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India | Arachnology | Volume 5 Issue 7, July 2017 | Pages: 280 - 283


An Addition to Spider Fauna from the Vicinity of Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary of Kolhapur District

Dr. Lazarus P. Lanka, Subhash S. Kamble, Dr. Atul K. Bodkhe

Abstract: ABSTRACT The main objective of paper is to explore the diversity of spider fauna from vicinity of Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary of Kolhapur District from different habitats. Spiders are found in all parts of the world except Antartic region. They are polyphagous in nature. Survey was conducted for a period of two year from December 2014 to January 2016 and was able to observe 105 species of spiders belonging to 24 families. In which highest number of species belonging to Araneidae (20) followed by Theridiidae (14), Salticidae (11), Thomisidae (10), Lycosidae (6) and Oxyopidae (6). Among them 09 monotypic families were identified.

Keywords: Key Words: Spider, Radhanagari, Polyphagous



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