41. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. & Sanap, R.V. 2016. Lessert’s rainbow spider, Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) from new localities in South India. Acta Arachnologica 65(2): 83-87. Reference page. 

2017

• Caleb, J.T.D. 2017. Jumping spiders of the genus Icius Simon, 1876 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India, with a description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 26(4): 323-327. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Pravalikha, G.B., Johnson, B.E., Manyu, M., Mungkung, S. & Mathai, M.T. 2017. Hersilia aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014 a junior synonym of Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Zootaxa 4254(3): 396–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.11. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Prajapati, D.A., Maheshwari, N.R. & Sanap, R.V. 2017a. Redescription and synonymy of Stenaelurillus arambagensis (Biswas et Biswas, 1992) comb.n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 119-123. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Chatterjee, S., Tyagi, K., Kundu, S. & Kumar, V. 2017b. Two new jumping spiders of the genera Epocilla Thorell, 1887 and Mogrus Simon, 1882 from India (Araneae: Salticidae) Arthropoda Selecta 26(4): 329–334. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Sanap, R.V., Joglekar, A., Prajapati, D.A. & Caleb, J.T.D. 2017. Two new species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa 4318(1): 135–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.6. Reference page. 

2018

• Caleb, J.T.D., Chatterjee, S., Tyagi, K., Kundu, S. & Kumar, V. 2018. A new generic record and two new species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Acta Arachnologica 67(1): 7–12. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Ghosh, D. & Kumar, V. 2018. On two new synonyms of the orb-weaving spider Orsinome vethi (Hasselt, 1882) (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Zootaxa 4444(3): 342–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.9 Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V., Patel, K.G., Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2018a: First description of the female of Chrysilla volupe (Karsch, 1879) (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India, with notes on the species’ distribution and life history. Arthropoda Selecta 27(2): 143-153. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Sajan, S.K. & Kumar, V. 2018. New jumping spiders from the alpine meadows of the Valley of Flowers, western Himalayas, India (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 783: 113-124. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.783.25225 Reference page. 

2019

• Caleb, J.T.D. 2019. The Indian net-casting spider name Deinopis goalparaensis Tikader & Malhotra is a nomen dubium (Araneae: Deinopidae). Zootaxa 4668(1): 148–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.1.12 Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Bera, C., Acharya, S. & Kumar, V., 2019. Jumping spiders of the genus Pancorius Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini) from eastern India, with a description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 28(2): 261–266 DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.28.2.09. . Reference page. 
• Caleb, T.D.J., Sankaran, P.M., Nafin, K.S. & Acharya, S. 2019. Indopadilla, a new jumping spider genus from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 28(4): 567-574. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.28.4.10. . Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Prajapati, D.A. & Ali, P.A. 2019. Redescription of Rudakius ludhianaensis (Tikader, 1974) (Aranei: Salticidae), with notes on its synonymy and distribution. Arthropoda Selecta 28(3): 417–423. PDF. Reference page. 
• Chandra, K., Singh, N., Kumar, V., Ranjan, R., Caleb, J.T.D., Gayen, S., Das, M. & Dey, R. 2019. The genus Mustilizans Yang, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Endromidae) in India with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4624(2): 183–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.2 Reference page. 
• Prasad, P., Tyagi, K., Caleb, T.D.J. & Kumar, V. 2019. A new species of the cob web spider genus Theridion from India (Araneae: Theridiidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 26: 108-117. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Sanap, R.V., Caleb, J.T.D. & Joglekar, A. 2019. A new species of the hisponine jumping spiders from India (Araneae: Salticidae), with some observations on its life history. Arthropoda Selecta 28(1): 113–124. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.28.1.09. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, J.T.D. & Sebastian, P.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. Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, J.T.D. & Sebastian, P.A. 2019a. Transfer of the Indian species formerly included in the genus Lutica Marx, 1891 to Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 and Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae, Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4658(1): 168–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.8. Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, J.T.D. & Sebastian, P.A. 2019b. On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: I. Genus Scopoides Platnick, 1989 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4648(1): 155–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.8. . Reference page. 

