Diversity of Mygalomorph Spiders (Aranae: Opisthothelae) in India

Singh, Rajendra; Singh, Garima

doi:10.46505/ijbi.2020.2215

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“…It is estimated that only one third to one fifth of existing species have been described. Recently, the faunal record of mygalomorph spiders (tarantulas and their close kin), distributed in different states and union territories of India, was up to dated [3] . Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 (Arachnida: Araneae) includes jumping spiders which is the largest family of the order Araneae containing 646 genera and 6231 species globally [1] .…”

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Diversity of Amycoida and Astioida (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) in India

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Singh²,

Singh³

2020

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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A total of 56 species under 14 genera were recorded in most of the states and union territories of India except Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Daman & Du and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Lakshadweep. Out of them, 27 species are endemic. The Amycoida is represented by only 2 species of a single genus (tribe Sitticini), one from Ladakh (Attulus avocator) and one from Jammu & Kashmir (Attulus diductus). Maximum number of species of these spiders were recorded from Kerala (25 species) followed by Tamil Nadu (20 species), West Bengal (17 species), Maharashtra (14 species) and Gujarat (11 species). Extensive survey for these spiders is required in almost all states particularly in those where these jumping spiders are either not recorded or very poorly recorded. Despite the spiders are most diverse group of predators and being crucial to the health of terrestrial ecosystems, none of the species recorded in India is listed in IUCN Red List.

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Diversity of Amycoida and Astioida (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) in India

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Singh²,

Singh³

2020

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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“…These spiders are reported from 23 states of India and 2 union territories. Recently, the distributions of following taxa of spiders recorded from different states and union territories of India were updated: Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin) [4] and Salticidae [5,6,7,8] .…”

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Diversity of Yellow Sac Spiders (Cheiracanthiidae: Araneae: Arachnida) in India

Singh¹,

Singh²,

Sharma³

2020

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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The present article deals with the distribution of one of the spider family Cheiracanthiidae (Araneae: Arachnida), commonly known as yellow sac spiders, in different Indian states and union territories and also provides an update checklist based on the literature published up to September 30, 2020. It includes total 38 species of yellow sac spiders described under only 2 genera in India. The records demonstrated that only four species of these spiders are widely distributed:

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“…The inventory of fauna and flora of a given region is one of the prime objectives for setting up a biodiversity conservation action plan for that region (Singh and Singh, 2020). The conservation status of 99.5% of the spider species has not yet been evaluated by the IUCN globally (Seppälä et al, 2018).…”

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Updated Checklist of Spider Diversity (Arachnida: Araneae) in Two Union Territories of Northwest India: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

Singh¹,

Ali²,

Tahmina³

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Intern. J. Zool. Invest.

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Territories lie in the extreme northwest of India. The region has three distinct biogeographic zones, viz. Trans Himalaya, Northwest Himalaya and Semi-arid Plains. The Trans Himalaya is almost represented by Ladakh as like cool desert while Northwest Himalaya mostly by Kashmir and the climate is temperate and northern parts of Jammu, the area of Rajouri, Punch and Bhadrwa like sub-temperate, and the semiarid plains of rest area of Jammu. These two union territories have great faunal diversity especially in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In this review, a total of 284 species of spiders described under 160 genera belonging to 34 families were reported as per the literatures up to October 2022 of two union territories of northwest India viz., Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The biodiversity of spiders is more in Jammu and Kashmir (252 species, 148 genera, 31 families) than Ladakh (42 species, 34 genera, 14 families). However, most of the areas in both territories are unexplored and still virgin regarding the faunal survey programmes and need intensive and extensive survey in those areas by enthusiastic workers. In this study, it was also determined that the cultivated land of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh mostly covered with apple and due to high number of application of pesticides and high level of disturbance, the useful and predatory spiders migrate to uncultivated lands including forest and high hills which has not been unexplored and still virgin and needs more attention for the conservation of these predatory fauna that has great predation ability of harmful pests.

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Diversity of Mygalomorph Spiders (Aranae: Opisthothelae) in India

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Diversity of Amycoida and Astioida (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) in India

Diversity of Amycoida and Astioida (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) in India

Diversity of Yellow Sac Spiders (Cheiracanthiidae: Araneae: Arachnida) in India

Updated Checklist of Spider Diversity (Arachnida: Araneae) in Two Union Territories of Northwest India: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

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