A new diplurid genus and species is described from northeast India based on a single female specimen
from Jampui hills. Orientothele gen. nov. is placed in the subfamily Diplurinae based on the presence of
one row of teeth on the chelicerae. The new genus and species can be diagnosed from most diplurid
genera in lacking lyra on the prolateral face of maxilla, paired claw with one row of teeth, maxilla with
numerous cuspules, scopulae absent on all legs, and spermathecae consisting of two elongate stalks
with bulbous receptacles at their tips which are bent inwards. Ischnothele indicola Tikader, 1969 is
here treated as incertae sedis with regards to its generic placement in light of the discovery of Orientothele
gen. nov.
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