Based on recent molecular evidence and geographical range separation, these two genera may be reciprocally monophyletic (see Godwin et al. [2018]).In India, the subfamily Ummidiinae Ortiz, 2007 is represented by two genera, namely Conothele and Latouchia Pocock, 1901, including together six species (see Siliwal et al. [2009Siliwal et al. [ , 2015; Sunil Jose [2021]). Latouchia and Conothele are distinguished based on the characteristics of the embolus and spermathecae as well as the saddle-shaped depression on tibia III (absent in the former and present in the latter) (see Decae et al. [2021]). However, only one species of the latter genus, Latouchia cryptica (Simon, 1897), has been described from India, although the precise type locality remains unknown (Deccan region).During the arachnid surveys in and around Amboli (Sidhudurg District, Maharashtra), we (AK and SP) collected three samples of an unidentified trapdoor species from the vicinity of Whistling Woods resort. We tentatively assign these to the genus Conothele based on their ocular formula, saddle-shaped depression on tibia III, and short burrow structure. Here, we describe them as a new species, C. ogalei sp.n., based solely on morphology. This is the first description a male specimen of Indian Conothele. In addition, notes on the natural history of the species are provided.ABSTRACT. The trap-door spider Conothele ogalei sp.n. is described from the holotype male and paratype females collected in Amboli (Maharashtra, India). This is the first report of the genus Conothele from the northern Western Ghats and also the first description of a male congener from India. The data on the natural history of the new species as well as notes on the diversity and distribution of Indian Conothele spp. are provided.