2020

• Basumatary, P., Caleb, T.D.J., Das, S., Jangid, A.K., Kalita, J. & Brahma, D. 2020. First record of the genus Vailimia Kammerer, 2006 from India, with the description of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina). Zootaxa 4790(1): 178–186. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.11. . Reference page. 
• Basumatary, P., Das, S., Caleb, T.D.J. & Brahma, D. 2020a. First record of the genus Chinattus Logunov 1999 with the description of a new species from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Hasariini). Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 127-129. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.69.127. . Reference page. 
• Basumatary, P., Caleb, T.D.J., Das, S. & Brahma, D. 2020b.Redescription of the net-casting spider Asianopis goalparaensis (Tikader et Malhotra, 1978) comb.n. (Araneae: Deinopidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 325-329. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.29.3.04. Reference page. 
• Caleb, T.D.J. 2020. Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(7): 15711-15766. DOI: 10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766. . Reference page. 
• Caleb, T.D.J. 2020a. A new jumping spider genus from South and Southeast Asia (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini: Orientattus). Peckhamia 200.1: 1-5. Reference page. 
• Caleb, T.D.J. & Acharya, S. 2020. Jumping spiders of the genus Phintelloides from India, with the description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini). Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1): 95-100. Reference page. 
• Caleb, T.D.J., Bera, C. & Acharya, S. 2020. New species and synonymies in the genus Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 from India (Aranei: Salticidae: Salticini). Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 51–66. Reference page. 
• Caleb, T.D.J., Sankaran, P.M., Nafin, K.S. & Acharya, S. 2019. Indopadilla, a new jumping spider genus from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 28(4): 567-574. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.28.4.10. . Reference page. 
• Lin Y.J., Shao, L., Hänggi, A., Caleb, J.T., Koh, J.K.H., Jäger, P. & Li, S.Q. 2020. Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia. ZooKeys 911: 67-99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.911.38761. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, T.D.J., Joseph, M.M. & Sebastian, P.A. 2020. On a new synonymy in the spider genus Nephila Leach, 1815 (Araneidae, Nephilinae) from India with supplementary notes on colour polymorphism in the genus. Zootaxa 4786(4): 592–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.4.11. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, T.D.J. & Sebastian, P.A. 2020. On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: II. Genera Drassyllus Chamberlin, 1922 and Nodocion Chamberlin, 1922 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 673: 1–14. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.673. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, T.D.J. & Sebastian, P.A. 2020a. A new Indian species of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887, with a new combination and a new synonymy of Tylorida marmorea (Pocock, 1901) (Araneae, Tetragnathinae). Zootaxa 4808(1): 196–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.12. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, T.D.J. & Sebastian, P.A. 2020b. A review of the Indian species formerly assigned to the genus Storena Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with the description of a new genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 707: 1–23. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.707. . Reference page. 
• Sudhin, P.P., Nafin, K.S., Caleb, T.D.J. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2020. Redescription of Asemonea cristata Thorell, 1895 (Araneae: Salticidae: Asemoneinae), with notes on its synonymy and distribution. Arthropoda Selecta 29(2): 251-256. DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.29.2.11. . Reference page. 

2021

• Caleb, T.D.J., Francis, C. & Bhat, V.K. 2021. A new baviine species of the genus Maripanthus Maddison from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 128(1): 199-205. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0045. . Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V., Prajapati, D.A. & Bambhaniya, P. 2021.Taxonomic notes on two jumping spider species of the genus Epocilla Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India and Pakistan. Arthropoda Selecta 30(2): 221-229. Reference page. 
• Prajapati, D.A., Kumbhar, S.B., Caleb, J.T.D., Sanap, R.V. & Kamboj, R.D. 2021. Description of two new species of the tribe Chrysillini Simon, 1901 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 30(2): 230-238. Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M. & Caleb, J.T.D. 2021. On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: V. Genera Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834, Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922 and Gaviphosa gen. nov. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5040(4): 539–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.5. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, J.T.D. & Sebastian, P.A. 2021. On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: IV. Genera Apodrassodes Vellard, 1924, Herpyllus Hentz, 1832 and Sergiolus Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Journal of Natural History 54(43-44): 2839-2857. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1871523. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, J.T.D. & Sebastian, P.A. 2021a. Notes on Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Evippa Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Lycosidae, Evippinae). Zootaxa 4975(1): 159–175. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.1.6. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Caleb, J.T.D. & Sebastian, P.A. 2021b. Revision of Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Arctosa C.L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae: Lycosidae, Tricassinae). Zootaxa 4908(4): 489–504. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.3. . Reference page. 

