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| authority = [[Norman I. Platnick|Platnick]], 1991<br />
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'''''Inthaeron''''' is a [[monotypic taxon|monotypic]] [[genus]] of [[Asia]]n [[Araneomorphae|araneomorph]] spiders in the family [[Cithaeronidae]], containing the single species, '''''Inthaeron rossi'''''. It was first described by [[Norman I. Platnick]] in 1991,<ref name=Plat1991>{{cite journal| last=Platnick| first=N. I.| year=1991| title=A revision of the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea).| journal=American Museum Novitates| pages=1–13| issue=3018}}</ref> and has only been found in [[India]].<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Inthaeron Platnick, 1991| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-05-18| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/498| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> Females can be distinguished from those of its sister genus, ''[[Cithaeron (spider)|Cithaeron]]'', by the arrangement of cylindrical gland spigots on the [[Anatomical terms of location#Anterior and posterior|posterior]] median [[spinneret]]s, appearing in two rows rather than in clusters. The name is derived from "[[India]]", the country it was first found in, and "Cithaeron", the name of the other genus of ''Cithaeronidae''.<ref name=Plat1991 /><br />
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== Species ==<br />
The only species in the genus is ''Inthaeron rossi''. It was initially found in [[Mahabaleshwar]], [[Maharashtra]], India, though it has also been found in [[Betul, Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=Gajbe2007>{{cite journal| pages=493–494| last=Gajbe| first=U.A.| year=2007| title=Araneae: Arachnida. In: Fauna of Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh), State Fauna Series.| journal=Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata| volume=15| issue=1}}</ref> Only the female characters were known until 1994, when a male specimen was finally captured and identified, bearing the distinctive, highly coiled [[Palpal bulb|embolus]].<ref>{{cite journal| page=83| last1=Platnick| first1=N.I.| last2=Gajbe| first2=U.A.| year=1994| title=Supplementary notes on the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)| journal=Journal of Arachnology| volume=22}}</ref><br />
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They are generally around {{convert|7|mm|in}} long and {{convert|2|mm|in}} wide. They have a greenish-brown [[Spider anatomy#Cephalothorax|cephalothorax]] and yellowish-brown legs. Their [[Spider anatomy#Abdomen|abdomen]] is about twice as long as the [[Carapace#Arachnid|carapace]], and is mostly light brown and hairy with several stripes of various colors.<ref name=Gajbe2007 /> The species name is derived from one of the specimen's collectors.<ref name=Plat1991 /><br />
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