Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India

Authors

  • Souvik Sen
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053,West Bengal
  • Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Chandan Bera
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Ramankutty Jwala
     Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Jafferkhan Colony, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006
  • Kumarapuram A. Subramanian
     Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai - 600028, Tamil Nadu
  • Pavittu M. Sureshan
     Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Jafferkhan Colony, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/170243

Keywords:

Araneae, Diversity, Guilds, Endemic, Southern Western Ghats

Abstract

The present study provides a checklist of spiders from the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, which includes 82 species of spiders belonging to 58 genera and 16 families. Of the reported spiders, sixteen species are endemic to India, and two species are endemic to Tamil Nadu. Araneidae was the most dominant family, constituting 21% of all reported species. Guild structure analysis revealed seven feeding guilds, the most dominant of which were orb-web weavers, followed by stalkers and ambushers.

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Souvik Sen, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053,West Bengal

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2022-06-28

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Sen, S., Sudhin, P. P., Bera, C., Jwala, R., Subramanian, K. A., & Sureshan, P. M. (2022). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(2), 187–197. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/170243

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Volume 122, Issue 2, 2022

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