2022

• Caleb, J.T.D. & Wijesinghe, D.P. 2022. On three new synonyms of Oxyopes hindostanicus Pocock 1901 (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Acta Arachnologica 71(1): 13–20. Reference page. 
• Sanap, R.V., Caleb, J.T.D. 2022. A new species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillina) from western India. Evolutionary Systematics. 6(1): 65–70. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.6.81259 Reference page. 
• Sudhin, P.P., Sen, S. & Caleb, T.D.J. 2022. Taxonomic notes on the placement of Tibellus elongatus Tikader, 1960 and Apollophanes bangalores Tikader, 1963 (Araneae: Philodromidae). Zootaxa 5182(3): 288–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.6. . Reference page. 

2023

• Asima, A., Caleb, T.D.J. & Prasad, G. 2023. A new species of Thiania C. L. Koch, 1846 from the Western Ghats, India (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Arachnology 19(4): 699-701. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2023.19.4.699. . Reference page. 
• Babu, N., Tripathi, R., Sampathkumar, M., Caleb, T.D.J., Prasad, G., Mohanasundaram, A., Mahendiran, G. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2023. Two new species of Afraflacilla Berland et Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 32(4): 459–465. Reference page. 
• Caleb, J.T.D. 2023. Deciphering mysteries: On the identity of five enigmatic jumping spiders from Northeast India, China and Philippines (Araneae, Salticidae). Zootaxa 5230(3): 391–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5230.3.8. . Reference page. 
• Caleb, T.D.J., Parag, A. & Datta-Roy, A. 2023. A new species of the genus Siler Simon, 1889 (Araneae, Salticidae, Chrysillini) from India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 209-216. DOI: 10.3897/zse.99.99285. . Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M. & Caleb, J.T.D. 2023. Notes on Indian wolf spiders: II. Genus Hippasa Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Lycosidae, Hippasinae). Zootaxa 5230(2): 101–152. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5230.2.1. Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M. & Caleb, J.T.D. 2023a. Notes on Indian wolf spiders: III. Genera Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908, Evippomma Roewer, 1959, Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 and Trochosa C.L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 5369(4): 533–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.4. Reference page. 
• Sudhin, P.P., Sen, S. & Caleb, T.D.J. 2023. Two new Stenaelurillus species (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillina) from Western Ghats, India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 123-133. DOI: 10.3897/zse.99.97985. . Reference page. 
• Sudhin, P.P., Sen, S. & Caleb, T.D.J. 2023a. New species and records in the genus Phintella Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 32(1): 80–88. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Sudhin, P.P., Sen, S. & Caleb, T.D.J. 2023b. A new spider species of the genus Colopsus Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 130(2): 285-289. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0102. . Reference page. 

2024

• Caleb, T.D.J., Shree, A.D., Kumar, L. & Abhijith, A.P.C. 2024. Reviving Ligdus Thorell, 1895: Description of a new species from India, 129 years since the establishment of the genus (Araneae: Salticidae: Ballini). Zootaxa 5448(3): 446–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.3.8. . Reference page. 
• Jose, A., Caleb, T.D.J. & Sudhikumar, A.V. 2024. On three species of the genus Habrocestum Simon, 1876 (Araneae: Salticidae: Hasariini) from India. Zootaxa 5448(2): 212–224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.2.3. . Reference page.