Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

Sidharth Kulkarni ¹, V. Y. Deshpande ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoology Department, Yashwantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara, Maharashtra 415001, IN

Abstract

Thorell established the family Oxyopidae in 1870 consisting of the type genus Oxyopes which was established by Latrielle in 1804. Walckenaer for the first time recorded the genus from Indian sub-continent in 1805. Remarkable works in India on the family Oxyopidae were done by Thorell (1887), Tikader (1965), Gajbe (1999,2000, and 2008), Biswas and Roy (2005). While examining the collections from plateau region of Satara Dist (Maharashtra), we found an Oxyopes species that is new to science. We diagnosed it and describe, illustrate here as sp.nov. in the present study under the name Oxyopes sataricus.

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Sidharth Kulkarni ¹, V. Y. Deshpande ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoology Department, Yashwantrao Chavan Institute of Science Satara (Maharashtra), IN

Abstract

Araneidae includes 29 genera and 154 species from the Indian sub-continent (Sebastian et al., 2009) The genus Arachnura Vinson, 1863 is represented by two species only; A. angura Tikader, 1970 from Gazing, Sikkim (Lat 27°20' N & Lon 88°40') and A. melanura (Simon, 1867).

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