title: Three new species of Idiops Perty, 1833 (Araneae: Idiopidae) from India.
abstract: Three new species of the front-eyed trapdoor genus Idiops, viz., Idiops joida sp. nov. from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, I. mettupalayam sp. nov. from the foothills of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and I. oriya sp. nov. from Odhisa, are described. Natural history information for all these species is provided as is an identification key to Idiops species from South and Southeast Asia.
authors.affiliation: University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh indraprastha University, Sector 16-C, Dwarka, New Delhi 110075, India. neha_11taurian@rediff.com
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ganeshkumar
authors.forename: Sanjay Keshari
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Manju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siliwal
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology