New distribution record of two jumping spider species of the genus Pellenes> Simon, 1876 and <Thyene Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Gujarat, India
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9757.17.8.27391-27395Keywords:
Arachnids, arid habitats, biodiversity, first record, Kachchh, morphology, plexippini, range extension, taxonomy, western IndiaAbstract
The discovery and records of two species, Pellenes iva Caleb, 2018 and Thyene bivittata Xie & Peng, 1995 are documented for the first time from Gujarat state.
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