A checklist of spider fauna of Rajasthan, India

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Published: Jan 26, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3869.11.1.13184-13187
Keywords:
Araneidae, distribution, Gnaphosidae, Inventory, Lycosidae

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Neisseril Anirudhan Kashmeera
Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala 680125, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9515-7400
Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar
Centre for Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala 680125, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4479-4995

Abstract

The checklist of spiders of Rajasthan State in India is provided here, which is represented by 71 species of spiders included under 47 genera of 15 families.  The most species-rich families reported so far are Araneidae and Gnaphosidae with 14 species each, followed by Lycosidae with 12 species.  Studies done on the spider fauna of Rajasthan State till date is reviewed.

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