Title: Faunal Distribution of Spiders of the Families Titanoecidae, Trachelidae, Trochanteriidae, Uloboridae and Zodariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in India
Abstract: The present article deals with the faunal diversity of five families of araeneomorph spiders, viz. Titanoecidae, Trachelidae, Trochanteriidae, Uloboridae, and Zodariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in different Indian states and union territories. None of the spider species of these families is recorded from Bihar, Daman & Diu and Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Jharkhand, Manipur, Nagaland, Punjab, and Telangana. Among these, the largest family is Zodariidae which is represented by 32 species belonging to 12 genera out of which majority (29 species) are endemic followed by Uloboridae which comprises 30 species placed in 5 genera. Other families are very poorly represented in India. Only 5 species of a single genus, Plator Simon, 1880 are recorded in Trochanteriidae; 8 species in 3 genera in Trachelidae and 10 species in 3 genera in Titanoecidae are recorded. Only two species, Uloborus danolius Tikader, 1969 and Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789) are distributed in 15 and 14 states and union territories of India, respectively. Maximum number of spider species of these families were recorded in Maharashtra (28 species) followed by Kerala (23 species), Tamil Nadu (19), Gujarat (16 species), West Bengal (12 species), Karnataka (11 species), Uttarakhand (9 species) and lesser number in other states and union territories. Out of 84 species recorded of these 5 families, 67 species are endemic and 3 species seem to be erroneous records.
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-05-31
Language: en
Type: article
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